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What is buche?
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Pete Fraser
2004-06-02 22:32:27 UTC
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I ate at my favorite taco truck today, and
noticed after I had ordered that they had
"buche". I asked what it was, and was told
stomach. I asked how this was different from
tripas, but didn't understand the answer.

Googling indicates that buche is pig tail,
pig snout, pig belly, stomach, close to the
stomach, and beef cheeks.

Anyone here know what it really is?

Pete
Steve Wertz
2004-06-02 23:43:49 UTC
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Post by Pete Fraser
I ate at my favorite taco truck today, and
noticed after I had ordered that they had
"buche". I asked what it was, and was told
stomach. I asked how this was different from
tripas, but didn't understand the answer.
Googling indicates that buche is pig tail,
pig snout, pig belly, stomach, close to the
stomach, and beef cheeks.
Anyone here know what it really is?
I think it's deep-fried pig stomach (but may sometimes be applied
to other deep fried variety meats just to confuse us). Note that
tripe is usually beef stomach.

You may have better luck asking in alt.food.mexican-cooking (like
so).

-sw
Irma
2004-06-03 08:02:42 UTC
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Hi,

I wanted to explain it myself, but I think this article explains it better
:-)

http://thematrix.sureste.com/cityview/merida1/articulos/eltaco.htm

Sorry I got it in Spanish, but I think there's an English translation.

Carnitas are prepared not only with the "macisa", but with the insides of
the pork, in this article you will see the name of the different parts of
the pork that are cook in the same cauldron.

Hope this help.

Irma.
p.s. I can't find the English translation....

Any way here are the names:

De carnitas de cerdo: Provienen de Michoacán y Jalisco, y generalmente son
de: maciza, cuerito, buche, nana, nenepil, trompa, oreja, cachete, hígado,
tripa, "libro", pulmón y cáscara.
Post by Steve Wertz
Post by Pete Fraser
I ate at my favorite taco truck today, and
noticed after I had ordered that they had
"buche". I asked what it was, and was told
stomach. I asked how this was different from
tripas, but didn't understand the answer.
Googling indicates that buche is pig tail,
pig snout, pig belly, stomach, close to the
stomach, and beef cheeks.
Anyone here know what it really is?
I think it's deep-fried pig stomach (but may sometimes be applied
to other deep fried variety meats just to confuse us). Note that
tripe is usually beef stomach.
You may have better luck asking in alt.food.mexican-cooking (like
so).
-sw
Guy Bannis
2004-06-03 00:53:47 UTC
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Post by Pete Fraser
I ate at my favorite taco truck today, and
noticed after I had ordered that they had
"buche". I asked what it was, and was told
stomach. I asked how this was different from
tripas, but didn't understand the answer.
As in "Buche de Noel"? Context ...
Pete Fraser
2004-06-03 16:51:24 UTC
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Post by Guy Bannis
Post by Pete Fraser
I ate at my favorite taco truck today, and
noticed after I had ordered that they had
"buche". I asked what it was, and was told
stomach. I asked how this was different from
tripas, but didn't understand the answer.
As in "Buche de Noel"? Context ...
I'm not sure how I can provide more context that
I have already. It's sold in a taco truck, and was
described as stomach, but not tripas.

It's possible (but I suspect highly unlikely) that
they were talking about Buche de Noel.
Guy Bannis
2004-06-03 20:23:43 UTC
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Post by Pete Fraser
Post by Guy Bannis
Post by Pete Fraser
I ate at my favorite taco truck today, and
noticed after I had ordered that they had
"buche". I asked what it was, and was told
stomach. I asked how this was different from
tripas, but didn't understand the answer.
As in "Buche de Noel"? Context ...
I'm not sure how I can provide more context that
I have already. It's sold in a taco truck, and was
described as stomach, but not tripas.
It's possible (but I suspect highly unlikely) that
they were talking about Buche de Noel.
I was pulling your leg ...
rone
2004-06-04 07:02:46 UTC
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Post by Pete Fraser
I ate at my favorite taco truck today, and
noticed after I had ordered that they had
"buche". I asked what it was, and was told
stomach. I asked how this was different from
tripas, but didn't understand the answer.
Anyone here know what it really is?
It's definitely the meat surrounding the stomach, not the actual
stomach ("buche" means "crop", so i'd guess it's from the underside of
the cow's crop). Tripas is intestines (not tripe, which is the
stomach's lining).

rone
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Crap's Law: 90% of fish cytogenics is sturgeon. - Kibo
rone
2004-06-04 07:05:05 UTC
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Post by rone
Post by Pete Fraser
I ate at my favorite taco truck today, and
noticed after I had ordered that they had
"buche". I asked what it was, and was told
stomach. I asked how this was different from
tripas, but didn't understand the answer.
Anyone here know what it really is?
It's definitely the meat surrounding the stomach, not the actual
stomach ("buche" means "crop", so i'd guess it's from the underside of
the cow's crop). Tripas is intestines (not tripe, which is the
stomach's lining).
I must quote this article from the Orange County Weekly:

Buche: Not stomach, but the meat immediately surrounding the
stomach. More popular than it should be, buche is as close to
lunching on rubber as sanitarily possible.

<http://www.ocweekly.com/ink/04/19/cover-arellano.php>

rone
--
Crap's Law: 90% of fish cytogenics is sturgeon. - Kibo
s***@gmail.com
2020-02-24 07:08:10 UTC
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Post by Pete Fraser
I ate at my favorite taco truck today, and
noticed after I had ordered that they had
"buche". I asked what it was, and was told
stomach. I asked how this was different from
tripas, but didn't understand the answer.
Googling indicates that buche is pig tail,
pig snout, pig belly, stomach, close to the
stomach, and beef cheeks.
Anyone here know what it really is?
Pete
https://www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2010/06/the-nasty-bits-tacos-de-buche-pork-stomach-recipe.html
h***@gmail.com
2020-08-10 14:16:43 UTC
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Hi. Buche is pig throat and stomach.
Julian Macassey
2020-08-10 22:17:25 UTC
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On Mon, 10 Aug 2020 07:16:43 -0700 (PDT),
Post by h***@gmail.com
Hi. Buche is pig throat and stomach.
Why did you post this?
--
In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.
- George Orwell
Todd Michel McComb
2020-08-11 01:42:29 UTC
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Post by Julian Macassey
Why did you post this?
Heaven needed help.
Julian Macassey
2020-08-11 02:06:41 UTC
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On Tue, 11 Aug 2020 01:42:29 +0000 (UTC),
Post by Todd Michel McComb
Post by Julian Macassey
Why did you post this?
Heaven needed help.
Looking around these days, I can say if there is a
heaven, it must have closed and gone out of business decades ago.
--
In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.
- George Orwell
Todd Michel McComb
2020-08-11 04:24:41 UTC
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Looking around these days, I can say if there is a heaven, it must
have closed and gone out of business decades ago.
No real money in it.
Swertz
2020-08-11 09:40:59 UTC
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Post by Julian Macassey
On Mon, 10 Aug 2020 07:16:43 -0700 (PDT),
Post by h***@gmail.com
Hi. Buche is pig throat and stomach.
Why did you post this?
It's a Google-poster responding to a question Pete Fraser asked 16
years ago.

They're a little slow up stairs.

To answer the original question, buche(*) is to pig what tripe is to
cow.

(*) because it sounds more elegant than "hog maw".

-sw

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