Comments on: Glorious Offal http://www.marketmanila.com/archives/glorious-offal A food blog that talks about food, produce, recipes, ingredients, restaurants and markets here in the Philippines and around the globe. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 04:48:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: gonzo http://www.marketmanila.com/archives/glorious-offal/comment-page-1#comment-7084 gonzo Tue, 06 Jun 2006 23:00:21 +0000 http://www.marketmanila.com/?p=546#comment-7084 I think one cannot call himself a gourmet or foodie if one does not like offal. Health reasons aside, most food people relish offal dishes. Nothing more annoying to me than squeamish Americans who know nothing about proper food and buy all their meats and fish in 'safe' vacuum packed plastic at the local Safeway. At least the yanks now have people like Mario Batali and Tony Bourdain to help them broaden their palates. Batali for one has single-handedly taught Americans about real italian food, and moved them away from their primitive spaghetti and meatballs stage. I think one cannot call himself a gourmet or foodie if one does not like offal. Health reasons aside, most food people relish offal dishes. Nothing more annoying to me than squeamish Americans who know nothing about proper food and buy all their meats and fish in ‘safe’ vacuum packed plastic at the local Safeway.

At least the yanks now have people like Mario Batali and Tony Bourdain to help them broaden their palates.

Batali for one has single-handedly taught Americans about real italian food, and moved them away from their primitive spaghetti and meatballs stage.

]]> By: RST http://www.marketmanila.com/archives/glorious-offal/comment-page-1#comment-7073 RST Tue, 06 Jun 2006 19:25:23 +0000 http://www.marketmanila.com/?p=546#comment-7073 Igoy, Many years ago, while still in high school (Xavier), I ran away from home to Sagada for an unforgettable month in the mountains and enjoyed tripe like you describe from a large boiling cauldron of wild boar at a wedding I attended. What memories! La boqueria not only has spectacular offal, but the selection of seafood/shellfish is absolutely imcomparable. There's percebes, razor clams (which they will grill for you at the stalls), the marvellous espardenyes, which I have written about at length elsewhere (i.e. egullet.com) There is also a wonderful purveyor of local mushrooms towards the back of the market and many unusual varieties can often be found during the foraging seasons. A horsemeat specialist (not at all that unusual in Europe: horse meat butchers can be found in Mantova, Belgium etc.) is towards the front, near the Rambles entrance. I have an old, very long post on Chowhound Chicago board on the four chambers of the bovine stomach and the Florentine panino di lampredotto (lampredotto being the rennet stomach-the most prized of the four types of tripe). Richard Opplicario@aol.com Igoy,
Many years ago, while still in high school (Xavier), I ran away from home to Sagada for an unforgettable month in the mountains and enjoyed tripe like you describe from a large boiling cauldron of wild boar at a wedding I attended. What memories!

La boqueria not only has spectacular offal, but the selection of seafood/shellfish is absolutely imcomparable. There’s percebes, razor clams (which they will grill for you at the stalls), the marvellous espardenyes, which I have written about at length elsewhere (i.e. egullet.com) There is also a wonderful purveyor of local mushrooms towards the back of the market and many unusual varieties can often be found during the foraging seasons. A horsemeat specialist (not at all that unusual in Europe: horse meat butchers can be found in Mantova, Belgium etc.) is towards the front, near the Rambles entrance.

I have an old, very long post on Chowhound Chicago board on the four chambers of the bovine stomach and the Florentine panino di lampredotto (lampredotto being the rennet stomach-the most prized of the four types of tripe).

Richard
Opplicario@aol.com

]]> By: igoy http://www.marketmanila.com/archives/glorious-offal/comment-page-1#comment-7048 igoy Tue, 06 Jun 2006 04:28:29 +0000 http://www.marketmanila.com/?p=546#comment-7048 am just laughing here. offal, is a new word for me. goodies are what we call these offal where i came from (SAGADA) and also here in MCALLEN, TX. i still remember the 3rd day after any community wedding which we call "pappa" in SAGADA to be the best breakfast meal. overnight they boil the stomach/tripes from the previous butchered pigs from the wedding and then served hot for breakfast, yummm. i have not gone home for 10 years but was able to find the same well cooked tripe offered at flea market food stalls by MEXICAN migrants here in TEXAS. to help with the gout problems, do drink a lot of fresh young buko juice. am just laughing here. offal, is a new word for me. goodies are what we call these offal where i came from (SAGADA) and also here in MCALLEN, TX.

i still remember the 3rd day after any community wedding which we call “pappa” in SAGADA to be the best breakfast meal. overnight they boil the stomach/tripes from the previous butchered pigs from the wedding and then served hot for breakfast, yummm. i have not gone home for 10 years but was able to find the same well cooked tripe offered at flea market food stalls by MEXICAN migrants here in TEXAS.

to help with the gout problems, do drink a lot of fresh young buko juice.

]]> By: ivan the streetwalker http://www.marketmanila.com/archives/glorious-offal/comment-page-1#comment-7046 ivan the streetwalker Tue, 06 Jun 2006 01:57:23 +0000 http://www.marketmanila.com/?p=546#comment-7046 MM, I tried goats brain once in Marrackech, they weren't that bad , very creamy in fact except that it WAS goats brain... MM,

I tried goats brain once in Marrackech, they weren’t that bad , very creamy in fact except that it WAS goats brain…

]]> By: Marketman http://www.marketmanila.com/archives/glorious-offal/comment-page-1#comment-7034 Marketman Mon, 05 Jun 2006 21:56:02 +0000 http://www.marketmanila.com/?p=546#comment-7034 Apicio, didn't realize the really earthy smells and tastes of tripe were a turn on for most...I am a bit quesy about it, must be a texture thing. lee, I do get gout (though no attack for more than 3 years now) so gotta steer clear of too much offal. fried neurons, if you are the guest of honor the host will ladle an eyeball or two especially for you...heehee. juls, they DID look very clean and fresh. And yes, goodtimer, calf's brain is offal as well. Apicio, didn’t realize the really earthy smells and tastes of tripe were a turn on for most…I am a bit quesy about it, must be a texture thing. lee, I do get gout (though no attack for more than 3 years now) so gotta steer clear of too much offal. fried neurons, if you are the guest of honor the host will ladle an eyeball or two especially for you…heehee. juls, they DID look very clean and fresh. And yes, goodtimer, calf’s brain is offal as well.

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