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October the 24th is World Tripe Day.
Today is a day to promote tripe as a vital part of sustainable farm-to-fork, nose-to-tail agriculture, as well as a day to celebrate the many ways of preparing and savouring the taste and distinctive aroma of tripe.
You get to indulge in tripe to your heart’s content today.
Many consider the Italians to have a gift of preparing tripe deliciously, especially in Florence “in a rich tomato sauce or deep-fried in breadcrumbs with a piquant green sauce” [1] Gibbons, Trevor. World Tripe Day: Can we fall in love with tripe again? BBC. 24 October 2017. Accessed October 2021 at
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-41734108 Look for Trippa alla Romana in your local Italian restaurant. Chinese, Polish, French and Mexican cuisines also offer tasty opportunities to indulge in tripe. Have you ever had the Mexican stewed-tripe dish called ‘menudo’?
People eat other meat, even other offal such as liver or kidney, without thinking too much about it. But tripe provokes an entirely different reaction.
Not only is it the “butt” of many jokes, but diners may flee at the very appearance of it on a menu.
It was so popular in the Lancashire area of England that it was called “Lancashire calamari”, but after World War Two, the English-speaking world turned against tripe (as well as mutton).
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See also: Tripe, Gras-double tripe, Andouille Sausage, Andouillette, Panino con il Lampredotto, Trippa alla Fiorentina, Scrapple Day, Pepper Pot Day
Activities for today
- People are urged today to “share your love of tripe with others and hold a tripe party”, having friends around to enjoy tripe with them. [2]Tripe Marketing Board. Celebrating World Tripe Day Saturday 24 October 2015. 20 June 2015. Accessed October 2021 at http://worldtripeday.blogspot.com/ Why not make the theme of the dinner party a surprise to delight your friends?
- look for restaurants offering special featured tripe meals or special offers on tripe;
- check websites and apps for coupons and special deals on tripe;
- buy some tripe and make a tripe dish at home that you’ve never made before;
- post photos on social media of your tripe creations;
- try tripe for breakfast;
- write a poem about tripe and share it with your friends on social media.
History
The first year for World Tripe Day was 2014. [3]”Since its formal inauguration at the House of Commons in 2014, World Tripe Day has become an annual focus of celebration for tripe lovers the world over.” — World Tripe Day – 24 October. Accessed October 2021 at https://tmbindustrynews.blogspot.com/p/world-tripe-day-24-october.html
According to the Tripe Marketing board website, the 24th of October picked was picked because the English diarist Samuel Pepys had tripe on the 24th of October:
“Tripe is mentioned twice in Samuel Pepys Diary. On 24 October 1662, Pepys wrote:
‘So home and dined there with my wife upon a most excellent dish of tripes of my own directing’
On the other date on which he mentions eating tripe, 9 April 1664, he threw up so it was not felt to be a suitable date on which to celebrate World Tripe Day.” — Excitement mounts as the world prepares to celebrate World Tripe Day. Tripe Marketing Board. 14 October 2020. Accessed October 2021 at https://tripemarketingboard.co.uk/excitement-mounts-as-the-world-prepares-to-celebrate-world-tripe-day/
Sources
Banse, Tom. Do You Have The Guts To Celebrate World Tripe Day? Northwest News Network. 23 October 2014. Accessed October 2021 at http://www.nwnewsnetwork.org/post/do-you-have-guts-celebrate-world-tripe-day.
Coppolino, Andrew. Hyping tripe. CBC Radio. 24 October 2014. Accessed October 2021 at https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/2569514829
Excitement mounts as the world prepares to celebrate World Tripe Day. Tripe Marketing Board. 14 October 2020. Accessed October 2021 at https://tripemarketingboard.co.uk/excitement-mounts-as-the-world-prepares-to-celebrate-world-tripe-day/
Gibbons, Trevor. World Tripe Day: Can we fall in love with tripe again? BBC. 24 October 2017. Accessed October 2021 at
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-41734108
Gold, Jonathan. It’s World Tripe Day! Where would Jonathan Gold celebrate? Los Angeles, CA: Los Angeles Times. 24 October 2014. Accessed October 2021 at https://www.latimes.com/food/dailydish/la-dd-its-tripe-day-dining-guide-20141024-story.html
Lowe, Josh. It’s World Tripe Day! Here are five non-gross ways to eat stomach. Newsweek Magazine. 24 October 2017. Accessed October 2021 at https://www.newsweek.com/tripe-recipes-where-eat-sichuan-food-mexican-food-menudo-us-691434
Tripe Marketing Board. Celebrating World Tripe Day Saturday 24 October 2015. 20 June 2015. Accessed October 2021 at http://worldtripeday.blogspot.com/
World Tripe Day: Why did we stop eating it? 24 October 2017. Accessed October 2021 at
http://home.bt.com/lifestyle/food/food-latest/world-tripe-day-why-did-we-stop-eating-it-11364223271671
World Tripe Day: 3 ways to prepare this SA delicacy. Cape Town, South Africa: Irvine Partners. Accessed October 2021 at https://irvinepartners.co.za/world-tripe-day-3-ways-to-prepare-this-sa-delicacy/
References
| ↑1 | Gibbons, Trevor. World Tripe Day: Can we fall in love with tripe again? BBC. 24 October 2017. Accessed October 2021 at https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-41734108 |
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| ↑2 | Tripe Marketing Board. Celebrating World Tripe Day Saturday 24 October 2015. 20 June 2015. Accessed October 2021 at http://worldtripeday.blogspot.com/ |
| ↑3 | ”Since its formal inauguration at the House of Commons in 2014, World Tripe Day has become an annual focus of celebration for tripe lovers the world over.” — World Tripe Day – 24 October. Accessed October 2021 at https://tmbindustrynews.blogspot.com/p/world-tripe-day-24-october.html |