More specifically, it is the exterior muscular wall of the stomach organ (with interior, lining mucosa removed) which contains no fat if cleaned properly.
It can be found in American, soul food, Chinese, Pennsylvania Dutch, Mexican, German, Portuguese, Italian and Vietnamese dishes.
Often served in the winter, it was made on hog butchering days on the farms of Lancaster and Berks Counties and elsewhere in the Pennsylvania Dutch Country.
In Chinese cuisine, hog maw is called 猪肚 (zhūdǔ, "pig stomach") often served stir fried with vegetables.
Cuajitos is a popular street vendor food found around the island and is most often served with boiled green banana escabeche and morcilla (blood sausage).