(Italian)
bread, abomasum, reed tripe
A Lampredotto sandwich is a Florentine tradition, Tuscan street food at its finest and a favorite amongst all the Italian comfort foods. It is made from the cow’s fourth stomach, called the abomasum.
The abomasum consists of two distinct meats: a lean, darkly coloured, more flavourful meat; and a lightly coloured, fatty, and lightly flavoured part.
The name lampredotto comes, rather curiously, from the name of an eel, the lampreda, which once abounded in the Arno. When open, the mouth of …
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A Lampredotto sandwich is a Florentine tradition, Tuscan street food at its finest and a favorite amongst all the Italian comfort foods. It is made from the cow’s fourth stomach, called the abomasum.
The abomasum consists of two distinct meats: a lean, darkly coloured, more flavourful meat; and a lightly coloured, fatty, and lightly flavoured part.
The name lampredotto comes, rather curiously, from the name of an eel, the lampreda, which once abounded in the Arno. When open, the mouth of the lampreda features a variegated, suction-pad aspect very similar to the coloured layers of lampredotto.
Lampredotto and trippa have forever been the choice food of laborers and the working classes.
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Created May 1, 2020 by: itisclaudio
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