Black or White pudding?

king_of_mayo

I absolutely love pudding. It's a fine accompaniment to any meal, or a meal in and of itself (mmm them in a sandwich). But the wife asked me which did I prefer last night (we had egg, chip, black and white pudding and some beans for dinner). I hesitated and said I wasn't sure. Then they lands me with a statement that would hit the door - "They taste the same anyway". They absolutely do not and to her amazement (although she reckons I was cheating), I did a blind taste test and could correctly identify which type of pudding was being eaten.

I've been thinking on it all morning and I'm still not sure which I prefer. Which is your favourite?

Cina

I don't discriminate against either #allpuddingmatters

Tig98

All for black pudding.

During the leaving cert I would have a full stick of back pudding in a sandwich every morning, couldn't really tell you why but it was the perfect food at the time.

White pudding is grand if I'm feeling exotic

LessOutragePlz

Black pudding as white pudding is a bit too spicy for me

punisher5112

Blm

Hoop66

What a time to be alive

king_of_mayo

Tig98 wrote: »

During the leaving cert I would have a full stick of back pudding in a sandwich every morning, couldn't really tell you why but it was the perfect food at the time.

600 point food right there.

biko

No puddings

recyclops

pudding is top quality, i remember taking the wife to madrid for a city break, realising that black pudding in tapas bars was a regular thing, spent the next 4 days eating pudding relentelessly

best holiday of my life

y0ssar1an22

white. black can be a bit dry

Ficheall

king_of_mayo wrote: »

"They taste the same anyway".

:eek:

GBX

Pudding on toast. Love it

Grandeeod

I love black pudding the most. But there are some crap brands around. The one in Aldi for 55 odd cent is nice on a budget. Far better than Denny or Galtee.

I'd prefer white pudding to be honest........ I'm rarely without some of it in the fridge, don't buy black pudding that often truth be told. Although it's grand stuff also.

allthedoyles

Go black and you never go back

Ficheall

Also, is pudding a more popular thing in, say, Limerick? I like pudding on a fry, or in a sandwich or breakfast roll, but in the space of a week in Limerick last year I got black pudding on a salad and also in the middle of a burger (as in, in the middle of the patty).

Staplor

Black pudding is nicer, white pudding has deteriorated over the years, so I find it hard to get a nice white pudding - but when you do it's a real treat. However black wins, and it's a superfood.

stargazer 68

Eh White! Fried and spread on a fried slice of batch
Bit of ketchup for luck!

seanmaol

Black all the way... But has to be Clonakilty!!

Newbie20

seanmaol wrote: »

Black all the way... But has to be Clonakilty!!

Was literally just about to type this! Correct on both counts!

king_of_mayo

seanmaol wrote: »

Black all the way... But has to be Clonakilty!!

Clonakilty is the best. It's great if you have some on the pan, then crack an egg in there to soak up the particles that fell away from the main.

weldoninhio

Prefer white as it’s spicier. Was at a wedding in Cork a few years ago, beside Clon. Entrees while the bride and groom were getting photos were little clonakilty pudding cakes on crackers. Delicious.

blackbox

This thread needs a poll.


Black.

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Gregor Samsa

White is good, but black is better. No way they taste the same.

I was at a wedding in Clonakilty last year. Half way through the night, they rolled out a pizza stand for a snack. One of the pizzas had black pudding topping. Amazing stuff altogether.

seanmaol

king_of_mayo wrote: »

Clonakilty is the best. It's great if you have some on the pan, then crack an egg in there to soak up the particles that fell away from the main.

Fried egg with bits of Clonakilty black pudding in it , that's lunch sorted for me

jimgoose

I like both, but my preference would be black. This weather Oi arr mostly eating Shaw's, a magnificent pudding by any measure. Clonakilty have upped their pudding game in recent years after some time, in the view of this Marine, in the doldrums. De Róiste would also be highly regarded. Rudd's of Birr is an interesting little pudding with an unusual, smooth consistency.

Day Lewin

Loving them both.
Black for that mineral hit of meaty richness.
White for spicy spreadability.
Delish!

A2LUE42

king_of_mayo wrote: »

I absolutely love pudding. It's a fine accompaniment to any meal, or a meal in and of itself (mmm them in a sandwich). But the wife asked me which did I prefer last night (we had egg, chip, black and white pudding and some beans for dinner). I hesitated and said I wasn't sure. Then they lands me with a statement that would hit the door - "They taste the same anyway". They absolutely do not and to her amazement (although she reckons I was cheating), I did a blind taste test and could correctly identify which type of pudding was being eaten.

I've been thinking on it all morning and I'm still not sure which I prefer. Which is your favourite?

Have you tries using both in Omelettes? I fry 4 or 5 slices of each pudding,
spread them evenly in the pan and then pour the egg in. Yummy!!

MyStubbleItches

seanmaol wrote: »

Black all the way... But has to be Clonakilty!!

I’m a black pudding addict and wouldn’t live too far from Clon. Their pudding has deteriorated a lot over the years the point where I’ll buy almost anything else, it’s pretty poor these days.

Best in my opinion would be a local butcher’s own fresh blood pudding (huge difference between fresh blood pudding and the dried blood crap that’s in most puddings). My local butcher does a savage one - spent years toying around with recipes. McCarthy’s Kanturk also do a bloody good one that can be found in some shops.

