Care to hazard a guess? I have been so stressed out over other matters more important than this blog, hence the lack of substantial posts for the past few days. So in the meantime, I am curious just how many of you can figure this one out. The last time I asked such a question, I got such intriguing, amusing, outrageous and a few correct answers that the post managed to keep you all amused… Remember to formulate your answer before making the jump and reading other comments, that makes it a more “honest” answer. Heeheehee. :)
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Hi MM, fresh ox tripe?
close up of a carabao’s body part???
I’m guessing it’s some sort of tripe…
some part of a tree’s bark?
a very dirty towel..
i agree with u quillene
It’s a very thick jacket
it’s a carabao skin ready to be made into chicharon..
Kangaroo pouch? Hehe.
tualya ng Baka – yung ginagamit sa nilaga sa Bacolod???
It’s “MANDUNGO” in Cebuano, I think! ;-)
im going with Kat with the Kangaroo pouch
I’d go with TOWEL
a sea cucumber perhaps?
it’s tripe–not yet cleaned
A vulva of some sort?
i’m thinking tripe too…
bendunggo o tualya sang carabao?
I am also going with Kat. A female kangaroo’s pouch showing Joey’s front legs. Or the mother’s front legs checking if Joey is in.
some body part of an elephant
tuwalya ng baka, for callos?
a bitch in labor? hahahah
it’s an ox tripe, uncleaned, the “twalya” part
mushroom?
abalone :)
rotting vulva of some elephant?
is it nagbubusa ng rice or some type of grain in a bilao captured in such a way? =)
You are a naughty boy (wagging finger).
Hide of a cow/carabao
ok… i tried zooming it… kinda like a body part of an animal now… =P
an eye of a cow maybe… geeeeez…
trunk of an old tree???
elephant’s trunk turned inside out???
i go with natie and istine…it is an uncleaned/unbleached tripe
Bath Towel or Kitchen Towel or Basahan :)
Is is what I think it is or it not as bad as what we think it is?
Im so sure its a “BEEF STRIPE” or we called it tualya2, its the first stage of a cow/lamb/goat/deer/elk intestine or where its food were grinded accordingly, we normally mixed it with papaitan recipe. cleaning it is tricky as you have to remove all attached dirts on every corner of its tissue, note that some parasites are hiding in them too so it has to be prepared at the highest form of hygiene. a boiling water can do the tricks and even turn it in white or light color, i wonder what the tricks they do in australia as stripes imported from there are already cleaned almost perfect! i liked eating it with papaitan or simply boiled with some basic repices with a lemon…mmmmmm! love it with few cans of foster or buds…..
tripe! the kind that’s called “tuwalya”.
I recall you had a recent survey and the number one choice of pinoy dishes on that list was kare kare. One of the main ingredients for karekare is tripe. So I shall guess that the photo is tripe, unwashed, with a very leathery looking ridge.
..the “goto” in goto lugaw, the tripe that’s very good stuff in callos, kare-kare and “paklay” (although i prefer the “honeycomb” type to the “towel” type). and of course, pinoys generally are OV about cleaning this to a creamy white. i’ve seen thai noodle soups using tripe as black as this..YUCK!
carpet!
MM,
You are naughty,or are we who are the naughty ones…..ha..ha.ha.ha. can’t figure ito out…..the answers are so funny…make me laugh so loud….. ha..ha…ha.
I think the blogs erased some of your stress by now.
What the hell is that!?! A carabao’s behind with it’s tail held up high? It looks fuzzy and fur-ry. But I’d guess, like the others, that it is unwashed tripe, gray from the high chlorophyll content from undigested grass. (Haha, tnx wikipedia!)
ang itim naman..somebody should send it to the belo clinic first. kuyakot ng baka
beef tripe!!!
so what is it!? :)
naduduwal ako…
The PUSOD of a dark skinned Hairy Giant… HaHaHaHa… Seriously I’m thinking it’s the uncleaned tripe of a Carabao???
looks like an elephant skin to me..hehehe
it’s a kangaroo pouch…
labia majora ng kalabaw. devirginized.
Absolutely tripe
That is the alien who attempted to abduct me last night!!!
darth vager!
it’s a close-up of a carabao’s nose…
uncleaned beef tripe? the kind you have to boil and scrape and soak in several changes of vinegared water?
LOL It’s Darth Vager fighting Luke Skyscraper.
I guess its a brown towel under another towel.
