Tripe and Hominy

One of those revealing distinctions between Indian and Anglo worlds is that Anglos call a cow’s stomach lining “tripe,” which has come to mean rubbish or trash, while Indians call the same lining, from the way its folds resemble the pages of a book, “the Indian Bible.” Every part of an animal’s body is treated with the respect due one’s own: since the animal has been good enough to give up his life to sustain man’s, no part is wasted. One of the happy results of this kinship is the second g