Black pudding and apple: Savoury/sweet combo
@NormanDarlo (1071)
Ireland
October 27, 2018 6:04am CST
I was visiting the Delta Sensory Gardens in Carlow the other day, and feeling peckish, I dropped into their small restaurant. Well, when I saw Hot black pudding and apple salad on the menu, I thought, that's quite daring, and couldn't pass it up. Hey I wasn't disappointed!
Black pudding is a kind of blood sausage containing pork offal and barley. The only sweet elements of this dish were the apple slices and the cooked red onions on top.
Consuming blood is forbidden in some religions (as is pork generally) but have you ever had blood sausage aka black pudding aka morcilla, morcella, sanguinaccio, boudin noir? Did you like it?
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@NormanDarlo (1071)
• Ireland
27 Oct 18
Yes, it's funny, but we all have our food prejudices 
But when you say, "blood sausage is not something I like", do you mean you tried it and didn't like it?
But when you say, "blood sausage is not something I like", do you mean you tried it and didn't like it?1 person likes this
@LadyDuck (472074)
• Switzerland
28 Oct 18
@NormanDarlo I tried when I was very young, mom liked it, I disliked a lot, even if I did not even knew that it was a "blood sausage". Surely there is food that I like and disgust most people, the fried calf brain "Roman style" with fried artichokes is something I like a lot, also the tripe.
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@NormanDarlo (1071)
• Ireland
28 Oct 18
@LadyDuck I disliked a lot of things as a child which I like, or even love, now. This includes most organ meats. I never tasted brain as a child, but had lamb's brain sliced and fried by Arabs in Jerusalem, and by a Romanian lady in the Negev Desert, and adored it! I did order it once in London in a Pakistani restaurant, but it was wet and sloppy and utterly disgusting 
Can you explain what is "Roman style" in this case?
Can you explain what is "Roman style" in this case?1 person likes this
@Courage7 (19633)
• United States
29 Oct 18
@NormanDarlo Oh no not here where I live it isnt Norman. I did have some on the Cape tho in Massachusettes a proper Irish breakfast run by an Irish chef there ...New York I could get it too. I could order it from Ireland but the cost omg
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@NormanDarlo (1071)
• Ireland
29 Oct 18
@Courage7 Yeah and I don't know how it could still be fresh 
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@NormanDarlo (1071)
• Ireland
28 Oct 18
The reaction is more usually the other way around! But I love them both Is it easy to get in the states?
Is it easy to get in the states?1 person likes this
@xFiacre (13152)
• Ireland
27 Oct 18
@mormandarlo I can see how that combo would work. I’ve just picked a load of apples from our tree and made the deepest, most satisfying, most comforting apple crumble I’ve ever had.
@NormanDarlo (1071)
• Ireland
27 Oct 18
Most people have some dietary prejudices, but there's no huge difference, as far as I can see, between eating one part of an animal and eating another
@CarolDM (203422)
• Nashville, Tennessee
27 Oct 18
@NormanDarlo I am sure you cleaned that beautiful plate,
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@NormanDarlo (1071)
• Ireland
27 Oct 18
Yes, it's very nicely plated up, isn't it! But that wasn't going to keep me and my hungry tummy at bay
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@MommyOfEli2013 (84226)
• Rupert, Idaho
27 Oct 18
Not sure that would be something that I would like....but great photo and glad you enjoyed it!
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@NormanDarlo (1071)
• Ireland
27 Oct 18
Black pudding is very popular in Ireland, though I bet lots of people don't realise it is largely composed of pig blood If you're fond of pork products such as bacon and sausage, then you would love it (but maybe more so if you didn't know what it was 
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If you're fond of pork products such as bacon and sausage, then you would love it (but maybe more so if you didn't know what it was )1 person likes this
@MommyOfEli2013 (84226)
• Rupert, Idaho
27 Oct 18
@NormanDarlo Adding the word blood doesn't make it sound appealing! lol....but I do like bacon and sausage, so maybe!
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