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Difficult to compare it with anything. It has a meaty taste but it tends to be made with herbs so some tastes of rosemary - one of my favourite herbs - and it can be a bit peppery. They are all just a little different. If I had to compare, I'd say something like a herby beef.
Kath wrote: "Difficult to compare it with anything. It has a meaty taste but it tends to be made with herbs so some tastes of rosemary - one of my favourite herbs - and it can be a bit peppery. They are all jus..."Is there a sauce you can have with it that makes it taste a bit better? We have several sauces that we lightly use with our beefs and steaks over here sometimes and of course we love our gravies.
Kath wrote: "It's ready made! Fried, it's delicious. You buy it by the slice or by a length -like a big salami. I also use it in something like a beef casserole - it thickens the gravy.And of course, the more..."
Bloody rosemary salami? *overwhelming nausea bringing me down...*
No, you don't eat it with a sauce - with bread and butter, maybe, or as part of the Great Fry-up Breakfast.Christine, man-up, dear! ;)
Kath wrote: "No, you don't eat it with a sauce - with bread and butter, maybe, or as part of the Great Fry-up Breakfast.Christine, man-up, dear! ;)"
Aaaaaaaaagh...*losing it*
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Yes I have tried black pudding, but just the sound of it as well as the taste.
Just the ingredients makes my blood vessels clog up !!
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Black pudding is definitely an acquired taste. I'm from the same part of the world as Kath so I'm with her on this one. There were so many things I used to eat as a kid that I wouldn't dream of giving my kids now including lamb's hearts, kidneys and tripe. My best friend's dad used to buy kidneys specially when I used to stay at her house at the weekends back in the day because I was the only other person he knew who would eat them. (I think I'll save you from an explanation of what tripe is.)
Heather wrote: "Black pudding is definitely an acquired taste. I'm from the same part of the world as Kath so I'm with her on this one. There were so many things I used to eat as a kid that I wouldn't dream of giv..."Geez, Heather, I was just getting to the point where I thought I could get some breakfast down...
Janet wrote: "Yesterday was Madonna falling off the stage day..... or should that nearly lynched day. Still, she carried on like a seasoned performer!! Like everyone is saying I'm guessing some heads will roll!!"Janet, were you there???
Janet wrote: "Yesterday was Madonna falling off the stage day..... or should that nearly lynched day. Still, she carried on like a seasoned performer!! Like everyone is saying I'm guessing some heads will roll!!"Gosh it was painful to watch, wasn't it? I know I shouldn't laugh but the headline in the Sun did make me smile, "The Fallen Madonna".
Christine wrote: "Heather wrote: "Black pudding is definitely an acquired taste. I'm from the same part of the world as Kath so I'm with her on this one. There were so many things I used to eat as a kid that I would..."Oops sorry, I remember serving lambs hearts to my hubby in our first year of marriage. He nearly divorced me!
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Heather wrote: "Christine wrote: "Heather wrote: "Black pudding is definitely an acquired taste. I'm from the same part of the world as Kath so I'm with her on this one. There were so many things I used to eat as ..."Heather wrote: "Christine wrote: "Heather wrote: "Black pudding is definitely an acquired taste. I'm from the same part of the world as Kath so I'm with her on this one. There were so many things I used to eat as ..."
Good shot, Heather. *crawling far far away from this thread...*
Hearts and kidneys - and tripe - are very healthy. Low fat. Slow-cooked heart is just tender muscle meat. Hmmm.
looked up tripe - edible offal from the stomachs of farm animals.no thanks. give me edible, non-offal any day.
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Janet wrote: "Hey folks! When possible, when posting links to books can you do the book title as well as the cover? When it's just a cover it's hard to click on to when using smartphone."Can do that! :)
Somebody send me a link to the 'Fallen Madonna' I haven't seen it yet! lol
Janet wrote: "Hey folks! When possible, when posting links to books can you do the book title as well as the cover? When it's just a cover it's hard to click on to when using smartphone."That is a very good point. Plus you can't really see the icon that big, I don't think?
Janet wrote: "Hey folks! When possible, when posting links to books can you do the book title as well as the cover? When it's just a cover it's hard to click on to when using smartphone."That is a very good point. Plus you can't really see the icon that big, I don't think?
Here you are Christine: all about black pudding: https://www.goodreads.com/author_blog...Still chuckling at your reaction, and no, I don't like it.
Guess those smartphones aren't so smart, Janet.
Christine wrote: "Guess those smartphones aren't so smart, Janet."ROFL@Christine - Leave to Christine to be a smart ass about it. :D
I read the threads on my phone, and I know there's a book cover by the little blank spot. Looks like...
