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Caldume ( Italian) or quarumi ( Sicilian) is a Sicilian dish of veal
tripe Tripe is a type of edible lining from the stomachs of various farm animals. Most tripe is from cattle, pigs and sheep. Types of tripe Beef tripe Beef tripe is made from the muscle wall (the interior mucosal lining is removed) of a cow' ...
stewed with vegetables, served as a
street food Street food is ready-to-eat food or drinks sold by a hawker, or vendor, in a street or at other public places, such as markets or fairs. It is often sold from a portable food booth, food cart, or food truck and is meant for immediate consump ...
in
Palermo Palermo ( , ; scn, Palermu , locally also or ) is a city in southern Italy, the capital of both the autonomous region of Sicily and the Metropolitan City of Palermo, the city's surrounding metropolitan province. The city is noted for it ...
and Catania.Christian Pancaro, ''La “Quarume”, antico piatto dello street food palermitano", ''La Gazzetta Palermitana'', 26 November 201
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All parts of the tripe (
rumen The rumen, also known as a paunch, is the largest stomach compartment in ruminants and the larger part of the reticulorumen, which is the first chamber in the alimentary canal of ruminant animals. The rumen's microbial favoring environment allow ...
, omasum,
abomasum The abomasum, also known as the maw,The Cham ...
) as well as the
duodenum The duodenum is the first section of the small intestine in most higher vertebrates, including mammals, reptiles, and birds. In fish, the divisions of the small intestine are not as clear, and the terms anterior intestine or proximal intestine ...
are stewed with carrots, parsley, tomato, and onion. It is served hot, with salt, pepper, oil, and lemon. Vendors of ''quarumi'', called ''quarumaru'', are often found in the public markets.


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Palermitan cuisine Cuisine of Sicily Offal Italian stews {{italy-cuisine-stub