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03-01-09
15:47
S.O.B. Stew
The S.O.B. in S.O.B. Stew stands exactly for you think it does. It's sometimes politely called Son of a Gun Stew. S.O.B. Stew was a great favorite among the cowboys who subsisted on a diet of mostly beef, beans and flour. The standard S.O.B. recipe includes but is not limited to: the marrow gut, brains, sweetbread (pancreas), heart, liver and tongue of a young calf. All ingredients were stewed together for several hours. The internal organs are high in vitamin content. After a steady diet of the aforementioned beef, beans and flour, the cowboys would start to have a craving that only S.O.B. Stew could satisfy by providing the vitamins.
Marrow gut comes from an unweaned calf. It is a tube that connects the calf's stomachs. It goes in S.O.B. Stew or can be eaten alone. The favored method of cooking is to broil it over hot coals. After a calf starts eating grass, the marrow gut becomes tough and inedible.
Menudo
Menudo is a first cousin to S.O.B. Stew, with the principal ingredient being tripe (cow's stomach). The tripe is cleaned, given several boilings and the water discarded. Then it is cut into bite size pieces and the menduo in made. Also included are a pig's foot or two, chili powder, other chili type seasonings and hominy. For best results, it should be boiled over an open fire for five or six hours. It's served steaming hot in a bowl garnished with chopped onion and a squeeze of limejuice. I can personally attest to the legendary restorative powers of menudo. Nothing beats it after a hard night of party.
from http://www.texascooking.com/features/jan2002historyfood.htm
