Is blood pudding what I think it is?

[burkeas]

Could someone describe this? When I heard about it I was literaly grossed-out. I'm American and we don't have blood pudding here.

[BBWCHATT]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_pudding

[adzy31]

Black pudding is surprisingly good, I'd definitely recommend it... a unique taste, goes really well with bacon and sausages.

Hey, don't be too grossed out... at least it's a fairly simple ingredient list so that you know what's in them! in contrast, I'd hate to think how many different undesirable floor sweepings go into those disgusting american rubbery hot dogs... :P

[lady_p_gold]

Yes it is ........ and I can understand how gross it sounds. However if you eat burgers and sausages or other similar things ... er ... well then not quite sure why you are grossed out, some of the things in them are much more horrific.

[peppy]

Mr. P's first job was in a bakery where they made their own black pudding ( as it's mainly called here ) in a huge vat.

In order to mix all the raw ingredients together, he was asked to get his whole arm in and just swill it around.

He threw up there and then and a promising career was brought to an abrupt end !

He still can't stand the sight of it today, although I quite like it. You might be pleasantly surprised if you tried it xx

[sinbadp]

yep its a blood clot..... enjoy

[Clanad]

We do have varities of blood puddings here in the U.S. In the German communities of the midwest it's known as Blutwurst and in the Cajun and Creole areas of Louisiana it's called Cajun Boudin. In the centers of Basque population here in the inter-mountain west (especially, Reno and Elko, Nevada, but also Johnson County, Wyoming) you'll find Morcillas Basca and Tripotx also called Lamb's Blood Sausage. While I agree it's not as commonly available here as in Europe or the U.K., one can find it...

[mycats]

oooh black pudding is lovely! Honest lol I know it sounds gross but its not.
Saying that I'm Scottish, we eat haggis lol

[vivandorron]

Black pudding is great for BBQ's.

[knobbynonuts]

yuk

[davidhm]

It is available in New York, known as blood pudding. But they seem to add tongue to the mix. Yuk.