Pepper Pot is an old Philly tradition. I think it comes down from the Pennsylvania Dutch, who would not waste anything. It was a standard item on the menu in a 300 year old restaurant - where Hessian prisoners were chained in the cellar during the Revolution. Some believe they're still there.
The key with tripe is cooking it slowly for at least a day. Match it with a good chicken stock, spices, and spätzle noodles and it tastes pretty good.
The smell of watermelon makes me nauseous. I guess I'm a case study for this racist guide. I'll be checking into the reeducation camp soon.
In the early 19th century, artist John Lewis Krimmel depicted the pepper pot street vendor in Philadelphia with his painting, Pepper-Pot: A Scene in the Philadelphia Market. Krimmel's work was first exhibited in 1811 at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. The painting shows a barefoot black woman serving soup from a pot to white customers.[3]
Hmm, maybe they'd be well advised to do food score mean averaging in England, eh? :>