Black Pudding

[rdjohn]

Although I come from a neighbouring town to Bury, I do not believe that they, or French black puddings, can hold a light to Spanish black puddings.

Spain has two types, made with either rice, or onions. The very best rice, by a mile, come from Burgos in northern Spain. Rick Stein once showed how they are made on his travels, but the nearest thing I think you can buy easily in UK is

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Morcilla-Burgos-black-pud...

Never tried them, we buy our annual supply in Burgos for buttons, but I am certain they are the very best. Fantastic fried with Scollops and pea purée.

Spain and Pork are very close amigos. Iberico porc chops are way tastier than factory butchered stuff from supermarkets.

[brrapp]

While I hate supermarket stuff and love Stornaway black pudding, you can get great black pudding from local butchers all around the country. Some lovely stuff here in the Scottish Borders and some of the best I've tasted has come from Lancashire.
I like it mixed into a steak and gravy pie or in thin slices incorporated into a potato dauphinoise.

[craigjm]

tedmus said:

In tapas should be morcilla surely?

This, it looks like black pudding but is not identical

[rsbmw]

Whilst it would typically be morcilla, sounds like it's been specifically described as Stornaway on the menu.

FWIW I find Morcilla a real mixed bag, some is very good, some really quite strange. It's not black pudding though, just another type of blood sausage!

[IanCormac]

mybrainhurts said:

I'm at one with your wife.

Why on earth would you want to chew cow scabs?

You're obviously one of those people that say they don't like it,but have never actually tried it.

[ch108]

rsbmw said:

My advice, don't bother with any English black pudding. Horrible stuff typically with large lumps of fat.

Stornaway is an excellent product (from the isle of Stornaway), Charles Macleod being a prominent brand. I always find it too mild in flavour though. Scottish is by far the best black pudding, My favourite is from Tarelgin.com and cheap as chips. Beautiful flavour and crumbly texture.

Stornoway is the town, not the island. Stornoway is the main town on the Isle of Lewis.

Stornoway black pudding is probably the best known and has won many awards. Buying from a butcher is going to be better than buying the cheaper inferior varieties from supermarkets. But I suppose that could apply to most butcher products.

[Skyrat]

Vyse said:

Do any supermarkets sell Stornoway or do I need to buy it online?

Have you actually looked at the Charles MacLeod website? They list stockists.

[Trabi601]

Scottish black pudding is more like fried slices of Haggis than a real black pudding. Hate it when hotels don't make it clear they're serving the dodgy Scottish stuff.

[mybrainhurts]

IanCormac said:

mybrainhurts said:

I'm at one with your wife.

Why on earth would you want to chew cow scabs?

You're obviously one of those people that say they don't like it,but have never actually tried it.

Well, yes, just as I haven't tried dog dirt...I hear flies love it..

[condor]

I like the black pudding that is sold on the Tesco's deli counter - have it uncooked with a tomato wedge on a buttered baguette.

[battered]

Not all black puddings are created equal, just as not all sausages.

[Drive Blind]

Vyse said:

The restaurant stuff was sweet, peppery with a crumbly texture,

Trabi601 said:

Scottish black pudding is more like fried slices of Haggis than a real black pudding

This is the black pudding I like best and consider proper black pudding. Spicy and crumbly - it needs the tape to hold it together when you're frying it.

The stuff sold in the supermarkets - the prepacked slices - are like tasteless hockey pucks.
I get mine from my local butcher.

[craigjm]

I prefer the Macsween black pudding as I don't like chunks of fat. The chocolate and chilli version is really something else!

[haggishunter]

I usually order a box of 20 from Stornoway. I keep one and sell the rest off to friends and family. Slice it up and freeze it

[mph1977]

battered said:

Not all black puddings are created equal, just as not all sausages.

says it all with regard to black pudding

[227bhp]

Contact or (even better) go back to the place you ate at and ask them.

Sorry for suggesting the obvious.

[JVaughan]

Best Blackpudding I have found is in B&M Bargins. No big lumps of fat, not overly filled with oats or wey, just good old Pigs blood

[Vaud]

"Eric Olthwaite was, in 1934, considered to be the most boring man in Denley Moor, Yorkshire. His main interests were shovels and local rainfall statistics, while he was also captivated by how black a black pudding could be (his mother's black-puddings were sometimes so black that even the white bits were black)."

With thanks to Ripping Yarns.

[brrapp]

Vaud said:

"Eric Olthwaite was, in 1934, considered to be the most boring man in Denley Moor, Yorkshire. His main interests were shovels and local rainfall statistics, while he was also captivated by how black a black pudding could be (his mother's black-puddings were sometimes so black that even the white bits were black)."

With thanks to Ripping Yarns.

I remember that and how I couldn't understand how a man with three separate interests could possibly be described as 'boring'

[madcowman]

I'm quite a fan of the Irish Clonakilty black pudding - it is very meaty and very different from the Bury style.