Black pudding hailed as a 'superfood' in Britain

Yahoo news ^ | 1/7/16 | Staff

[Rebelbase]

London (AFP) - Made out of pig's blood, pork fat and oatmeal, black pudding might seem an unlikely candidate for the shelves of Britain's health food aisles.

But the breakfast staple, considered a delicacy in northwest England and the west Midlands, is the surprise inclusion on a list of superfoods to watch in 2016 produced by MuscleFood, a nutritional food retailer.

The crumbly blood sausage, traditionally served with hearty favourites like bacon and fried egg, contains high levels of protein, iron, calcium and zinc.

[Rebelbase]

If you don't eat your meat, you can't have any pudding, how can you have any pudding if you don't eat your meat!

[econjack]

Betcha it’s a best seller in Muslim neighborhoods.

[rjsimmon]

Leave it to the Brits to come up with a food that rivals the disgusting Haggis...

[TexasCajun]

Pudding?

Not what I was expecting.

Blood Sausage is what I've always heard it called.

[Yogafist]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QvAEnOYNZE

[Autonomous User]

Why would I want to be just another brick in the wall by eating my meat like everyone else.

[butlerweave]

My father loves this stuff

[Balding_Eagle]

I hear this is a big hit in the ‘no go’ parts of Londonstan.

[Rurudyne]

Random aside: not eating blood was one of the few “burdens” put on Gentile Christians....

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

Haggis is fabulous. Ever had it?

People say the same thing about Goetta...until they try it.

[Buckeye McFrog]

Wha......Meat AND Pudding??

[Noumenon]

Or lutefisk, for that matter.

[wally_bert]

Black pudding was a plot device in a really funny Goodies episode - Ecky Thump.

Black pudding was the basis for the Lancastrian martial arts. It made fun of Kung Fu really well.

[PGR88]

Garlic keeps Vampires away, and black pudding keeps Muslims away

same thing.

[uglybiker]

As long as you don’t beat it. :-p

[V_TWIN]

Deuteronomy 12:23:

But be sure you do not eat the blood, because the blood is the life, and you must not eat the life with the meat. _NIV

[Mrs. Don-o]

Good Lord.

[mosesdapoet]

Poles and folks from eastern German provinces have something similar. It is called Kiska (pronounced keeska) and its made with beef blood (optional) and barley (best with pearled barley) or buckwheat groats.

[Rurudyne]

Require everyone flying on a plane to either drink some wine or eat a ham sandwich...

[beaversmom]

From a friend: