Here is a little excerpt from my most recent blog post that I posted to my blog that I keep to write my experience here in the DR:
"I had gone to a friend's house to eat many times. Every time I went, her mom prepared a special meal for me. Her mom really did make me feel super welcomed and appreciated. So, one day when the family was talking about tipico (typical) Dominican dishes, I jumped on the chance to try Mondongo. They explained to me what it is - basically it's a dish made from all the parts of the cow that people don't normally eat - from tripe, intestines, to knee cartilage. I told her that I would love to try it one day. That day came last night.
So, here I was, waiting on the night's dinner. We had already snacked on chicharon - a kind of fried pigfat - something like bacon. Now, there is a dish called Mofongo - which is mashed fried platanos (something like bananas) with chicharon mixed in. I had already had that dish and I thought we were about to eat it again last night. But, to my surprise, we were going to eat Mondongo. As soon as the smell of the stewed cow insides hit my nose - I knew I was in for quite the experience."
Anyone else have an experience with Mondongo? Share!<o></o
"I had gone to a friend's house to eat many times. Every time I went, her mom prepared a special meal for me. Her mom really did make me feel super welcomed and appreciated. So, one day when the family was talking about tipico (typical) Dominican dishes, I jumped on the chance to try Mondongo. They explained to me what it is - basically it's a dish made from all the parts of the cow that people don't normally eat - from tripe, intestines, to knee cartilage. I told her that I would love to try it one day. That day came last night.
So, here I was, waiting on the night's dinner. We had already snacked on chicharon - a kind of fried pigfat - something like bacon. Now, there is a dish called Mofongo - which is mashed fried platanos (something like bananas) with chicharon mixed in. I had already had that dish and I thought we were about to eat it again last night. But, to my surprise, we were going to eat Mondongo. As soon as the smell of the stewed cow insides hit my nose - I knew I was in for quite the experience."
Anyone else have an experience with Mondongo? Share!<o></o
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