Why is menudo only served on weekends?

Question

I can only buy Menudo (tripe stew) at Mexican restaurants on weekends. Why is that?

Answer 1

It's a hangover cure for the morning after drinking.

Answer 2

There are two reasons.  First, menudo takes a long time to cook.  Second, it's traditionally a hangover cure, and hangovers traditionally happen on the weekend.

Answer 3

Most restaurants have "weekend" foods- things that maybe don't sell as well during week days, so they don't waste time and resources offering them on the Monday through Thursday menu. Prime rib is a good example- people will order it to treat themselves on a Saturday night, but not a Tuesday night. Since menudo is a favorite hangover cure, maybe they've found the most demand is on weekends when a lot of people  have had too much "relaxation" the night before.

Answer 4

When I lived in Sacramento,, Alonzo's Restaurant On Saturday and Sunday's the customers would actually line up outside to pick orders of tamales.I asked why and most were "They were having a party."

I would imagine that Menudo would fall in that celebration mode also....

Answer 5

the preparation to cook it is long and tedious!

Answer 6

Menudo may only be served on the weekends due the long cooking time. I recall several occasions when my wife or mother have prepared and cooked menudo they started early morning or would cook the tripe a night before. As for Menudo being a hangover food that is NOT TRUE. My family finds such a statement offensive. Menudo is considered a breakfast food. The countless times I have eaten menudo it has always been in the morning and never after a hang over. I could think of many other foods I would rather have after a night of drinking.