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BLOOD SAUSAGE

Blood sausages are sausages filled with blood that is cooked or dried and mixed with a filler until it is thick enough to solidify when cooled. Variants are found worldwide. Pig, cow, horse, donkey, sheep, duck, and goat blood can be used, varying by country. Black pudding (or blood pudding) is the distinct regional type of blood sausage originating in the United Kingdom and Ireland

In Europe and the Americas, typical fillers include meat, fat, suet, bread, cornmeal, onion, chestnuts, barley, oatmeal and buckwheat. On the Iberian Peninsula and in Asia, rice is often used instead of other cereals. Sweet variants with sugar, honey, orange peel and spices are also regional specialties.

In many languages, there is a general term such as blood sausage (American English) and blood pudding (British English) that is used for all sausages that are made from blood, whether or not they include non-animal material such as bread, cereal, and nuts. Sausages that include such material are often, in addition, referred to with more specific terms, for example, black pudding in English.

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