Some kind of unshelled nut maybe?
give up??!!
it looks like a tripe…raw and not yet cleaned
That’s tripe! Not yet cleaned, whitened and washed.
a brown towel?! hehehe…
btw, MM did u happen to be eating in a fastfood chain in tagaytay early this morning? i thought i saw you ; )
what is this????? ox tripe? or a towel???????
an animal’s huge arse?
i’m guessing it’s tripe
Close up ng puwet ng Kalabaw
Never mind what that thing is; I’ve just finished watching Marketman on World Cafe Asia, woohoo! There’s a good shot of Katrina there, too!
a dirty car rug, folded up haphazardly. (i’m guessing it’s from an SUV) hehe
wet brown towel?
I can’t post what I think it is ‘coz it’s x-rated; is it me and my dirty mind? Hahaha. Does anybody know where we can access the Marketman on World Asia series?
The hood of a chocolate brown polyester fleece jacket?
whatever it is its got me scared… but if its a trick question, it might be a buttonhole of some kind of leather/animal hide jacket or parka
I can’t think of anything aside from dirty, but for formality, I will go on Carabao’s Ear… hehehehe
first guess – fleece liner ng jacket. 2nd guess – towel. 3rd guess – will not venture that direction. will leave it to others. haha. your photo is very suggestive. good one!
tastes like chicken, but smells like fish…
As I was vacuumuing rhe area rug yesterday and flipped it over, my guess initally was carpet! Then, I was thinking out loud….why would MM want to take a picture of carpet? It is a food blog after all!!!! I saw the underside of the rug and thought …..IT HAS TO BE CONNECTED WITH FOOD!hmmmm, maybe it is the cow tripe? like flipped over? or turned over? …like the rug, the outside has the follicle looking thingey!
OK…I give up!
hahahah tuwalya ni……ttt####$@@*
tuwalya / tripe. or a sweater that’s been dunked in the estero.
Carabao ear???
2nd guess… some kind of marsupial and it’s baby’s legs?… how many guesses are each of us allowed MM? ;-))
check this out:
https://www.bantaworld.com/tripe.jpg
Is there a prize for guessing correctly? :P
This looks like a dirty Mr. Snuffleupagus, but one thing I know for sure… I’ve never eaten anything that looks like this.
It’s tripe! I’m hoping to see a good callos recipe in the next post?
Monday blues begone! Thank you, MM…first it was the carrot and now this!!!! Yup, MM…like Diwata08 said, how many guesses are we allowed? Do we get any consolation prize?
Does it have anything to do with your chocolate labrador?
Marketman,
me thinks it’s a dirty beef tripe or an elephants “gina”
I know this is a food blog but my first thought was a pitcher plant or orchid. My second guess would be Tripe of some animal. I just saw the AFC River Cottage episode a few days ago about Cow Tripe, but it was already white.
Betty Q., may I have your award-winning chocolate cake? I already checed the archives and got your recipe of Nov. ’08 but what I was looking for was your award winning one. Pleassse? Sorry for ambushing this thread!
Virgin tripe.
That reminds me of our water buffalo’s (kalabaw) anus :-D
an animal’s vagina!
I say de-collagenized fish lips with swollen biforked tongue. Na -allergy sa lato! Ha, ha, ha.
MM, you and your wild ideas!
something crocheted ?
ox tripe?
Very suggestive photo. After the carrot and this one, I must say you are really one naughty boy, marketman. Kidding aside, it looks like the hood of a fleece jacket.
MM,you are so funny and naughty,but,I like it!
Unbleached tripe? A lot of the comments made me LOL!!
It’s a marsupial’s pouch
Would look at cleaned and pristine looking tripe differently from now on. I hope it’s not a Callos dish coming up soon. Talk about pre empting your appetite!
Oh no it’s lent and I’m not supposed to entertain these thoughts… meat thoughts, or meat dishes I mean (hmmm.. :). I think it’s ox tripe for callos or kare-kare.
Off topic, MM, I tried your humba recipe over the weekend but instead of anise I used 5-spice powder. Wow! something different that the family enjoyed. Thanks as always for this blog site, really helpful on all aspects!!!
hala! you are firing up people’s dirty little minds!
as for me … hmmm, an animal’s genitals (yes, labia majora and the minora peeking through), or ‘twalya’/tripe, or a rolled-up old gray towel, or a closeup shot of some exotic plant.
>> lee: si darth vager ba ay kuya ni ‘dark vajayjay’? heeeheee!!
I agree with Consol. It’s an animal’s genital ,the minor and major labia.Maybe I am wrong.But anyway you are funny!!!
callos! yum!!!
so that’s what it is…. o my i now see callos the ulam and twalya in lugaw & karekare in a different way… =(
Kabayong buntis!
some sort of a seed?
hehehe…mahalay ang itsura…naughty marketman…
i think it’s a Bat…lol~
OMG tama na !!!! MM….tell us what it is…sige lang. Dont keep us guessing for a year.
Jack, I answered the question the day after I did this post, see it here.