Would you eat Tripe Soup (beef stomach soup, aka Ciorbă de burtă)? [Update: Had it, was good!]

Bleeeehhh, also known in Greek as πατσάς (patsas). Never ate it, since it looks disgusting, but they're saying it's good to eat it if you're drunk, because it'll make you feel well afterwards.

Sorry, I can't even convince myself to taste this :D

Supposed to be really good (and every time a foreigner visits, he/she/it is supposed to try it out), but I don't have the stomach for it :X

I worked in Poland and there at work they cooked this soup and now I never want to feel his smell in my life
taste is not very much for me

i ate a brussels sprout once... i doubt this is any worse than that was.

I love this kind of soup in any variation <3

I mean, here in Sweden some crazy people eat rotten fish. Huge tradition and everything, can buy it in every grocery store pretty much, although you're only supposed to eat it once a year... At specific holidays when it's also tradition to drink an awful lot. It's so smelly that if you open it in your home you won't get the smell out for days. The cans are so pressurized that they're banned on air travel for the risk that they'll blow up in the hold and make everyones luggage smell like rotten fish. The only reason anyone eats it that I can figure is tradition and bragging rights.

I would eat a bucket of tripe soup or whatever rather than even be in the neighbourhood when someone opens one of those cans of rotten fish. And that says a lot because I really really wouldn't want to eat tripe soup. I'm all for trying different foods and stuff but "traditional dishes" that are pretty much only eaten by tourists or drinkers don't really appeal to me.

I looked up for some photos, and to be honest it doesn't look much appealing.
But if you have the guts, I suppose it shouldn't be too bad :D

There is actually a kind of beef intestine soup here and it's different from that, it's called pha lau: http://www.vietnamesefood.com.vn/vietnamese-food/vietnamese-street-food/pha-lau-popular-vietnamese-street-food.html. It's a popular street food. I don't personally like it, it always taste too sweet for me. Still, offals can be really good, though I can see how someone who isn't used to eating them can feel uncomfortable with it.

Although stomach does not sound appealing, I would probably at leas try it (something like brain idk...). I've had blood sausage and beef tongue and never thought those would have been as good as they were so never know unless you try.

No way x.x My family sometimes ate tripes and the smell alone made me feel sick >.<

It actually tastes quite good (in my opinion). I usually add a few drops of vinegar and eat it with chilly peppers and find it delicious, but then again, I might be a little bit biased. Just give it a try, don't think too much about it, and if you like beef soup, chances are you will enjoy this too. If you're still having doubts, there's a variation of it called "Ciorbă rădăuțeană", which substitutes the beef tripe for chicken breast, although it might not be available everywhere.

We have a variant, here in Bulgaria with pork stomach. Wouldn't mind to try the beef version.
My tip is to find the best place thru local gossip. Maybe ask the hotel staff if they can suggest a place and then cross reference it with google guides, tripadvisor or any dining app. The chef must really be good for this kind of soups to be great ( =

I don't eat beef, so no

If you're going to consider trying it, make sure it is well-prepared. A lot of things that would otherwise be tasty are ruined by either not being cleaned properly or not being prepared well. Basically, the stomach is just another muscle, and so another piece of meat. That is far different from something like "blood soup." The only thing about the stomach is the acids it secretes for digestion (AKA "bile"), which are extremely unappetizing.

However, just because you can eat something does not mean you should. Listen to your body and let it tell you whether or not you should eat something. Smell it, taste it with your tongue, and give yourself a few seconds to consider your reaction. If your body says, "No, thanks," then don't eat it. The body rejects that with which it has a problem (e.g. allergies), so don't force yourself.

No thanks. Tripe used to be popular in Ireland because it was cheaper than the regular cuts of meat and quite nutritious but not many people eat it anymore. It's a sign of the country becoming wealthy, I suppose.

I don't really like offal in general, tbh. Steak and kidney pie is okay, I guess. And liver isn't the worst but I find it too chewy. But I'm not really able for more than that.

That said, I love black pudding so perhaps I shouldn't be so snobby!

I am from EE and love it. The chewy texture of the tripe is really pleasant to me.

I did eat, It's OK but I prefer Rădauteană :D

It's popular dish in Poland called flaki or flaczki and I've had it. The thing is thou it can be tasty but it can also be hirribly bad. Depending on the cook and seasoning - if done wrong (and a lot of kitchens do it wrong), the meat will be extra chewy and quite disgusting, like eating a piece of rubber, if made right it will melt in your mouth. It also should be seasoned well - quite a lot of pepper and paprika for example to give the soup character, soup should be very fat - if it's watery it's horrible as well and so on.

If I were you I would try but first I'd ask for a place where you can get really good one, if you go for bad one you will surely hate it. But also keep in mind that disregarding whole dish because you didn't like it in one place is stupid ;p Dish may be delicious itself, just place you went to serves it horrible way ;p For example - my most beloved dish in the whole world is risotto - I absolutelly love it, do it myself at least once a month etc, yet when I was visiting Italy for the first time and wanted to try my beloved dish the first place I tried it turned out to be pretty bad - my fiancee had gnocchi and it was okayish but nothing more and I had risotto which was the worst risotto I've ever tried - underseasoned, tasteless, very watery - it was horrible. And if I didn't knew how good risotto can be, haven't tried it in the past and I were to judge it based on this one experience I'd probably jump to conclusion that risotto must be horrible dish, never tried it again and never found out my beloved dish ;p

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One of the most typical dishes from my hometown (Oporto) is tripes and it is delicious.

I also love the spanish callos.

I would definitely try it, although it looks less tasty than what I posted here :)

Enjoy your trip!

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We call that Shkembe Chorba in Bulgaria and its one of the most popular dishes ...

Tourists love it tbh

I do not eat meat, so no. However, I imagine it is as nutritious and tasty as any other animal organ if you like that kind of thing. There isn't any logical reason why people should be adverse to certain cuts of meat but not others (if they eat meat). I do feed tripe to my dog and she very much enjoys it.