[Closed] Black pudding aficionados

Don't really know but I prefer mine with as few "white bits" in it as possible ..

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Yes massively. And if you want the finest buy boudin noir from France. So much better for being made with liquid blood.

And don't take my word for it, go to 20mins in and listen to my friend and Michelin starred chef on it

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01s395f

Scots black pudding is where it’s at Stoner.

Stornoway to be precise.

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/protected-food-name-stornoway-black-pudding-pgi

Stornoway all the way!

Stornoway black pudding supper - heaven!

frankconway - Member
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Surely trail food and energy supplements are in the bike section?!?

Northern luddites!

As it happens I was north of Gretna green last week in the company of a Scots butcher no less and had black pudding for breakfast but I'm afraid it's not even close to the pleasure of a good boudin noir. You need to try it to realise what you're missing.

Pretty much the only thing I always come back from the flat in France with is boudin noir.

Southerner!

Easter in Les Gets this year by the way. Two different schools mean only one possible week all winter.

If he wasn't from Stornoway then it matters not who was in your company

Stornoway black pudding is epic . Its the one thing I take to Africa for work
Doesn't matter where their from when I get it up on a Sunday it goes down well

Love it!

Squabbling over black pudding.
Surprised that none of the NW contingent have weighed in - yet - with comments about Bury black pud.

Any thoughts about white pudding? I like it but it's not readily available.

Any thoughts about white pudding? I like it but it's not readily available.

I used to love black pudding until I started working in a French restaurant. Once you've tried boudin noir, the rubbish we have just isn't up to the job

Squabbling over black pudding.

Maybe it tastes better when posteurised? 😉

@Stoner; great link.
Will be calling Fruitpig on saturday morning.

Got fruitpig black pudding in the fridge, gonna try it for breakfast. My local butcher has been tweeting about it all week!

I had a conversation with my butcher about this recently. He told me that most black pudding in the UK is made with dried blood powder and as a result doesn't have the same strong iron taste that pudding made with fresh blood does. He also told me that it isn't that simple to get hold of fresh blood now as there isn't really the demand, having said that, he's going to speak to the vet at the abbatoir and try and get me some. I've got a recipe to make my own that I want to try.

[quote=frankconway]Surprised that none of the NW contingent have weighed in - yet - with comments about Bury black pud.

I am from the NW and had Bury blackpudding cooked from a market stall in Bury Market.

Stornaway is still the best I’ve had.

Bury black pudding is much closer to a boudin noire than the sliced stuff IMHO.

http://www.reallancashireblackpuddings.co.uk/

I've always prefered RS Irelands

English black pudding isn't a patch on with the stornoway stuff or the Spanish morcilla.

Bury stuff tastes like something that would be applied to a wound.

The best is made with fresh blood no matter if from Scotland, England or even France but yes harder to get hold of now.

Surely the Italian's the best although this bloke's been a bit too keen

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frankconway - Member The
Squabbling over black pudding.
Surprised that none of the NW contingent have weighed in - yet - with comments about Bury black pud.

Stoner has issues with food
We think it's genetic.
His pie blindness is actually a notifiable disease and has been well documented on here.

There's nothing anyone else can do unless he acknowledges he has a problem.
All he has to do is ask for help, we're here for him when he's ready.

Until then, I feel confronting him with the facts might put his sanity at risk.

Stornoway (variety of vendors) or Aultbea.

In true STW fashion it must be driven home in an Audi and allowed a period of rest prior to being re-heated!

News just in.

My wife, who has worked in the marketing of pig products for many years, says she likes the Spanish stuff. And the French. And the Scots.
No vote from her for the English stuff though - and she hails from the English north west too.

Surprised that none of the NW contingent have weighed in - yet - with comments about Bury black pud.

That’ll be because they use dried blood.

Here he is, with his facts.
🙄

Look, several butchers are trialling a donation system.
We're looking at making it an opt out system in Lancashire next year, then rolling it out further if it's successful.

I’m not aware of any butchers around here that do the proper stuff. 🙁

bury black pudding is sublime, stornoway black pudding is sublime too.
the french stuff is also very tasty, but it goes too soft when fried, which is pretty crap on a breakfast for dipping runny egg yokes.

FACT. black pudding is now classed as a super food. FACT.

I like them all, I don't see the point in chestbeating and proclaiming your local one is best.
What about the Irish one? I always bring some back if I visit, lots of oatmeal texture that I quite like, big fan of boudin noir too. I had a stunning example in tenerife that was very sweet with apricots and what I suspect was the local ground staple gofio instead of oatmeal.

