Black Pudding, one of the great creations of civilised society, is essentially congealed pig's blood in a length of intestine. There are many variations; in England, the pudding is usually bound with rusk and has bits of fat in it. The French have their boudin noir with nowt but blood in the casing, the Germans blotwürst, the Spanish morcilla which is often bound with rice. Can there be a finer sight in a shop window than a freshly cooked black pudding, still steaming slightly, looking like... er... a slimy coil of warm intestine filled with congealed blood?
This document is a collation of recipes for black pudding, recipes using black pudding and lore and legend associated with black pudding.
"A good black pudding is so black that even the white bits are black."
(From Michael Palin and Terry Jones came the fantastic "Ripping Yarns". "The Testing of Eric Olthwaite" starts with a dialogue at breakfast about BP's...(with thanks to various people who identified the quotation)
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Published by Methuen ISBN 0-413-63820)
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Last Updated: 30 December 1997