General Chat

Mmmmm black pudding - I love it! My friend has relatives in Ireland and when she goes over there she has white pudding. Jeanette

Hi Andy, Its not just a northern thing.I originally come from Northern Ireland and its a part of the great Ulster Fry there,bacon,eggs,sausage,tattie bread,soda bread,black and white pudding and the rest.The only difference with up north where I now live is that some people tend to eat it uncooked.Something which kinda turns me but each to their own!

By the way,you are making me hungry!!

Hi Andy I've always assumed that black pudding is a northern thing, because in Devon, where I come from, we have the 'white pudding' you mentioned. I read all the replies and the only other person who mentioned it was Janet - yes, it's called Hogs Pudding. Apparently, as a child (and my stomach is turning over already at the memory!), my mum used to buy a piece from the butcher's and I'd sit in my pushchair eating it as we went along. If we ever had it at home, it was cut off in slices and eaten as it was, although I know people do fry it. I couldn't face it now, and I certainly couldn't face black pudding - it's the thought of the blood I think! Mandy :)

Am a Northerner and love Blackpudding, our local pubs used to have it at the bar on a Sunday luch time to help yourself.

Andy! You've just touched a soft spot, the digestive juices are running, black pudding... love it the wife wont touch it, mind you she is a southener, but I'd like to add another dish! TRIPE AND ONIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!! BOOTIFUL... Len, a Manchester stray!!!!

We love our black pudding up here in Scotland and white or red pudding. White pudding is made from oatmeal and suet and 'other' bits and pieces. Not sure what's in red pudding. Andy Oop North....oatcakes are more like a biscuit/cracker type of thing that you would eat with cheese. And NO Geoff we don't cook everything deep fried in batter, but then again a deep fried cream egg mmmmm Chrsitne

I had battered, deep-fried haggis from an Edinburgh chippy back in the 70s. I'll swear they had black pud as well!

Sorry folks, have tried it but it's not for me!! I used to buy and cook it for my Hubby, as a true Yorkshireman he adored it. We both used to enjoy eating out with a full cooked breakfast, but cannot remember Black pudding being on the menu. Lynda

Yes Geoff chippies do have battered black/white pudding and haggis. I was only joking with you. Christine

Karen, I think I've gone off you now, despite your love of the Angel! COLD black pudding?! I feel quite ill..... On the vegetarian side, does anyone have a recipe for onion pudding? My Mam used to make it with a Sunday roast. Think it's a Northern thing, too--very tasty with gravy and yorkshire puds, etc. I think it had suet in it?

Very popular here in north Wales too and often seen on the menu as a starter with mustard sauce! Linda

Scots black pudding - Every time we go up to Scotland, we have to bring back black pudding - my husband and son love it - but it has to be Scots black pudding. The English sort won't do as it has white specks of fat in it, whereas the Scots variety is black all the way through. Kathy x

YUMMY!!!!! black pudding ,I love it though cant say Ive found a really good one since leaving Liverpool, the stuff from Widness market was to die for and got lovely one in Edinburgh few years ago, but never had a decent one in Hampshire. Thought hogs pudding was strange at first when we lived in Cornwall, but soon aquired the taste. What I really miss from the North are bacon ribs, delicous Kathleen

Been interesting reading your replies, so it appears that it's not necessarily the preserve of those oop north although it would seem that it's more freely available up here than down south. Our local fish n'chip shop used to do haggis many years and I used to enjoy that from time to time.

Hi Andy, I live in New Zealand and my Dad also born in NZ used to love Black Pudding so I think the British immigrants must have brought most of their traditions with them. Think it is still available here though I haven't had it since I was a child.

Who's had tomato flavoured sausages before? Haven't had them in ages but they are divine.

Berkshire down south. Black pudding ,eggs bacon and tomatoes and has to be white bread a butter was a Sunday thing all my life at home, years later I worked for a Irish lady and she use to have white puddingtoo, that on toast was heaven to me Mmmmmm. So any one in Maidenhead pop into The Lawns Guest House (Sheila) and have a good old all round fry up. Debbie (canada) PS: Remember dripping on toast with a bit of salt, great for a hang over.

Am probably very biased.........but......Scottish black pudding is defo the best stuff!! Can buy it in rounds or in a "sausage". same applies to haggis. At the chip shop you can get black pudding or haggis suppers - in batter of course! Black pudding or haggis butties are fantastic! with plenty brown sauce!! Jill x (scotland!)

Karen--you can tell you're a Geordie! Lush is my favourite Geordie word---or should I say Geet Lush?! Leek pudding sounds similar to my onion pudding, but mine was baked in the oven in a flan dish. I am a veggie, so don't do butcher's shops, but i can bet our butcher's don't do leak pudding! They're far too posh for that sort of thing down here--they've barely discovered yorkshire puds!