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    Cooking With Blood

    Posts: 195 Member
    edited February 23 in Food and Nutrition
    http://nordicfoodlab.org/blog/2013/9/blood-and-egg

    I read the above article recently, and it's stuck in my mind for the last few days, so much so that I've just ordered a kilo of dried pig's blood to experiment with - the blood meringues look delicious!
    I realise blood is quite a taboo food, but it's low in fat, high in iron, and a good source of protein.
    Unsure if it's because of my mild vampiric tendencies or not, but this has really intrigued me. What does everyone else think? Hell no or hell yes?

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    • Posts: 264 Member
      Blood pudding is quite popular in some places. I can't stomach it myself, I find the texture kind of weird. Still, nothing wrong with it. High in iron.
    • Posts: 1,066 Member
      What the H are "mild vampiric tendencies"?
    • Posts: 95 Member
      Any kind of blood is disgusting in my book But that's just me
    • Posts: 49,270 Member
      It's common in the Philippines with a dish called "dinaguan". I had some yesterday at a party and eat it whenever I can.

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    • Posts: 729 Member
      Blood is yum yum. Try Vietnamese duck blood soup! Blood sausage is pretty good too. Mmmm
    • Posts: 195 Member
      What the H are "mild vampiric tendencies"?

      Reluctance to be in direct sunlight, enjoying the taste of blood, strange fixation on people's necks, ability to change into a bat...that sort of thing.
    • Posts: 276 Member
      When I went to Korea, I tried out their version of blood sausages called "Sundae" (soon-day). It's pretty common there, specially to have with soju (rice/wheat/barley alcohol). The sausages had other things in them too like vegetables and noodles - so it wasn't too bad.

      Gotta try everything once, right? :)
    • Posts: 528 Member
      http://nordicfoodlab.org/blog/2013/9/blood-and-egg

      I read the above article recently, and it's stuck in my mind for the last few days, so much so that I've just ordered a kilo of dried pig's blood to experiment with - the blood meringues look delicious!
      I realise blood is quite a taboo food, but it's low in fat, high in iron, and a good source of protein.
      Unsure if it's because of my mild vampiric tendencies or not, but this has really intrigued me. What does everyone else think? Hell no or hell yes?
      Are you iron deficient? Very few guys needed additional iron and if your hemoglobin is too high it increases the risk of heart disease and strokes. Just eat the blood in moderation.
      I've tasted Polish blood sausage and I found it bland, not very tasty. But I know some people who really love blood products. Especially Eastern Europeans and some of the other cultures that eat "from nose to tail".
    • Posts: 576 Member
      Blood is just another part of the animal...nothing wrong with eating it. Blood sausage is pretty awesome.
    • Posts: 22,505 Member
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      Reluctance to be in direct sunlight, enjoying the taste of blood, strange fixation on people's necks, ability to change into a bat...that sort of thing.

      Your profile pic and the sheer existence of your profile pic say otherwise! :laugh:
    • Posts: 1,017 Member
      Blood is used to thicken foods too. They use blood quite a bit in soups in Asian cuisine.
    • Posts: 250 Member
      Blood? NO-NO-NO....

      Blood sausage is quite common dish here, I had it as a child- fried or fresh. The blood is mixed with some grains- groats or pearl barley and some spices. But it's been years since I last had it so...NO< NO< NO....not anymore...
    • Posts: 3,352 Member
      The US in general is WAY to squeamish about things. We have all sorts of wonderful protein sources that most people would never touch. So instead we have people who can't get enough food or protein because they are "too good" to eat things like bugs, reptiles, or rodents (such as beaver).
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      Your profile pic and the sheer existence of your profile pic say otherwise! :laugh:

      :laugh: Not quite vampiric enough to not photograph!
    • Posts: 195 Member
      The US in general is WAY to squeamish about things. We have all sorts of wonderful protein sources that most people would never touch. So instead we have people who can't get enough food or protein because they are "too good" to eat things like bugs, reptiles, or rodents (such as beaver).

