3011 Testina

I noticed some freaky looking stuff in the supermarket this week....testina. I tried to imagine what it could be and only could thing of somthing that was a bit unpalitible & just plain eye-watering!

It looked like something internal (and necessary to a living cow!) but I'm bemused as to what it is & how it's cooked.

I guessed it was something like tripe, but that's trippa, innit? The testina has some doobreys on them that looked like the things on star-fish tenticles..... can anyone help?

(or had I just got too close to the 95% proof 'pop' & imagined it all?)

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Food & Drink

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 03/21/2006 - 18:30

Are you sure it wasn't intestino? Intestines? A bit like chittlings.. actually.. exactly like chittlings..

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Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed, 03/22/2006 - 01:50

I dunno, that was (the other thing) I thought it could be(!) but there was this distinct star-fishy tenticle thing going on & despite only getting a C in O level biology, I can't remember anything like that inside a cow!

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed, 03/22/2006 - 03:51

Tusc..

Curiosity is killing me.. do me a big favour.. go take a photo of it and post it so we can see.. I've looked up "testina" and it says 'testina zigrinata' which hopefully doesn't fit 'cus even Aliena wouldn't eat worms! :D

:) :)

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed, 03/22/2006 - 05:27

Heavens, I've just found out what it is, phew!

[url=http://www.italianmade.com/recipes/recipe341.cfm]Testina[/url] is part of an animal's head (not just veal as this recipe suggests) ....not sure which part, but that's probably more than enough information for me as it is!

Oh, and for the ghoulish, here's the image.......
[url]http://rubbahslippahsinitaly.blogspot.com/2004_11_01_rubbahslippahsinitaly_archive.html[/url]

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed, 03/22/2006 - 05:35

OK Tusk.. so it's the head.. which obviously makes sense.. testa.. and is very tasty.. but the bit that threw me off was the "doobreys and star-fish tenticles".

What are the doobreys and star-fish tenticles? Which part of the head? My cervello is boggling again! :D

:) :)

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed, 03/22/2006 - 05:56

[SIZE=-1]we began with The [B]testina[/B] di vitello (veal brawn, or headcheese) [/SIZE]
Makes it sound even better!

Oh, Yuk!

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Thu, 05/11/2006 - 12:37

The Testina is the whole meat of the head of a veal/beef.
It includes a lot of "gelly" and fat and less meat.
In Piemonte and Lombardia is considered a real delicacy!!