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Up in Scotland a while ago, an american in the hotel asked the waiter what "Black Pudding" was, the waiter asked if the guest liked pork, yes came the reply. "Its a pork product, try some, if you like it i'll tell you at the end of your stay what part of the pig it comes from."

Had to move on so never found out if he got told...

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borderrose said:
The traditional meat ingredients of faggotts are pig's heart and pig's liver. Even the Mr. Brain's pictured by the OP are only about 10% pork and most of that is pig liver.

Mmmmmm...

Now on to the Black Pudding and the Spotted **** .
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very rich kitchen:D
 
I thought British and Food could not be used together in the same sentence.
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that'd be British and good food. It's still edible.... sorta
 
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borderrose said:
The traditional meat ingredients of faggotts are pig's heart and pig's liver. Even the Mr. Brain's pictured by the OP are only about 10% pork and most of that is pig liver.

Mmmmmm...

Now on to the Black Pudding and the Spotted ****.

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Now do you remember the Goodies episode where Bill Oddie said these immortal words "My mum used to make black pudding and it was so black even the white bits were black"

I have tried for years to get a Pork pie here in Oz that tastes like they do in the Uk and have not succeeded . Went back to the UK five years ago and was in heaven.



I look at this photo a lot
 
I never used to like black pudding mainly as I knew what was in it. Last week how ever I had a fried breakfast and forgot to say no pudding. Decided to give it ago and actually quite enjoyed it.

At the end of the day you have to try things at least once before you decide if you don't like them.
 
CPNock said:
Up in Scotland a while ago, an american in the hotel asked the waiter what "Black Pudding" was, the waiter asked if the guest liked pork, yes came the reply. "Its a pork product, try some, if you like it i'll tell you at the end of your stay what part of the pig it comes from."

Had to move on so never found out if he got told...

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Always entertaining watching peoples reactions when you tell them exactly what black pudding is (for those who don't know, perhaps the name blood pudding might give a clue)

Same goes for haggis, which I also love.

I am not really allowed any proper opinion on food anyway though, I come from the country that invented the concept of the deep fried mars bar...
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I grew up in Ireland eating black pudding, and I still love it, as well as faggots (Brain's are still available). As for haggis, it's fine if you get a wild one, but the farmed ones have no real taste.

Brian (not Brain :-))
 
Only tried the deep fried Mars bar the once, was working up in Glasgow for a few weeks and seemed to go out every night for a drink, or two.

One night on the way back to the hotel we felt a "bit peckish"

Not to bad, better than a certain soft drink you have up there !!!
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They were big in the 80s! Their moment of household fame kind of wained as the 90s went on:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9y136zBVjBg&NR=1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ItF0CcJBN4&NR=1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1oQRQHfaGWc&NR=1

Even in the 80s, people in Britain made fun of the name. The fact that the brand was "Brain's" made it even funnier.

I'm sure the name started off innocently enough in the 20s, but I can't help suspecting that the marketing people behind the high profile 80s ad campaign were deliberately exploiting people's colloquial use of the word 'faggot' to get talked about and sell more product.

Even by then, most shopping was bought by middle-aged housewives whose mothers still talked about the Christmas glass of sherry making them 'gay', so plenty of them bought Brain's faggots.

I wonder if they've became less popular now more because of the younger generation of single working women who emerged in the 90s and wouldn't buy them because of the name, or simply that everyone became more fussy about what they ate after the BSE and Foot & Mouth affairs, and went off the idea of eating unattractive balls of mechanically recovered fatty animal offal!
 
When I was a small child, black pudding was one of my favourite foods. I absolutely loved it.

By the time I found out what it was made of (probably when I was a teenager) I was just too used to eating it to be put off, so I continue eating it to this day.

But if I'd heard what it was made of first, I doubt I'd ever have eaten a single slice of the stuff, no more than I'd ever eat lutefisk or witchetty grubs.

I like white pudding too.
 
Just meatballs to the yanks

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