      I don[t think I could eat bugs, but reptiles and rodents I could manage. I've had eel before which was interesting, so I would assume snake and other reptiles are similar.
      Being in the UK, there is a taboo around horse meat - especially since the food scandal over the last two years - but France, Italy etc eat it regularly. I'd love to try it.
    • Posts: 1,608 Member
      Well, ignoring the wannabe, plastic, angsty teenager, pseudo-goth stuff - I'd love to try cooking with blood. I enjoy offal and black pudding. I'm not sure why there's so much squeamishness about eating blood. If you're not put off by eating the muscle and fat of an animal, why would the blood be any different?
    • Posts: 106 Member
      It's common in the Philippines with a dish called "dinaguan". I had some yesterday at a party and eat it whenever I can.

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      dinaguan is the bomb!!
    • Posts: 239 Member
      Went to a birthday party yesterday where they served blood boudin. Won't lie - I looked at it for a long time before I could actually eat it. But it was absolutely delicious.
    • Posts: 602 Member
      Blood sausage (we call it black/white pudding here) is delicious. I could eat it every day! Have never cooked with blood though.
    • Posts: 1,066 Member
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      Reluctance to be in direct sunlight, enjoying the taste of blood, strange fixation on people's necks, ability to change into a bat...that sort of thing.
      You know that vampires aren't a real thing, right?
    • Posts: 218 Member
      Black pudding is pretty common here in Scotland. Hated it as a kid but when I got older, not gonna lie, I thought it was amazing. I'd absolutely try any other blood based dish at least once.
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      You know that vampires aren't a real thing, right?

      :noway: since when?! :noway:
    • Posts: 195 Member
      Black pudding is pretty common here in Scotland. Hated it as a kid but when I got older, not gonna lie, I thought it was amazing. I'd absolutely try any other blood based dish at least once.

      I don't actually like black pudding! I'm more interested in using blood in sweet cooking: this Sanguinaccio Dolce looks amazing!

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    • Posts: 122
      Try cooking with love instead of violence. It is much more effective.
    • Posts: 858 Member
      I'm not afraid to try anything at least once. I grew up with a family who was afraid of "weird" food, and we missed out on a lot of good things. I wouldn't have some of my most favorite foods if I didn't try new things all the time.

      I've had blood sausage, it was delicious.
    • Posts: 7,436 Member
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      Are you iron deficient? Very few guys needed additional iron and if your hemoglobin is too high it increases the risk of heart disease and strokes. Just eat the blood in moderation.
      I've tasted Polish blood sausage and I found it bland, not very tasty. But I know some people who really love blood products. Especially Eastern Europeans and some of the other cultures that eat "from nose to tail".

      ^^^ this is good advice.... iron can be toxic in high doses. Women lose iron on a monthly basis (and pregnant and breastfeeding women need extra iron especially in pregnancy, for the baby) whereas men don't lose much iron. Vegan men need to supplement with iron, pretty much all other men don't, and I'm guessing... *Just Guessing* that the fact you're making a thread about consuming blood mean's you're *not* a vegan lol.... :p

      I don't see what's wrong with it in moderation even for men... maybe find out how much too much iron is and make sure you consume less than that amount.
    • Posts: 7,436 Member
      Try cooking with love instead of violence. It is much more effective.

      You need to get in a time machine and tell that to Australopithecus sediba. They invented stone tools that enabled them to extract brains and bone marrow from animal carcasses, which put them on an evolutionary trajectory that resulted in the evolution of the human genus.

      Oh wait, if you tell them to do that then humans won't evolve at all....
    • Posts: 122
      Humans needed tools before they started catching prey and cooking meat. Therefore, they developed the intelligence eating plants that enabled them to use tools to eat meat.

      But why promote evolution when humans have evolved into the species that will destroy the planet. Eating meat is the leading cause of environmental destruction. Ironic that you believe it was needed for our evolution, when in reality, it will be the leading cause of our demise.
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      :frown:
    • Posts: 195 Member
      Must...not...bait...the...vegan
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