Why it works: Lime and buttermilk work together. They rank in the top 24% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 62 recipes. Both carry ethanol, which smells alcoholic, ethereal. The science ↓
To Clean Tripe
Ingredients
Directions
Rinse the tripe in cold water after emptying it, ensuring the contents do not touch the outside.
Make a strong lye and pour it hot over the tripe; let it soak for 3 hours.
Fasten the tripe to a board with tacks and scrape the inner skin off with a knife.
Sprinkle with lime, cover with warm water, and soak for 2 hours; scrape again.
If the dark comes off, it is clean; if not, repeat sprinkling with lime and soaking.
Once clean, cover with salt water and soak for 3 days, adding clear brine each day.
Cut the tripe into 6-inch squares, soak in buttermilk for ½ day, rinse, and boil in clear water until very tender.
Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.
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The flavor team
The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.
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Lime + buttermilktop 24% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together62 recipes
Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).
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