Enjoyed the story about the street vendors. As a foreigner I could not fully understand all of it. Can you please give me a translation of the terms. Trotter, I assume is "leg of lamb", is that correct? What is black pudding? A short recipe would be appreciated, although I doubt that I will be preparing it.
Thanks Ludwig. I should have thought of that. A trotter in this case a sheep's foot. Black pudding is a sausage made by cooking pork or beef blood with fat and oatmeal or barley. Still popular in the north of England today. It sounds disgusting but I do like black pudding. I've seen pig trotters on the market but not sheep. Recipe here: https://rivercottage.net/recipes/black-pudding/
Thank you, Dean. That really helps. As a kid in Germany, I was familiar with similar items, "Blutwurst" and "Schweinehaxen". Here in the US we have some similar dishes but not eaten in my family.
Hi Dean, the food from the vendors doesn't sound very appetising to contemporary diners but I'm absolutely sure it was far healthier than today's fast food full of ultra processed ingredients.
My parents and grandparents generations were used to eating a lot of offal. I remember my mother cooking tripe but we wouldn't entertain it at all. The local butchers had an array of pigs trotters and various innards on display I seem to remember.
In France the locals love Anduette ( not sure of the spelling ) which is a dish of some kind of offal which smells horrendous, not a good memory!
Loved this Dean
Enjoyed the story about the street vendors. As a foreigner I could not fully understand all of it. Can you please give me a translation of the terms. Trotter, I assume is "leg of lamb", is that correct? What is black pudding? A short recipe would be appreciated, although I doubt that I will be preparing it.
I've added some extra context to the online story for you.
Thanks Ludwig. I should have thought of that. A trotter in this case a sheep's foot. Black pudding is a sausage made by cooking pork or beef blood with fat and oatmeal or barley. Still popular in the north of England today. It sounds disgusting but I do like black pudding. I've seen pig trotters on the market but not sheep. Recipe here: https://rivercottage.net/recipes/black-pudding/
Thank you, Dean. That really helps. As a kid in Germany, I was familiar with similar items, "Blutwurst" and "Schweinehaxen". Here in the US we have some similar dishes but not eaten in my family.
Hi Dean, the food from the vendors doesn't sound very appetising to contemporary diners but I'm absolutely sure it was far healthier than today's fast food full of ultra processed ingredients.
My parents and grandparents generations were used to eating a lot of offal. I remember my mother cooking tripe but we wouldn't entertain it at all. The local butchers had an array of pigs trotters and various innards on display I seem to remember.
In France the locals love Anduette ( not sure of the spelling ) which is a dish of some kind of offal which smells horrendous, not a good memory!
I’ve had pork knuckle (Schweinshaxe) in Munich. Very nice with a beer too!
This was obviously in the era before the street food business began to be regulated more closely.