Seems to me in my childhood the brandname for beef bouillon was "Steero", which is uncomfortably close to "Sterno", enit?

As far as complementing tripe, Alex, I don't know whether there's a good reason to want to. I am planning to have dinner some Friday night soon at the Polish Home Association, the closest thing Seattle has to a Polish restaurant, and I am reliably informed that their signature dish is Warsaw Tripe. I don't recall ever having had tripe per se before (though there's one varietal soup in the Campbell's™ line, I think it's their Scotch Broth, that has tripe in it; or is it Pepper Pot?), and since I don't drink beer (Polish or otherwise) I'm not sure what to order to wash it down or otherwise enhance its palatability.

If it turns out to be as delectable as the Polish Homeboys claim, maybe I'll by some at the PPM (Don & Joe's Meats, same place I get my lamb cheeks) and give it a go.

Liland