Black Pudding and Haggis

[ban-all-sheds]

what is "offal"?

Internal (with one exception ) organs - kidneys, liver, heart, sweetbreads, tripe, tongue (I think?), chitterlings, t.esticles..

I think they are sometimes referred to as "variety meats" in the USA?

 

[ban-all-sheds]

I used to like black pudding when i was younger untill someone said it was pigs blood
Never had it since.

So you liked the taste of it.

Then you found out what it was made of, and all of a sudden you didn't like the taste? How can knowing the ingredients affect the flavour?

That's just plain daft.

 

[ban-all-sheds]

what is "offal"?

It is the 'entrails' (left over bits ) and organs of an animal - it can include brain, tongue, feet, etc, etc

I don't think that pigs trotters, calves feet, lamb shanks etc count as offal.

 

[ban-all-sheds]

One thing i remember from being a kid was Pickled Herrings.

My mom used to steam Pickled Herrings with onions and vinegar in a pressure cooker, did anybody have this meal?

Sounds disgusting but we used to love it but some ban on Herrings came in and it died a death.

Don't know about disgusting, but sounds very odd - pickled herring is already cooked - doesn't need any more. Would have thought a pressure cooker would disintegrate it..

Freddie

had the roll mop herring in vinegar before .....with mash an peas ...not very nice

Noooo - nice.

Rollmops, soused herring, soused mackerel - all lovely.

 

[ban-all-sheds]

I have been to my old grans an she had pigs trotters in a pan once an the smell ...I was weeping from the stink ...

Some old ladies are like that.

Pig's trotters though - lovely to eat.

As for cooking smells, don't complain about anything until you've used blachan...

 

[ban-all-sheds]

Not on the same scale but I can remember when we had chips, they were made in a pan of lard that set hard in between uses.

And I'll bet you've never had chips that tasted as good...

 

[ban-all-sheds]

I love black pudding but it's getting harder to find it,

Certainly getting harder to find good stuff, that's for sure.

If you want the sort that disintegrates when you fry it, try any supermarket...

 

[ban-all-sheds]

You could be bessie mates with my mother - she eats gross things like that too

Why "gross"? Fair enough if you don't like them, but they aren't gross.

 

[Freddie]

One thing i remember from being a kid was Pickled Herrings.

My mom used to steam Pickled Herrings with onions and vinegar in a pressure cooker, did anybody have this meal?

Sounds disgusting but we used to love it but some ban on Herrings came in and it died a death.

Don't know about disgusting, but sounds very odd - pickled herring is already cooked - doesn't need any more. Would have thought a pressure cooker would disintegrate it..

Freddie

had the roll mop herring in vinegar before .....with mash an peas ...not very nice

Noooo - nice.

Rollmops, soused herring, soused mackerel - all lovely.

No BAS in those days you didnt buy pickled herring-you made it, and with my mom being a Scotty things were done the right way just like her porrige stuff that you cant ever dream to make, she also used to use milk when doing hake and other fish like that.

As regards pigs feet, my old man used to love em, also in a pressure cooker and he used to eat chicklins ( pigs intestines ) but the best has to be a little ditty passed down from his el;ders which was a raw egg in sherry with a drop of vinegar in the morning.

This i always wondered about cause i now see that some people claim that vinegar is supposed to be very good for you, the brewed type of course which is basically wine thats gone off.

 

[Brightness]

Sorry, B-A-S but the smell makes me feel really ickie

How is your wife? Did she come home? Is she feeling any better?

 

[ban-all-sheds]

Yes, and yes, but still not feeling 100%. She was quite ill last week, and it'll take a while. Her next (and last ) chemo is scheduled for Friday, but I'm beginning to wonder...

 

[Brightness]

Oh bless her. Hope she continues to get her strength back. Try not to worry too much if they can't do her chemo on Friday.

A lady I used to work with was diagnosed with breast cancer about 10 mths ago. She had her final chemo rescheduled about 4 times due to illness but then she finally picked up and had it in November. Thankfully, she's now been told that she needs no more and is on the mend

Can your wife take vitamins and things to try and boost her immune system or have they advised against it? (Just thinking it might stop her getting any more colds or whatever that pull her down again).

 

[ban-all-sheds]

They are going to prescribe her a jab which will be very helpful in that regard - she has it 48-72 hours after the chemo. I think it's fairly new, whatever it is - according to her chemo nurse, 95% of people end up needing it, and he thinks that eventually it will become part of the standard protocol.

 

[Adam_151]

I like black pudding, which is rather supprising considering I'm quite a fussy eater.

Reading ban's story reminded me of something I read on another forum... student house, mix of students including a girl of asian orgin she ate it raw with custard, obviously having never encountered it before and not realising it was not 'pudding' in the usual sense of the word

Apparently she was quite ill for a few days

 

[Brightness]

They are going to prescribe her a jab which will be very helpful in that regard - she has it 48-72 hours after the chemo. I think it's fairly new, whatever it is - according to her chemo nurse, 95% of people end up needing it, and he thinks that eventually it will become part of the standard protocol.

That's good. It obviously contains all the essential minerals/vitamins she will need to help her through it all.

It's also heartening to hear that survival rates have improved massively in the last ten years