Blood is good, a bazillion mosquitos can’t all be wrong
I hear they’re really buzzing about it
*buzzilion
Wait until you hear about flies from the farm.
Does their blood shake bring all the boys to the yard?
Fyi, blood can be used as a replacement for eggs in many recipes. I’ve even seen it used in savory macarons.
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In my culture we have a sausage made mostly with blood. Quite tasty.
I think you will be hard pressed to find a European country which doesn’t have some sort of blood sausage/pudding.
No, I won’t. I don’t know how widespread that is and don’t actually care. I just mentioned “in my culture” to filter out crazies who like to scream “no, that’s super niche and nobody does that except you, weirdo!” Well, now I have crazies who shout “No, that’s super widespread and everyone does that” :) That happens. Not a big deal.
We do as well in Norway. Exactly the same as the british black pudding/sausage.
Same in Finland!
I’ve never tried the British stuff, but our blood sausage is pretty good. Goes very well with lingonberry jam. :)
Had some in a pub in England. It’s as good as identical to ours.
That’s great to hear! Did they offer any lingonberry jam though?
No. Part of a full English. Bacon, baked beans, etc.
We got them in France too.
Mine too. I’ve tried it, but didn’t like the texture much.
It depends on what the butcher uses as a base.
It’s popular in many cultures. Love me some morcilla.
Your culture is white supremacy, yeah, I get it’s just a big sausage fest of awkward hand jobs, but I don’t think that’s what anyone means when they say sausage.
Seem like yours is hasty conclusion and nasty personality, but whom am I to judge?
I know the user. They are.
Well, it’s usually cow blood, but they are delicious. Just like blood sausage.
Scandinavian
Half of the countries listed are Finland and Estonia lol.
But they’re honorary Scandinavian, that’s an old tradition.
We don’t want it >:(
I don’t understand english-speakers’ enduring obsession with the term “scandinavia” anyway. What’s wrong with “the nordic countries” which is what they’re actually called and which isn’t culturally meaningless unlike some peninsula?
They are not typically made with reindeer blood, as is incorrectly stated on Wikipedia. The alleged source for this claim even says so:
While most recipes use pig or cow blood, any sanguine supply will do. The Sami people of northern Norway use reindeer.
TIL there are still egregious errors on Wikipedia. I guess it could be a case of updated source?
I mean Sami are hungry, they’re not savages! Except I guess by some outdated definitions they are.
they’re not savages!
Did you think I somehow implied that they are? I’m confused
If you think these blood recipes are nasty, empty all food you have and don’t eat anything for 3-4 days. Then go to the store and get some blood food or ingredients and eat a blood dish. You’ll understand then very quickly why these became a thing nearly everywhere around the world. Hunger is the ultimate spice.
So if I think they’re nasty, I’m wrong because I’m not starving enough? Not a great counterpoint. They’re still nasty in that scenario, just a helpful nasty.
Aaaaaand that’s how you know someone who has never starved before. Truly starved. The stomach has it’s own opinion when left empty long enough.
It’s good though, that you never had. I’ve been through a lot, but the trauma of starvation is a permanent one. It’s best you don’t ever see the perspective of why people made food from blood.
My point is that if you have to be starving to enjoy eating something, then its default descriptor is probably much closer to “nasty” than “delicious”
I absolutely concede the point that everything nutritious will taste good if you’re starved, and I’m glad to have never needed to rely on nasty tasting food to stay alive. I’m very lucky, no need to be adversarial about it
Not every disagreement is worth arguing about
Pretty much no comment in this entire thread is “worth” posting, including yours. What did you add to the discussion by saying that?
that explains tripe…and how hungry were early settlers to eat crayfish, they look like bugs.
crayfish IS bugs
So is Shrimps and both is tasty
I really enjoy baked or fried crickets.
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German “Black-Sour” traditional north eastern dish doesn’t taste half bad…
and if you butcher an animal… you have blood available… why not eat it instead of wasting it.
also… black pudding/blood sausages and stuff are amazing
We also have a few foods with blood in it in hungary. Most countries have them. Also fun bonus fact, because hungarian and finnish/estonian are related very distantly i understand their word for blood which is veri, for us its vér.
Then there’s Filipino dinuguan, a pig’s blood stew.
And it’s fucking delicious.
Polacks have Duck Blood Stew:
Friggen yummy!
you get used to the taste, its quite strong. Had it many times growing up
Blood has about the same amount of protein as the same weight in eggs so it makes sense.
It’s basically equivalent from a culinary standpoint. You can even make meringue with blood instead of egg whites.
I think you mean Egguivalent.
Semen can also be a direct replacement for egg whites. There’s actually a cook book on it.
The chefs pulled an all-nighter for this meal.
Get a grip.
In Sweden it’s a common lazy dinner to fry up a couple of slices of factory made Blodpudding made of pigs blood and rye. Traditions of how it is eaten is regional but I’m used to it with lingonberry jam and grated carrots. It’s quite similar to British black pudding.
EWH grated carrots
I didn’t really need to know anything in this thread.
If you’re gonna eat animals, eat all the edible bits.
Where’s the spiderman pointing at himself meme about people from different cultures pointing out how gross each other’s animal based food are?
