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I see this is your first post on The Accrington Web Site, I do pray it will be your last numpty

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Although i could think of a few people whos balls i'd like served on a plate, i'll pass on that one aswell ;)

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I still cook Black puddings the way my mum used to- boil them in in a pan as you buy them- with their skins on until they swell. Frying them kills the flavor IMO.

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Ham shank and peas- i would love the recipe for this as my mum used to cook this for us every week. Also a recipe for sage and onion stuffing which i vaguely remember but never get the same taste to. I remember the oven came into the recipe after but have tried to get the same taste but never achieved it.

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Made me hungry too......but my problem is......I.m so poor I have to regurgitate breakfast to eat my tea.......:help:

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Thanks Tex, you've just reminded me to take an haggis out of the freezer I'm having one for diner:D

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As a child I was regularly served up tripe and chips for tea, and other meals included black pudding. It put me off for life and I haven't had any since!

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Black pudding Tripe and chips Michael, thats the stuff to put hairs on the chest:mosher:

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Don't mind a slice of black pudding myself in a fry up. The best i've ever had was when staying with a friend in Belfast -An Ulster Fry -they called it, that had a white as well as a black pudding and loads of other stuff too -a real cholesterol bomb but very tasty!

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Well, in case you ever do get your hands on them:
Remove the external white membrane and you will find they are peachy-pink and have the texture of a fine paté when uncooked. The article advises slicing and frying in butter! ;) Yummy?

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On holiday in Kenya, I asked in a restaurant for 'elephant's balls on toast'. ****** me - they had run out of bread.

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when i rented a bedsit many years ago the landlady either took pitty on me or took a shine to me and used to bring me breakfast in the morning in a plastic bag usually considting of a few rashers of bacon,eggs,sausage and black pudding which i would cook myself.

occasionally she would waltz accross with either cowheel or tripe as an extra treat .So as not to offend and keep the good stuff coming i used to pretend i was saving it for later and dispose of it when i went out on my travels.No matter how much i tried to eat it just looking at it put me off lol

Even my grandpa use to try giving it to me when i was a kid assuring me it was good for me but once a fussy eater always a fussy eater lol

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Shortly after we met my (future) wife invited me to dinner with her family. Her mother had cooked a special meal of tripe as she said I was so thin, I needed feeding up.
As I needed feeding up, she gave me an extra large portion! I'd never had it and didn't like the looks of it( I hated fat and this looked similar to raw fat ). They all sat waiting for me to approve- I cut off a small piece, put it in my mouth and was immediately sick all over the table!
Not a good first impression and I've never touched it since.

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boiled black puddings from a stall on burnley market are the best, they're only 70p :)

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I remember my Grandad used to love tripe cold with salt, pepper and vinegar.

I can't stand it.

Here in italy they cut it into thin strips and cook it in a sort of Minestrone soup -it's still disgusting!

One thing I did love - which mum used to get on the market, was Broth -she used to get the ready made mix and add Ham shank and then dumplings. Delicious -great on a cold winter's day.:p