Lengshuijiang Beef Tripe

Lengshuijiang Beef Tripe

　　Cattle are ruminants, different from other livestock, with the most distinctive feature being their four stomachs: the rumen, reticulum (honeycomb stomach), omasum (leaf stomach, commonly known as beef tripe), and abomasum. The first three stomachs lack gastric glands and do not secrete gastric juice, collectively referred to as the fore-stomach. The fourth stomach contains gastric glands that can secrete digestive fluids, similar to the stomachs of pigs and humans, and is therefore also called the true stomach. The coarse feed consumed by cattle is mainly broken down into absorbable and utilizable substances through microbial fermentation in the rumen.

Beef tripe also comes in two types: tripe from grain-fed cattle is yellowish, while that from fodder-fed cattle is black.

Beef tripe is also called cow stomach; white cow stomach has been bleached.