I could eat it in a sandwich but sometimes if the breakfast fix is not enough then fresh pasta, good pesto, some asparagus topped off with black pud hits the spot. 😀 can be with a poached egg too.

My favourite make-yer-own black pudding recipe is by Gill Meller, of River Cottage fame. It was Gill's black pudding that turned me from 20+ years of vegetarianism.

[url= https://www.cooked.com.au/Gill-Meller/Quadrille-Publishing/Gather/Farm/Black-pudding-with-sage-onions--duck-eggs-recipe?redirau=1 ]This recipe[/url] is from his truly excellent [url= http://www.gillmeller.com/book/gather ]'Gather'[/url] cookbook. Yum!

It was Gill's black pudding that turned me from 20+ years of vegetarianism.

Proof that it’s not a super food but a miracle food, it can cure vegetarianism.

In all honesty, I've never met a pudding I didn't like.
🙂

But a freshly fried slice of Bury black pud is the taste of Sunday morning childhood.

I like them all, I don't see the point in chestbeating and proclaiming your local one is best.

I am neither from the western isles or burgos, unfortunately!

There is a very good Italian restaurant in soho called Bocca di Lupo that does a black pudding and dark chocolate dessert. It was a thing of beauty.

Really hungry now. Dammit.

Stornoway - well, maybe!!

My not quite local butcher in Dufftown, as well as dispensing venison for a lot less than anyone else around, is or was the black pudding champion - deposing Charlie Barley of Stornoway... admittedly back in 2014 🙂

http://www.northern-scot.co.uk/News/Black-pudding-win-for-Dufftown-butcher-23052014.htm
Gordon Macdonald. really nice chap to boot.

In the 80's a local butcher came round with his van who made his own black pud. It sometimes didn't all make it back to my house!

What about the Irish one?

Would that be Clonakilty (West Cork) Black Pudding (they also do a smashing white one too)? I looked them up when I saw this thread. Shock horror, they make it with blood powder as well, and it still tastes amazing.

I've sometimes had "not nice" black pudding in a greasy spoon - assume it's just been cheap shite bought from a wholesaler etc. Have tried Boudin Noir - lovely - but not so nice as to discount all others. Give me a couple of slices of Clonakilty black & white on a plate and I'd be happy out.

Would that be Clonakilty (West Cork) Black Pudding

I was about to bring up the Clonakilty pud. It's lovely 🙂 I've got mates who live in Clon, and the first thing I do when visiting is go and have a full Irish with lots of pud. Mmmmm!

Ooh I have just had a delivery of Morcilla Dulce last night! direct from Las Canaries.

Just found some of stornoways finest in the freezer, think that'll be tonight's pizza topping.... nom.

the best black pudding i have ever had was from birds in kirkby-in-ashfield, i think they have gone now though. my gran used to bring it down when she came to visit, and compared to anything i've ever had from the south it was a different league.

most of the stuff in the south you need to fry to make it ok, the birds stuff was stunning cold or fried.

I'm imagining some form of a flight of black pudding being served in a most glorious manner.

Btw the finest is that purveyed by mister Higginson in grange. Has a really nice floral note to it.

Black pudding fight? Been done before.
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Not a fan of the Stornaway Black Pudding, honestly cant see what the fuss is about.

I do like Bury Black Pudding though.

Love stuff from Bury market, they serve it in French sticks don't you know.

All this talk of black pudding made me do a search:
https://www.keevilandkeevil.co.uk/home
All looks good - thinks I may try some boudin noir but unfortunately not in time for tomorrow's breakfast!

[quote=Nobberinthefridge ]Just found some of stornoways finest in the freezer, think that'll be tonight's pizza topping.... nom.

I have black, white and fruit (all from Charley Barley) in my freezer. Lining up that and a couple of poached eggs for a big Sunday breakfast!

scroterot - Member
Nobberinthefridge » Just found some of stornoways finest in the freezer, think that'll be tonight's pizza topping.... nom.
I have black, white and fruit (all from Charley Barley) in my freezer. Lining up that and a couple of poached eggs for a big Sunday breakfast!

Superb, I haven't had fruit pudding in years!.

Not sure what all the fuss is about, white pudding is far nicer.

I think my butcher must read STW! Called in yesterday and he was very pleased to let me know he is now stocking fruit pig fresh blood pudding!