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I'm from the Northeast and I Hate black pudding YUK . Chris

Hi Folks...!!! I live in Spain and Morcilla (black pudding in Spanish) is orginally from the Northern part of Spain. It sounds the same as Lindy has discribed, the most popular is with rice but also can be made with onion, leeks & other vegatables. Lindy....have you tried it cooked in tomato sauce.....yummy, yummy. I must admit, it took me years to try it because the colouring put me off but I love it...having said that...I was never brave enough to try it years ago, when visiting my Nan (she was from South Shields)....!!! Hugs, Dawn.

I don't often have 'the works' but if I do black pudding is a must! Stopped off at a Motorway Service station on an early morning journey once and saw that one of the 'set breakfasts' included black pudding - result!!! Ordered it and sat back in eager anticipation. When it came - NO BLACK PUDDING. They had forgotten to put it on (!). They did offer to cook me some but there wasn't time to wait. They obviously realised how annoyed I was because there was no charge for the breakfast!

mmm I love black pudding sandwitches with loads of HP sauce and salt on them Anna :-)

Am a midlander, and I love black pudding. With a fry up or with mash, baked beans and bacon. Yummmmmm!!

We have it here, I am also a fan, you can't have a proper fry up without black pudding!! Supermarkets, markets and cafes all sell it and the best I have ever tasted was in a restaurant... Curried black pudding as a starter. It was delicious Allie

Hi Andy, I am not a vegetarian but the few times that hubby has brought home a "Morcella" he has had to cook it himself. Correct me if I am wrong, (pigs blood stuffed in an intestine) the Portuguese version is with cooked rice inside as well. Yuuuk!! absolutely disgusting, just the smell sends me running a mile. Lindy diving behind the sofa :-))

No, my dad used to love it (he was from Bucks) so it was a regular thing to have a fry up with black pudding as a child. I havent had it in years though...never seem to see it in the shops down here. Sheila

Vegetarians may wish to leave this thread now, lol! This one has always had me slightly curious; when I was growing up if you had a fry-up then black pudding came with the sausages, bacon, egg, etc... When I moved down south and lived with a bunch of students (all southerners) for 2 years, they look completely repulsed on the few occasions I made myself a fry-up with black pudding! Whenever I've stayed down south anywhere, I've never seen it on the menu if you have the full English breakfast. So, is it just a northern thing? Over to you....