Wuff Wuff

that spreadable white puddig ya can get and use it like ya would butter on your breakfast roll

farmchoice

Black is number 1 for me and as been already mentioned clonakilty is the king of Black Puddings. their White however is not as good. i believe the Best white pudding in Ireland to be manufactured by Kellys of Newport.

i always liked a little nibble of the black uncooked but of late i have gone mad for it and could eat 3 or 4 good slices of it raw whist cooking the rest of the meal.


note*i know its not really raw it has been boiled in the production stage therefore safe to eat.

Oranage2

I like my pudding how I like my coffee 'black and from a butcher's'

jimgoose

Grandeeod wrote: »

...Far better than Denny or Galtee.

Denny and Galtee products are utter crap. They gave up manufacturing decent pork products decades ago and target Irish Mammy types who know nothing about pudding because they don't eat it, Americans and other Scutterin' Gobsheens.

colm_mcm

Really good homemade black pudding is in a different league to the average black/white supermarket puddings.

StevenToast

"Mammy loves Joes pudding".....

D'Telly featuring Joe Dolan

Losty Dublin

There is an actual brotherhood of Black Pudding in France. Seán Kelly of Newport was made a member in 2010. Bate that, Mr Denny!



http://www.boudin-mortagne.com/Page_ang.html

jimgoose

Losty Dublin wrote: »

There is an actual brotherhood of Black Pudding in France. Seán Kelly of Newport was made a member in 2010. Bate that, Mr Denny!

..

http://www.boudin-mortagne.com/Page_ang.html

Full-backpatch black puddin'. Now that's more like it. :cool:

Outkast_IRE

McCarthys of Kanturk for the win . The stuff they make themselves - not the knock off Aldi Recipe that is sold there.

Extra points if you go to an artisan grocer and they will sell you the McCarthys thats made proper with the intestine used as the skin the its as wide as your forearm.

B.A._Baracus

Is there nothing to be said for Aldi / Lidl cheap pudding?



You're all pudding snobs :pac:

Day Lewin

I've had this one and in my view it is the BEST
Comes in large irregular chunks that are clearly sliced off a huge block.
It is delicious.

http://www.annascaulblackpudding.com/

If you're ever visiting Kerry or the Dingle peninsula, this is just a small shop at the edge of the little village of Annascaul. Worth stopping for!

Grandeeod

B.A._Baracus wrote: »

Is there nothing to be said for Aldi / Lidl cheap pudding?



You're all pudding snobs :pac:

Aldi/Lidl pudding is very good and far superior to Denny/ Galtee at a third of the price. The Aldi black pudding isn't dry. Has a nice moist taste to it.

Church on Tuesday

They are the yin and yan to any good fry up.

jimgoose

Grandeeod wrote: »

Aldi/Lidl pudding is very good and far superior to Denny/ Galtee at a third of the price. The Aldi black pudding isn't dry. Has a nice moist taste to it.

I concur, the Aldi stuff is fine anyway.

fleet_admiral

Black pudding. White is disgusting

joeguevara

White pudding doesn't contain blood. black pudding to me has much more taste and adds much more to a fry up. Interestingly I was in a deli today getting a sausage roll and asked for two separate pieces of black pudding. yum. I also love them in a salad with rocket and poached eggs.

WesternZulu

Day Lewin wrote: »

I've had this one and in my view it is the BEST
Comes in large irregular chunks that are clearly sliced off a huge block.
It is delicious.

http://www.annascaulblackpudding.com/

If you're ever visiting Kerry or the Dingle peninsula, this is just a small shop at the edge of the little village of Annascaul. Worth stopping for!

Sound like Meeres from Clare who produce their pudding in a similar block style:
https://blackpudding.club/meeres-pork-products-featured-producer/

They have unreal black pudding, far better than Clonakilty which I used to consider the best.

White pudding just isn't the same.

Niallof9

Sneem black pudding is wonderful

satguy

I only eat white pudding,, was never really mad about black pudding.

But over the years white pudding is not what it used to be, I don't know what happened, maybe it was just that butchers stopped making their own. So that now that old school soft and very spreadable white is nowhere to be found.

And my weekend fry up is all the poorer because of it...

(when did feckin barley find its way into my white pudding)

Losty Dublin

satguy wrote: »

I only eat white pudding,, was never really mad about black pudding.

But over the years white pudding is not what it used to be, I don't know what happened, maybe it was just that butchers stopped making their own. So that now that old school soft and very spreadable white is nowhere to be found.

And my weekend fry up is all the poorer because of it...

(when did feckin barley find its way into my white pudding)

If you can get it then try De Roiste's white. It's softer and slightly fleshier than many other whites. Most main supermarkets stock it and it's well worth the price.

farmchoice

satguy wrote: »

I only eat white pudding,, was never really mad about black pudding.

But over the years white pudding is not what it used to be, I don't know what happened, maybe it was just that butchers stopped making their own. So that now that old school soft and very spreadable white is nowhere to be found.

And my weekend fry up is all the poorer because of it...

(when did feckin barley find its way into my white pudding)

thats your kellys of newport white, lovely and soft, too many producers tried to follow conakilty with their white pudding which is nowhere as good as their black.
fat and grains in black add a nice texture but in my opinion have no place in a white pudding, it should have a much smoother texture.

JohnnyFlash

Clonakilty back pudding isn’t even the best black pudding made in Clonakilty. Extremely overrated brand relying on its reputation. SuperValu’s signature taste pudding is better than it.