“I Can’t Keep Defending You”: Cape Town Aunty Shares Simple Way To Cook Tripe Faster, SA in Stitches

• A Cape Town aunt popular for making interesting dishes shared an easy way to cook tripe quicker and softer, saving time and money
• She shared her clip on TikTok, also advising on how to get other hard meats to cook faster while showing off hers
• Social media users were rolling on the floor with laughter, flooding the comment section to share their amusement with humorous comments
• Briefly News spoke with a catering company owner about easy ways to prepare dishes that take a long time to cook

Aunty Nadia, a Cape Town woman known for making colourful dishes, shared a video of how she gets her tripe softer quicker, sparking a lot of debate online.

The auntie, TikTok user @nadia.booth, shared her clip on the video streaming platform, gaining massive views, comments and likes from social media users who were defeated by her recipe.

Auntie Nadia shows off her tripe pot

The clip starts as @nadia.booth pours cow's milk into a pot of boiling tripe, emptying the whole 1l box. She moves the camera to show her face as she explains her recipe, adding that when making a tripe pot (insides of a cow or sheep), the best way to get it softer quicker is to add milk. She adds that the milk can be used to soften and tenderise any kind of hard meat, making an example of pootjiekos competitions, before displaying the empty box she used.

Watch the TikTok video below:

Easy ways of cooking hard meats

We at Briefly News had the pleasure of speaking with Lullu Suka, a catering company owner, about easy ways to make time-consuming meals. The team asked if she's ever tried or heard of using milk to tenderise tripe or other hard meats before, like Aunty Nadia. She said:

"To be honest, I've never heard of adding milk to tripe before. In my business, depending on the number of people we are cooking for, we usually just boil it low and slow until it gets soft. This is usually at events where they slaughter cows and we prepare the meat, including the insides, like tripe.

But, everyone has their style of cooking, and sometimes these hacks work wonders and save us money and time, and their times they flop."

Briefly News asked the businesswoman how important it is for caterers to find smart, time-saving methods when cooking traditional dishes like tripe. She responded:

"It is extremely important. In catering, time is everything. If there's a smart way to speed things up without losing the flavour or quality, then it's worth exploring. But of course, you'd have to practise at home for yourself or your people, to make sure it is the way you want it to be, before preparing it for clients."

We asked Lullu if she thinks adding milk to meats like tripe would be practical for big catering orders. The woman shared:

"I think it can be tricky with very large quantities, but maybe for smaller batches, it could work nicely. It's always exciting to see people find shortcuts that suit their kitchens."

When asked if she's picked up any other unusual or clever tips from the kitchen that help when preparing meals for clients. Lullu said:

"I definitely have learnt a few tricks. There are many that I use often, like marinating meats overnight with vinegar to tenderise or using Coke for the same purpose. The kitchen is full of little secrets, and every cook has her/his own magic touch.

Mzansi comments on the tripe clip

The clip attracted over 1.2K comments from social media users who could not believe their eyes. Many asked for the auntie to be given her television show, saying she would entertain many viewers. Some said they had never seen meat cooked with milk, and others promised to try the auntie's recipe and share feedback afterwards.

User @MamaL2 said:

"Yoh! Auntie Nadia, I can't keep defending you 😭 ."

User @georgieinjhb

"I’m beyond Defeated… thoughts and prayers for those who will be eating…. Yhooo 😂😭."

User @AnnA🇿🇦

"I know soaking liver in milk makes it tender, so who's to say Nadia is wrong by adding milk to make the tripe soft💁‍♀️."

User @Yusuf_levy

"They must give this aunty a show, Fear Factor SA. Whoever survives the meal wins R20K🤣."

User @user7449005241094

"Now, I suppose Aunty Nadia is going to add herbs, and not forgetting the rosemary, and then end it off with some dry soup powder 😂."

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Source: Briefly News