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Tripe to Clean

A method for cleaning tripe using cold water, baking soda, and buttermilk.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 4 ingredients
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Tripe to Clean

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Wash the tripe thoroughly with cold water.

  2. Place the tripe in a pot with cold water and a good piece of baking soda.

  3. Heat the water without allowing it to boil.

Clean and soak

  1. Remove the tripe and scrape it until white.

  2. Soak the tripe overnight in cold water with a little buttermilk.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

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.

Explore the science

What each ingredient does

Tripe
The main ingredient being cleaned, whitened and softened for cooking.
Baking soda
Raises the water's alkalinity, helping loosen the tripe's surface and aid cleaning.
Buttermilk
Its mild acidity gently helps soften and freshen the tripe during the overnight soak.

The step that matters

Heat the water without allowing it to boil. Boiling tripe can toughen it and make the surface tighter and harder to scrape, so gentle heating keeps it tender and easier to clean.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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