I love it, but can't get it in Tokyo. The locals freek when I explain what it is. 10 slobbering points to the best answer.
2006-10-12 21:45:43 · 30 answers · asked by chris_sensei2003 3 in Food & Drink ➔ Other - Food & Drink
We had it for dinner last night! Sliced and fried....keep them warm..then fry some Granny Smith Apples (also sliced) in butter, remove from the pan and fry a little chopped onion, add a big spoonful of mustard powder (english) and a small tub of double cream, reduce the sauce. Arrange the black pudding and apple (alternating the slices) on a plate and pour the sauce over them. We had it served with some steamed broccoli. Lovely!
It's a bit cruel to tell you this as you can't get them in Tokyo!
2006-10-12 22:00:12 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I know I am a bit picky but I need you to understand that I am no fanatical vegan and I don't come from any culture that proscribes products that have their origins with the meat from pigs. OK?
But look - it is pigs' blood and pig fat , a large amount of seasoning and some cereal. You are ok with that despite how it might sound to the uninitiated, and, up to a point I can accept that it is probably very tasty, (if you can get past the recipe!)
But look - pig fat? You would deliberately eat the most saturated of saturated fats? I believe for some that is not enough and that they fry it in rendered bacon fat!! How long do you need your arteries to continue to deliver blood to all your vital organs?
As to how other people cook it, once many years ago in Lancashire, (where I believe they understand about this sort of thing,) I saw black puddings, small, individual, spherical things that hung, like grapes, (and haemmorhoids,) in bunches, (as opposed to the sausage shaped arrangements that are usually formed into rings,) being boiled and served with mustard. My guess, at the time, was that the mustard was in an effort to disguise the taste but was told by one of your fellow afficionadi, that it was traditional and ENHANCED the taste.
So that's my understanding - limited though I accept it is - of what people do with black pudding. It's not what I would do with it but there are some biases I just can't get past.
2006-10-12 22:14:43 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I just love black pudding. We have it for breakfast mainly at the weekends. We also eat white pudding. For breakfast I grill both the black pudding and the white pudding along with bacon and sausages. All of this is then put onto a plate with a lovely egg fried in olive oil and some nicely toasted brown bread. Yum,yum. Hurry up weekend. I hope that you manage to find some black pudding soon. Try looking for white pudding as well.
2006-10-13 02:14:45 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Oh what a shame u cant get it in Tokyo, have u asked someone to send u some by airmail, if you like it that much, as i do it will be well worth the cost, I have just got back from Yorkshire & bought some there,(supposed to be the home of Black pudd) & it was taseless, so had to resort back to buying it from Tesco, a fry up is not a fry up without the good ole black pudding. try emailing tesco they might send you some.
2006-10-12 21:59:59 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I look forward to the day Ken Barlow walks into the Rovers with six black puddings strapped to his chest under his cardigan and threatens to detonate them if Blanche won't agree to a threesome with Emily...
2006-10-12 21:54:39 · answer #5 · answered by Michael E 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
mmmmmmm. yummy i love congealed pigs blood, its best if you fry it thinly sliced in a bit of chilli infused olive oil.
my husband nearly blows chunks every time i cook it - its hilarious!
he will eat haggis though which i find a bit odd.
have you ever tried white pudding? its even more disgusting than black but still tastes good though.
2006-10-12 21:52:23 · answer #6 · answered by neogriff 5 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Sliced and fried or just as it comes cooked in the microwave, served with fresh bread and butter and a little mustard
2006-10-13 02:21:15 · answer #7 · answered by di 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
What the locals freak out about that, they eat poisonous fish, drink sake with lizzards in it and stuff, a bit of pigs blood would put hairs on their chest!
I like it raw, before its been made into that sausage shape.
2006-10-12 21:54:40 · answer #8 · answered by jonny Atlantis 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I used to hate it with a passion but now, for some strange reason, I love it.
It is best cut in to slices and fried.
2006-10-12 21:49:17 · answer #9 · answered by astonishingmonkeyman 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I love it cold with salad and I love it fried in a little oil until its crisp served with bacon, egg, mushrooms fried bread its delicious.
2006-10-13 00:49:23 · answer #10 · answered by Lisa P 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