THE COLLAGENOUS "CALLOS"

Before, I never had the guts to eat or even just taste callos because of the way it looked and how it was cooked. Some callos also had a weird smell, like a dish almost at its expiration. I also couldn't stand the orange color of it. But everything changed, when one day my dad brought take away from his event, and it was callos.  I didn't want to disappoint my dad so I tried eating it, AND IT WAS AMAZING! I never knew beef skin and fat or what we called a beef tripe could taste that amazing. My palate was exploding with flavors. 

I had to figure out what I was eating.  My brain was thinking about “balbacua”,  which seemed like it was true at first,  but then I bit into the soft beef skin, which my dad explained to me was called "LIBRO" when you buy it at the market. I had a wonderful time eating it and I ate the whole take away, leaving no trace of a single callos dish. Every time I eat callos I always remember my dad, and how we spent time together eating this wonderful flavorsome dish.