[Rowlf]

I have just read through this thread and really enjoyed it. My favourite meal when I lived with my parents was Beef and Cow Heel. My dad used to make it and I liked it made the day before we ate it as it was so thick and sticky then.He always used shin beef.As a few of you said 'Sticks to your ribs'. My dad used to say that too. I have eaten tripe once of twice but not over keen. I loved Christmas though as dad always bought a tongue from Chadwicks in the market hall and cooked it himself. He would boil it and then put it in a basin with a plate on top and a heavy weight on top of the plate to press the meat down. I still treat myself to a
quarter of tongue now and again but it never tastes like the home cooked did. My dad died 13 yrs ago and I have never had cow heel pie since. My other half will not entertain it. Some people do not know what is good for them.