Brunch

[Vagus]

I do love a full cooked breakfast but never, ever, do one at home, too much of a faff and too much washing up.
Today, we met up with friends and had a delicious brunch..for me it was the full works, for other half it was a bacon bap followed by carrot cake, for the friends we were with it was one full veggie breakfast and one eggs benedict.
Extra coffee and a good catch up, loverly.

[sandyRoe]

That sounds great, options for every taste. Hope you enjoyed it.

[ZebuSanctuary]

// for me it was the full works //

Did the full works include half a slice of fried bread and a piece of black pudding? Yum!

[Vagus]

No fried bread but lots of toast, and, of course, black pudding.
Sandy, we did enjoy it..as much for the company as the food (she lied) ;)

[barry1010]

I like a breakfast Wetherspoons serves, miners benedictsp. Same as normal eggs benedict with black pudding under the poached egg

[cashier]

Sounds lovely, just a shame about the fried bread.

[Atheist]

Can anyone tell me how to make black pudding? I used to love it as a child. Crumbly black stuff with white spots of fat, and a lovely sage taste. I believe it's made from blood, but do they really do that nowadays? Sounds a bit too earthy and fiddly.

[douglas9401]

Take one trip to the butcher/supermarket
Select black pudding
Take home
Cook
Eat

Dead easy

[Atheist]

Dougie; I meant make it, not buy it! Or do you buy it in a bucket?

[anneasquith]

Ah, black pudding. We can eat it, but dear God don’t discuss how to make it .

[bednobs]

making it would be akin to trying to make your own sausages - not worth the effort and ultimately disappointing.

for me, it would be eggs benedict

[Vagus]

That sounds loverly Barry, I do love eggs benedict, and black pud, the combination would be perfect.
I’m not keen on fried bread so toast was the best choice for me.
I doubt you’d be able to make a really good black pud, Atheist, just buy it, as Douglas suggests. Our local butcher sells one they make themselves, but we buy a large one from Costco, slice it up and freeze the portions. It’s our favourite.

[douglas9401]

I think the first thing needed after draining the beast is a pair of those glove that the inseminators use then just imagine you're making bread that smells a bit metallic.

I just bought a wee pack of Simon Howie fancy schmancy stuff tonight to be had with eggs n sausages tomorrow. :-)

[pastafreak]

Try this Atheist...

https://www.britishcharcuterie.live/recipes/homemade-black-pudding

My brunch would be creamy scrambled eggs, smoked salmon, sourdough toast with smashed avocado.

[pastafreak]

Oooh... the Simon Howie fancy schmancy stuff is loverly. It's just a bit different

[Vagus]

Awww dougie, can I come and share? I’ll bring whatever you fancy to go with it!
Pasta, I do love smashed avocado on toast with a perfect poached egg on top...never quite managed a perfect poached egg.

[pastafreak]

Unfortunately I'm not a fan of poached eggs. I hate the whites at the best of times...too wet and runny...and slimey.

[Atheist]

Thanks, Dougie and Pasta. Maybe some of the white blobs were pearl barley rather than fat. Unfortunately, I'm a vegetarian so I don't think I'll be making my own. I do remember my manager buying intestines and carrying them home on the tube in a bucket many years ago. He made his own sausages with them.

[Vagus]

No, I think those blobs are fat...

[Atheist]

Vagus; that's what I always thought. I do still remember the sage taste.

[douglas9401]

"No, I think those blobs are fat..."

Which inspired Howie's Yo Mama range.