My family are camping in West Cornwall and I joined them for a long weekend. It was mainly a sodden time though ironically the weather has cleared on my return journey.
In the campsite shop there was a lot of locally sourced produce. I found an interesting looking sausage in the fridge that was described as "hog's pudding". It was 3-4 cm thick and 275 g so quite a bit more than the typical banger. It reminded me of scottish white pudding but the ingredients were quite different; 70% pork and no oatmeal. Apparently it is boiled before refridgeration and should be cut into 1 cm slices and fried - much as you would do black or white pudding for breakfast. It contained "spices, herbs & chilli" on the ingredient list.
We tried it for breakfast this morning and its mild spicey taste was a real hit. Even Mrs Oregano who is not a sausage fan liked it. I have never seen or heard the expression "hogs pudding" before. I assume it is something very local to West Cornwall.
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2007-07-30 @ 02:06