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Tripe

Tripe is usually prepared for dressing before being offered for sale. It should be perfectly fresh, thoroughly cleansed, thick, fat, and as white as possible. The honeycomb is generally preferred If entirely uncooked it requires to be most carefully cleaned and to be gently boiled for sixteen hours or more before it can be used. It may be cooked in various ways, the most usual of which is to boil it till tender and serve with onion sauce.