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?
Used to eat black quiche in France as a kid, eventually my parents asked, whats it made of…Chicken blood. Bloody delicious, no pun intended.
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.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7c/Schwarzsauer-3.jpg
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
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.
Not every disagreement is worth arguing about
Yeah and it tastes awful
You don’t?
Well, it’s usually cow blood, but they are delicious. Just like blood sausage.
Sheeps blood in some places
great with people with iron deficiency
They’d just have even more deficiency if you use their blood
One blood pancake with a side of iron deficient people, please!
Buh dum tiss.
this used to be my favorite food as a kid. now i’m vegetarian.
Would it be vegetarian if you use your own blood? 🤔
Blood is good, a bazillion mosquitos can’t all be wrong
*buzzilion
Wait until you hear about flies from the farm.
Does their blood shake bring all the boys to the yard?
I hear they’re really buzzing about it
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.
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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Idk what’s worse if I think about it. When you think what eggs really are, blood almost seems more normal.
An egg is basically a queef.
What do you think a queef is?
Basically an egg.
Yolks on you…
A chunky queef if you will
Yum
No.
So you think it’s a better idea just to chuck half the creature in the bin?
Unless you’re eating kosher, you’re eating blood when you eat meat, by the way.
Even when you’re eating kosher. Let’s not kid ourselves here, the whole “clean meat” thing in kosher and halal is total bullshit.
I’m calling Whipped reindeer blood as the name of my upcoming metal xmas album. You are not allowed to steal it.
I’d listen to that album!
Nah, you got dibs, you lucky duck.
In my culture we have a sausage made mostly with blood. Quite tasty.
It’s popular in many cultures. Love me some morcilla.
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 have blood sausage (black pudding) in the UK, France (boudin noir, sanquette), Germany (schwarzsauer), Italy (biroldo), Poland (duck soup) and Spain (morcilla).
So it seems like “most places” tbh.
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.
We got them in France too.
That’s great to hear! Did they offer any lingonberry jam though?
No. Part of a full English. Bacon, baked beans, etc.
Mine too. I’ve tried it, but didn’t like the texture much.
It depends on what the butcher uses as a base.
You can fry it and it tastes different.
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.
