I had tripe in the Mexican specialty, menudo. It was so awful that I tried it again some time later just to see if I was served a bad batch. It was still awful!
It was the sauce that made it so wonderful. But I’m not afraid of tripe. I used to love something called stuffed derma that was served in Jewish delis. It was basically tripe, stuffed with some kind of mixture (recipe on Net says it was matzoh meal, flour, and schmaltz or suet). No one serves it anymore. Also every Jewish deli now serves LEAN pastrami, and they wonder why they have to close down.
Supermarkets no longer sell calves’ liver, chicken liver, kidneys, lard, schmaltz—all stuff that I used to see in earlier days in NY.