Souper Doopa....

I'd sooner lambs' testicles than the chicken head soup in your link, billy - but I'm sorry I put ye off yer cheese! (I received yer PM with thanks and have just replied to it.)

#5 tribolite
Tripe soup is one of popular soups in Poland. I think it's really worth trying as it tastes great, although I know some people will be put off by what it's made from (cow's stomach).
There are also dishes made from chicken hearts, kidneys and liver. They're usually goulash-like dishes. In some countries cuisines innards aren't used in cooking which is shame as they make for some good traditional dishes.

Tripe soup I can (only just) cope with. It's got to be eaten hot and quickly though.
Otherwise a large thick layer of grease resembling a smearing of dripping, starts appearing in the dish.

a large thick layer of grease resembling a smearing of dripping, starts appearing in the dish.

No, it doesn't. It's quite a lean dish, at least the Polish version.
Tripes, the main ingredient, are first soaked in water then cooked twice, in new water each time, altogether for about 3 hrs. All the liquid is being removed and then finally they're cooked 3rd time with vegetables and spices to become a ready soup.

I've not tried the Polish version.

#23.Pretty certain that the innards were scrubbed/cleaned with coarse salt before cooking and liquid discared and re boiled a couple of times before making the stew as there was no unpleasent odour detectable in the stew.
And incidentally,they do sometimes include bulls testicals and penises in the it sometimes.
They advertise the organs by displaying them in seperate containers(or hung on hooks) for those who want them added to their stew, at a price premium of course:))

Oh - man, I'm just saying they called it шкембе чорба cyпa - shkembe chorba soopa ....Tripe soup.
I mean when I'd finished eating it, the roof of my mouth felt like it had an inch coating of cold fat on it.
The dish looked like it has been boiled in chip oil.

#28
Yes, the multiple cooking is mainly to remove unpleasant smell. But, tripes that are sold in supermarkets are already rinsed and precooked. Sometimes they're sold precooked and dried.

Locals don't 'Buy' tripe, it comes from their own cow, just as pickled trotters come from their own pig.
They call trotters 'Patriots.' When sold commercially, it's the only part of the pig that stays at home.
The villagers hardly ever go to a shop. They're pretty much 100% self sufficient.

bb, it looks like you can enjoy a great deal of traditional home cooking.
Pig trotters are another underestimated part of the animal. They've very tender and succulent meat.