Offal not a culinary preparation, rather a form of food as medicine . In some Latin American countries, such as Mexico, almost all internal parts and organs are consumed regularly. Chicken hearts, gizzards and livers are usually eaten fried or boiled, either alone, or in broth. Brainstem is served as soup, "sopa de médula". Several types of offal are commonly used in tacos, including: Tripe is also used to make "pancita" and "menudo". The "montalayo" is a dish made of chopped organs, spiced with "adobo", and cooked inside of the sheep stomach. This is known as "menudo de birria" in the
Tripe chorba Tripe chorba Tripe chorba (, ) is a chorba (soup) made with tripe (cow stomach). It is widely (not universally) considered to be a hangover remedy. The Turkish name , meaning "tripe soup", consists of ("stomach/tripe"), ("soup"), and the possessive affix that links the two words. It came from Persian (, "rumen") and (, "soup"), from Arabic ( "soup"), which is derived from the verb ( "to drink"). Cognates include the English sherbet and syrup, as well as Arabic sharbat. Some South Slavic languages borrowed the dish name from Turkish: as () in Bulgarian and Macedonian, and as () in