"I just finished , and starting ."
I poke around the spot til I hit something. It's like buried treasure. =}
E. wrote: "I read the threads on my phone, and I know there's a book cover by the little blank spot. Looks like...
"I just finished , and starting ."
I poke around the spot til I hit something. It'..."
OMG! You ladies are cracking me up with these smart phones! I'm so glad I decided against getting one for myself. ROFL!
Ty wrote: "looked up tripe - edible offal from the stomachs of farm animals.no thanks. give me edible, non-offal any day."
Ty wrote: "looked up tripe - edible offal from the stomachs of farm animals.
no thanks. give me edible, non-offal any day."
I must admit tripe is something I've never enjoyed and I could never figure out what my parents liked about it. I find it bland but black pudding I find tasty. :)
E. wrote: "I read the threads on my phone, and I know there's a book cover by the little blank spot. Looks like...
"I just finished , and starting ."
I poke around the spot til I hit something. It'..."
E!!! ROFL!!! Good one!!! Buried treasure?? HAHAHAHAHA!!!
Sauce would disguise the thought of what you're really eating maybe...as in Fried Green Tomatoes, one of my favorite line: "Secret's in the sauce!"
Heather, dear, could you go get some lunch? Maybe that will get your mind (and your mouth) off the bloody tripe. XOXO
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Janet wrote: "I have yet to come across a piece of technology that is perfect, be it laptop, tablet, desktop and smartphone. It's not the phone, it's the limited, ridiculously under developed GR app!"Janet, you need to approach the GR CEO and get this dealt with.
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Janet, I'm sure it's not just your/our grievances. Other apps continually update, GR should get with the program, so to speak. Things that the app can't do: edit or delete posts, add HTML (lol "Hotmail" from a different post still cracks me up) like book links and such.
I've found workarounds, but it would be nice if one didn't have to.
Agreed Janet. The GR apps on iPhone and Android are rubbish! Boo!
Kirsten, how do you come up with those "holidays," for Pete's sake? As I looked at some of those sayings, I thought of one of my all-time favorite bumper stickers. It said, "WHERE are we going, and how did I get in this handbasket?"
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Janet wrote: "I am gobsmacked that the apps are so limited. I feel terrible when I can't even perform a basic function as liking a review. It's pathetic. Much smaller companies manage updates. GR should really b..."Janet, any thoughts of getting an iPad? You can use the desktop site with it.
P.S. Gobsmacked. Great word!
mail Jeff Bezos and he's more likely to kick ass and get things done re the GR app.
tripe stinks clootie dumpling is a fruit cake type thing that is boiled in a muslin cloth - it is soooooooooo yummy but I don't make it like my granny did she was the best
the app for GR sucks
smartphones are ok its the apps that go with them that are not so ok - they kinda try to rush too much into things
tomorrow is Friday and I have a busy weekend ahead so none of this posting about 40 thousand comments a day - am not getting a chance to catch up at work lol
Freda wrote: "Somebody send me a link to the 'Fallen Madonna' I haven't seen it yet! lol"haha haha just saw this comment don't know why I didn't twig to the 'allo 'allo thing before now - we have zee picture of zee fallen Madonna with zee big boobies ha ha ha
that has just cracked me up
my day is done. i am sitting in a cozy cafe, with a Starbucks chai latte (why do they call it chai tea latte? don't they know that chai and tea mean the same>), watching the snow laden world go by.
does it make you evil to feel good that you're relaxing when others are busy pedalling away?
Ty wrote: "my day is done. i am sitting in a cozy cafe, with a Starbucks chai latte (why do they call it chai tea latte? don't they know that chai and tea mean the same>), watching the snow laden world go b..."
Ty, I am buuuuuusy, and you know what I mean!!
Just been reading through the food comments, LOL guys. I'd be interested to see what people's take on the Steak & kidney pie is! What about haggis?
steak and kidney pie is ok but I loooooooooooooove haggis especially when its in season ;)
So I'm skimming through the posts pretty quickly and I (think I ) read that it's "tell a fairy" day. I'm like wait, what? It's freakin' tell a fairy day. I don't know what this means for Pete's sake. Oh crap it's for Pete's sake day too!I'm overwhelmed ...
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I wish a fairy would come my way and grant me a few wishes!
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Oh wow, if it's already made then it doesn't sound so bad. If I may ask, does it taste like anything we make in the states? Some say octopus tastes a little like chicken, and I've tried it and it does. I'm interested to know what it might taste like?