Black pudding

[tnordl]

We have it in sweden. You should be able to find it in most supermarket. I slice it thin then fry it in butter and serve ut with mashed cranberries.

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[RocketRyan]

We have it in sweden. You should be able to find it in most supermarket. I slice it thin then fry it in butter and serve ut with mashed cranberries.

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Wow never thought of cranberries. I like it fried, with a fried piece of chorizo an topped with a scallop... Bliss

[oldstoat]

When I was little, thanks to Eric Thompson (Emma's dad) and The Magic Roundabout, I was under the impression that a haggis was a small creature that lived in the Highlands, went "Wheee" a lot, and was hunted under licence from Oban. On the whole I think it's slightly more palatable than the truth.

When my children were little I convinced them that haggises were small animals living in the Highlands but that the legs on one side were shorter than those on the other, so that they didn't roll down the hillside. Of course, over time, evolution occurred and so right handed haggises could only go clockwise around hills and left handed haggises could only go anticlockwise. My daughter, bless her, is quite soft hearted, and was deeply saddened by the tragic tale of the left handed boy haggis and the right handed girl haggis who could never be together without one of them rolling down the hill.

She is still quite upset with me because she told her friends this with utter sincerity at school when she was 14.

I probably shouldn't be allowed to tell anyone anything.

[RocketRyan]

My father told us the same thing, he is also from Surrey! Dad? Lol

[Dragonmaster Lou]

Portugal also has its own version, which tends to be quite spicy. Can't say I've ever had any other style as far as I can recall.

I must try and find this.

It's pretty easy to find where I live, but I live in a part of the USA with a fairly large Portuguese immigrant population (including my own family). I'm not sure where you can find it in your neck of the woods, however. In Portuguese, it's called "morcela," so you can try hunting around for that.

[RocketRyan]

Thanks I certainly will.

[Northern Gentleman]

Just saw this string about black pudding, or blood pudding as my Scottish grandmother called it. Here in Canada, it's a bit difficult to find - there's a local Irish and Scottish store that sells British foods, and sometimes they have frozen blood pudding. I love it with bacon and eggs, something I picked up from my mother. My wife thinks it's gross, so it's rare that I have it. When I do, I'm the one who buys and cooks it for a Saturday breakfast treat. This is making me hungry - this weekend, guess who is heading to the Irish and Scottish Store!

[RocketRyan]

Good effort

[matteob]

It's not for me the whole idea of eating blood makes me gag. I know in Italy they make a chocolate dessert sauce called Sanguinaccio from pig's blood. I went to a restaurant and ate that quite happily until they told me what was in it and then I had to go to the loo and throw up.

[RocketRyan]

Ha ha my wife is Italian I will have to ask about that one.

[matteob]

@RocketRyan it is more a Southern Italian thing:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanguinaccio_dolce

[RocketRyan]

They do get weird down there lol

[Chuasam]

Don't see it as weird. Black pudding is nutritious and tastes good with fried egg and some toast.

[Deb]

When I was little, thanks to Eric Thompson (Emma's dad) and The Magic Roundabout, I was under the impression that a haggis was a small creature that lived in the Highlands, went "Wheee" a lot, and was hunted under licence from Oban. On the whole I think it's slightly more palatable than the truth.

When my children were little I convinced them that haggises were small animals living in the Highlands but that the legs on one side were shorter than those on the other, so that they didn't roll down the hillside. Of course, over time, evolution occurred and so right handed haggises could only go clockwise around hills and left handed haggises could only go anticlockwise. My daughter, bless her, is quite soft hearted, and was deeply saddened by the tragic tale of the left handed boy haggis and the right handed girl haggis who could never be together without one of them rolling down the hill.

She is still quite upset with me because she told her friends this with utter sincerity at school when she was 14.

I probably shouldn't be allowed to tell anyone anything.

That's what children are for!

[smiffy20000]

I had a fried breakfast in a smart restaurant last weekend, took the think slice of black pudding home for my dog, broke it up for her and couldnt beleive the big globs of fat in it, couldnt give it to her, so it went for the birds instead.

A food that should come with a health warning IMHO.

[RocketRyan]

The white lumps could have been pearl barley

[smiffy20000]

The white lumps could have been pearl barley

The white lumps were squidgy.

35 g of fat for 100g black pudding

Dont get me wrong, I like the taste of black pudding but my ticker cannot cope with 35% fat of anything.

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Blinking big Pearl Barley though!

[RocketRyan]

The white lumps could have been pearl barley

The white lumps were squidgy.

35 g of fat for 100g black pudding

Dont get me wrong, I like the taste of black pudding but my ticker cannot cope with 35% fat of anything.

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Blinking big Pearl Barley though!

Wow that is fatty black pudding, we are quite lucky around here, we can buy some quite decent stuff if we want, which I imagine is a bit healthier. Waitrose supermarket also makes a black pudding scotch egg, so good