One For The Scots?

[humbersloop]

I've been given some fruit pudding, which I'm told is a breakfast dish eaten fried or grilled.

Is it? And do you have it with your egg and bacon fry up?

[anneasquith]

yes, its lovely. just cook it the way you would cook black pudding,

[queenofmean]

yes and yes I do...I could go some right now actually...

[humbersloop]

right o, thanks both

it's vacuum packed - is that raisins I'm looking at?

[maggiebee]

Yes, lovely cooked as Anne said. Haven't had it for years but you've put me in the mood now.

[berniecuddles]

what is fruit pudding please?

[humbersloop]

as yet bernie, I have no bloody idea and I'm not googling it

it'll be interesting - mr sloop won't touch black or white pudding, and currants are a bit too close to "fruit" to be palatable, but if there's a whiff of suet, I could pass it off as one of five a day, along with the egg and baked beans

[berniecuddles]

lol go for it

[rockyracoon]

What's in this fruit pudding?

[humbersloop]

texture looks like sliced white pudding, only it's a bit browner, and either raisins or currants I'd guess

[rockyracoon]

Is there any meat in it?

[humbersloop]

I don't know rocky, doesn't look like it

[berniecuddles]

Fruit pudding is a Scottish dish which is a mixture of wheat flour, beef suet or rusk, brown sugar, currants and/or sultanas, salt and cinnamon formed into the shape of a large sausage.

Normally cut into slices and fried, it is an optional feature of the traditional Scottish breakfast. Although served in this context as part of a savoury meal, its close relationship to dumpling means it may also be served as a dessert.

Many Scottish producers of sausage, sliced sausage, black pudding, white pudding and haggis also make fruit pudding. It is not uncommon to find a "breakfast pack" consisting of sausage, sliced sausage, black pudding and fruit pudding on sale in Scottish shops

[humbersloop]

aha!! suet!

right, that's a plus

[berniecuddles]

humber does it look like this?
http://i1329.photobucket.com/albums/w550/berniecuddles/index_zps049e9200.jpg

[berniecuddles]

good ol wikipedia lol

[humbersloop]

yes bernie, but not quite as much fruit

[berniecuddles]

ok i'm off to bed now, early start, let us know how it tastes please!

[humbersloop]

will do bernie x

thanks all

[murraymints]

Yum yum..

[rockyracoon]

I think I'd struggle to eat that with my fry up, might be nice with a bit of custard though.