was Wordplay in HP ... Tripe

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--- In HPforGrownups at y..., rcraigharman at h... wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Doreen Rich" <nera at r...> wrote:
> > People actually eat stomach lining on the east coast? Do you fry 
it 
> > or what?
> > 
> > Doreen, who is about as familiar with tripe as she is chittlins
> 
> It's a "delicacy", which is just a horrible misnomer for "leftover
> bits that you usually wouldn't touch with a ten-foot pole".  :^)
> 
I agree with Craig.  I have found really amusing translations on 
menus in Chinese restaurants for dishes containing those 
"delicacies".  Beware Chinese food with names like "Pan-fried 
things", "Fried Delicacy",  "Congee with pig skin and stuff" all of 
which I have seen.  Or, better yet, be adventurous and try them.  
Once.  (That should be enough).

OK, well, I see the mean evil moderator with the hairnet and the 
bunny slippers coming towards me with a bullhorn...so I will veer 
this back on-topic.

In the famous "Tripe, Sybil?" remark, did you get the impression that 
our friend Minerva was being purposely rude to Trelawney?  They dont 
really serve tripe at Hogwarts, even at Christmas, do they?

--Joywitch