Put down the salad

[rsbmw]

Black pudding is a superfood!

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and...

Time to put a delivery order in to my favourite Scottish butcher.

[HTP99]

I've suggested black pudding to the wife, to go in her smoothies, along with the blueberries, kale and pomegranate seeds, she wasn't too keen on the idea.

[rsbmw]

Can't blame her, who the hell wants kale in a smoothie.

[Murph7355]

And why the feckin salad on the photo in the article?

Black pudding's great. As is white pudding. But now all the Tristrams and Ffionas will be eating!

[calibrax]

That article claims this is a full English breakfast...



No egg
No bacon
No sausages (just some stuff which MAY be Scottish square sausage)

Not even close to a full English! Missing egg is bad enough, but missing bacon?! That's like serving up a risotto without the rice...

[rsbmw]

That's a Scottish breakfast, i'd take that over English any day. Would typically have egg though.

[marshalla]

rsbmw said:

That's a Scottish breakfast, i'd take that over English any day. Would typically have egg though.

It is not. It needs a portion of fried fruit pudding to come close to being a Scottish breakfast.

[HTP99]

Had a full English this morning, with two slices of black pudding, I feel so much healthier already!

[rsbmw]

marshalla said:

It is not. It needs a portion of fried fruit pudding to come close to being a Scottish breakfast.

Haggis, fruit and white puddings are only occasional additions, the omission does not stop it being a Scottish Breakfasst. However, I have since noticed the omission of tattie scones, which is unforgivable.

[Murph7355]

Regardless of what that is or isn't (a square breakfast on a round plate would make me twitch irrespective of which of our nations it comes from!), at least there is no lettuce on the plate.

[Drive Blind]

the only thing scottish about it IMO is the square slice. Nae tattie scones and is the bread brown?

We can argue all day whether it's Scottish, English, Irish or from mars. It's a piss poor fry up.

[Murph7355]

Drive Blind said:

the only thing scottish about it IMO is the square slice. Nae tattie scones and is the bread brown?

We can argue all day whether it's Scottish, English, Irish or from mars. It's a piss poor fry up.

Agreed...the subject of the thread - black pudding - looked good though.

[Vyse]

Apart from eating the stuff with a full english what other ways can you eat black pudding? (P.S. Ive never eaten it before).

[anonymous-user]

^ fried cubes on new potatoes with a poached egg on top is nice.

[Google [bot]]

Vyse said:

Apart from eating the stuff with a full english what other ways can you eat black pudding? (P.S. Ive never eaten it before).

Cheese & black pudding toasties.

[Output Flange]

Wrapped around an egg and fried in breadcrumbs.

Or with some scallops.

Or on its own.

Nom.

fking nom.

[rsbmw]

Vyse said:

Apart from eating the stuff with a full english what other ways can you eat black pudding? (P.S. Ive never eaten it before).

Make sure you get decent stuff if trying for the first time. The standard English fayre with big white lumps of fat is awful. Bury stuff isn't too bad but for the best you have to go Scottish!

[escargot]

Vyse said:

Apart from eating the stuff with a full english what other ways can you eat black pudding? (P.S. Ive never eaten it before).

The French eat it with a fruit compote (like apple or something). It works surprisingly well as a starter.

[calibrax]

Works well with steak & scallops too.

Here is something I did a couple of years ago... fillet steak with seared scallops, crispy bacon & black pudding on a pea puree, with a lemon butter drizzle. It was delicious!

[HTP99]

escargot said:

Vyse said:

Apart from eating the stuff with a full english what other ways can you eat black pudding? (P.S. Ive never eaten it before).

The French eat it with a fruit compote (like apple or something). It works surprisingly well as a starter.

I had a lovely black pudding and potato mash, topped with a poached egg with hollandaise sauce, starter recently.