Base for tripe stew or soup

1 kg (about 2 pounds) of  beef honeycomb tripe
1 1/2 pound beef with bone ( can  be substituted with 1 pound of beef bones)
2 sticks of celery
1 large onion
2 carrots
laurel leaf
black pepper peppercorns

2 cooking pans needed
1 for the tripe
1 for the beef with vegetables


Put beef with celery, peeled onion, carrot in cold water.
Cook it as a regular beef soup, with laurel leafs and peppercorns

Put cleaned tripe into a pan, cover with water and boil until undesired odor is gone..

Then trow away the water, take the tripe and put it together with the beef.

Cook until done. It is about 5 hours, sometimes even more. Remove the beef with the bone when its done. The timing is up to you. 1.5 or 2 hrs.  

After tripe is done, remove it from the broth, Remove the cooked vegetables, Strain the broth.

Tripe, beef pieces and the broth are the base for your next dish.

In couple of days, I will write about basic Polish Flijaki soup (stew)

Vegetarian Borsch

Really easy:


Beets

Bell peppers

Cabbage

onion

carrot

potatoes

salt

pepper

laurel leaf

water


a little bit of oil



Cut the vegetables to small pieces


Put them all, except the cabbage and potatoes  in a pan, add the oil salt and a litle bit of water

Stew  until almost soft

Add hot water, add cabbage and potatoes. boil until done.

Add seasoning in the end

Serve with sour cream

Red King Crab

Simplicity

Steam
Melted Butter
Lemon

Enjoy

Fast beer plate : Baked Frankfurters with cheese and pan fried shrimp

The amount per wight of frankfurters and cheese is about 3:1

Slice the frankfurters and put the cheese there. Put in the pre- heated  oven 375.F

While the frankfurters are baking, clean the shrimp and fry it in olive or vegetable oil with a herb mix of your choice ( I prefer Cajun or Creole)

When both are done, just put on the plate together and serve