Hi Everyone,
This week begins a 2-part series about Black Pudding.
A recipe is someone’s interpretation of how to make a dish. In its simplest form, a recipe is a list of quantified ingredients followed by instructions about how to put together the ingredients. There are very many dishes that can be made by simply following a recipe. However, Black Pudding is not one of those dishes. Black Pudding cannot be made just by being guided by a recipe, rather, it requires an intimate knowledge of cooking and a certain mastery of employing all of one’s senses. Making Black Pudding requires experience and specialized skills. A Black Pudding maker cooks with skills that have been honed since they were very young.
Ask your favourite Black Pudding lady how or where she learnt to make Black Pudding and I will bet you that she will give you a tender to early teenage year. She’ll also most likely tell you that she learnt it by watching (and eventually helping) her grandmother, mother, aunt, elder sister or some older relative who was adept at making Black Pudding. Through the
