Fantastic. All washed down with a pint pot of builders tea no doubt!
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. ....brownie?...looks more like a plate of Oreo cookies and a baked bean sandwich
The black puddings original name was blood sausage. And that is exactly what it is really. The innards of the pudding are squeezed into an intestinal lining, just like sausage meat is.
I think the term black pudding is almost a type of trademark name now. They originated a few miles from where I live, in a town called Bury, not that far from Manchester. They are quite famous and I believe top end restaurants all over the country have them on their menus.
Its a very dense sausage, you slice it then fry it on both sides so its crispy on the outside and soft on the inside. Its a meaty peppery sort of taste.
You can also get a steak and kidney pudding which isnt a sausage at all but has the meat encased in a suet shell and to make it more complicated thats nothing like a steak and kidney pie!
I was talking to a vegan lady at work about this offal/low class meat trend, here its called "nose to tail" eating, the idea being you eat every single bit of the animal thats killed. Any eastern european or south east asian considers it normalVegans dont approve of meat eating obviously but would prefer we ate this way just in case you need a vegans endorsment of anything.
The beans on toast are a basic quick easy somewhat healthy lunch anyone with a british heritage probably grew up with.
The photo doesnt look too appetising but it was a tasty breakfast for sure.
I am still wealthy enough to own pets, and I know where the mystery bits go. Dog food, cat food, & fish food as well. This may change, in a couple more years, and drive me to raise my own.
