black pudding

[Chulalah]

please someone help>>>>> where oh where does the name black pudding come from......why is it black???? and why is it called pudding.....!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[beerdrinker]

It's called b lack pudding because of the 'black' colour it gets from being soaked in blood. The pudding bit may just be a reference to the shape, and the way it is sliced. Yum Yum.

[Ethel]

Black pudding is made of boiled pigs' blood and pigs' fat, with seasonings, encased originally in pigs intestines to make a fat sausage shape.

It is the blood that gives it the black colour.

Traditionally, any foodstuffs that were boiled together were called puddings. Suet puddings could be sweet - with jam or golden syrup, or savoury with a meat filling, for example.

[flip-flop]

hmmmmmm Black Pudding and HP - food of the gods.

[n00dles]

Suet, pig's blood, oatmeal, liver and herbs were among the ingredients when black pudding was first prepared many centuries ago. Now only the pig's blood, suet and oatmeal remain, but it is still a filling, nourishing food.

Continental cooks often simmer it in stock and serve it in stews. The British prefer t either boiled or fried.

Sweet chutney or crab-apple jelly to accompany the dish when it is served at high tea or as a light supper dish.

Now, where is that bacon?........I fancy a fry up!!........

[glenis]

if you like it boiled ,try it in the microwave for a couple of mins -but dont forget to snip off the metal staple at the end first , i love it with mustard

[Sphinx_Svens]

Like it's been said before ... Black is because of the cooked blood, Pudding is because it's cooked like a pudding.