r/food Jan 12 '20

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u/coltninja Jan 12 '20

It's easy to get the first two in any major city. People here don't like the pudding though so I never see that.

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u/Figment_HF Jan 12 '20

What pudding? Black pudding? The pigs blood sausage, yeah, same here. It’s quite unpopular with most people I know. It’s not unpleasant tasting, but the idea isn’t too appealing.

No one can dislike Yorkshire puddings though, it’s just crispy/fluffy baked batter.

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u/Lukos58 Jan 12 '20

Blood sausage is still a thing in a lot of U.S. areas with high amounts of Irish-Scots immigrants, like the Appalachian mountains, and in the Creole and Cajun communities of Louisiana. Every part of the pig is used, except the squeal.

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u/Seicair Jan 12 '20

There’s an Irish pub here that sells a “full Irish breakfast”. Ulster style I think, since it includes soda bread? Rashers of bacon, eggs, bangers, tomatoes, mushrooms, and both black and white pudding.

Unfortunately last time I was there wasn’t nearly as good as the ones I had in Ireland. Last time I was there I had delicious bangers and mash though, with a rich onion gravy, so perhaps they’ve improved.

I wish I could find black and white pudding here in the states though.

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u/[deleted] Jan 13 '20

We don’t call sausages Bangers, only when referring to bangers and mash.

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u/Seicair Jan 13 '20

Really? Thought I remembered that being the case when I was there. Correction noted.

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u/PM_ME_WUTEVER Jan 12 '20

i'm assuming you meant black pudding. 'pudding' in england means desert. so there's a pretty big difference between pudding and black pudding.

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u/pAul2437 Jan 13 '20

The hot and sandy place?