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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.
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.
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.
I like it mixed into a steak and gravy pie or in thin slices incorporated into a potato dauphinoise.
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.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 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.
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.
"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.
With thanks to Ripping Yarns.
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' With thanks to Ripping Yarns.
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