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pasitheaI've been too busy to write the past few days so this is catch-up from a few days ago. I went out to dinner with Jeff and Dasha atta Pho place. Their menu had a lot of tripe. I realized that the thought of eating tripe made me really queasy... But I'd never eaten tripe before. I hate having baseless phobias and when I encounter them, I tend to try to do something about them. So... I ordered soup with tripe...
Now... I mistakenly assumed they'd cut it up in some way as to make it unrecognizible, not just leave shredded chunks of intestine floating in my soup. Alas, I was mistaken. It looked like tripe *quease* but I picked it up and put it in my mouth and ate it. It is tough and has a
texture like a thin slightly brittle vinyl. I don't know what it tasted like really. The texture and psychological aspects of it drown that out. I guess it wasn't terrible flavorwise or I'd have noticed but ick.
So. I ate it all. The whole bowl. I still think it's gross. My policy with these things is to try a food at least twice, so I guess some day I'll brave it again but... not for a while. Ick.
Now... I mistakenly assumed they'd cut it up in some way as to make it unrecognizible, not just leave shredded chunks of intestine floating in my soup. Alas, I was mistaken. It looked like tripe *quease* but I picked it up and put it in my mouth and ate it. It is tough and has a
texture like a thin slightly brittle vinyl. I don't know what it tasted like really. The texture and psychological aspects of it drown that out. I guess it wasn't terrible flavorwise or I'd have noticed but ick.
So. I ate it all. The whole bowl. I still think it's gross. My policy with these things is to try a food at least twice, so I guess some day I'll brave it again but... not for a while. Ick.
