What is tripe

Tripe is also called tripe, which is the omasum of the cow. Although tripe is quite common, some people still don’t know what tripe is. Tripe is a common food. In addition to being boiled, tripe can also be cooked in many home-cooked dishes, such as stir-frying, mixing it with cold dishes, etc.

1. Tripe

Tripe is also called tripe, commonly known as beef tripe, which is actually the omasum of the cow. Cows are ruminants. Unlike other livestock, their biggest feature is that they have four stomachs, namely the rumen, reticulum (honeycomb stomach), omasum (tripe stomach, commonly known as cattle tripe) and abomasum. The first three stomachs do not have gastric glands and do not secrete gastric juice, and are collectively called forestomach. The fourth stomach has gastric glands that can secrete digestive juices, similar to the stomachs of pigs and humans, so it is also called the true stomach. There are two types of beef tripe. The tripe of beef that is raised on feed is black, while the tripe of beef that is raised on grain crops is yellow. Tripe is not a plant, but refers to fresh beef tripe, which has a black surface. White beef tripe has been blanched and is a frozen food.

2. How to choose tripe

① Look at the color of the tripe

Good tripe has a natural color, while tripe that has been artificially processed will appear whitish or crystal clear.

②Smell the tripe

Tripe is the stomach of a cow. It will have a slight fishy smell, but it will never have a strong pungent smell. If you buy tripe with a pungent smell, you need to be careful.

3. The efficacy and function of tripe

Tripe contains protein, fat, calcium, phosphorus, iron, thiamine, riboflavin, niacin, etc. It has the effects of nourishing the spleen and stomach, replenishing qi and blood, replenishing deficiency and essence, quenching thirst, and relieving dizziness.