![]() The flavor was undeniably porky without the offal tang of some organ meat. The texture is also much different from the cow stomach variety of tripe that characterizes dishes like menudo and the thin-sliced omasum salad. ![]() It's a pretty good introduction to offal food for the novice, since it tastes so much like regular pork. Pig stomach is one of the more toothsome offal meats on the market, with just a hint of spring as you chew. Snag a plentiful portion from Lao Ching Hing in the Chinese Cultural Center. The Offal Choice: A mound of slivered, spicy pig stomach garnished with scallions and served cold. (bite into all the juicy details after the jump) Let's not even get into the whole "be wary of any man who keeps a pig farm" scene from Snatch. They've just got the one and they're indiscriminant omnivores like us, so you can only imagine what kind of stuff makes its way through a sow's stomach. They also aren't like ruminants (cows, goats, giraffes, alpacas, you know, the usual) that have four different stomachs to carry out digestion. The Ick Factor: Despite the Babes and Wilburs of the world, popular culture depicts pigs as dirty animals that roll around in muddy sties and eat slop that even Templeton the Rat would have turned down. This week: Spicy Pork Stomach served up by Lao Ching Hing. ![]() Just Offal is here to explore these oft-neglected byproducts of butchering, featuring different offal meals from establishments across the valley. From tongue to tail, offal (pronounced awful) encompasses all those taboo edibles that don't make the cut at your local grocer. Despite what the supermarket aisle may lead you to believe, there's more to an animal than neatly wrapped styrofoam trays of meat.
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