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TIL some Scandinavian countries eat blood pancakes. (made with whipped reindeer blood.)
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Quilotoa lemmy.ca Quilotoa@lemmy.ca
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whotookkarl lemmy.dbzer0.com whotookkarl@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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I've seen goose and duck blood soup but pancakes is new to me

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username_1 discuss.tchncs.de username_1@discuss.tchncs.de
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In my culture we have a sausage made mostly with blood. Quite tasty.

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Midnight Wolf lemmy.world wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world
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So are the reindeer physically whipped for their blood, retaining the reindeer, or are they processed into a dairy substance and then mixed with their blood?

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In my culture we have a sausage made mostly with blood. Quite tasty.

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.

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spittingimage lemmy.world spittingimage@lemmy.world
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In my culture we have a sausage made mostly with blood. Quite tasty.

Mine too. I've tried it, but didn't like the texture much.

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scrondo lemmy.world scrondo@lemmy.world
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Blood is good, a bazillion mosquitos can't all be wrong

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Evil_Incarnate sopuli.xyz Evil_Incarnate@sopuli.xyz
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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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Successful_Try543 feddit.org Successful_Try543@feddit.org
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So are the reindeer physically whipped for their blood, retaining the reindeer, or are they processed into a dairy substance and then mixed with their blood?

The blood of the reindeer is whipped, then mixed with some of its meat, lard, flour, onion and spices.

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AeronMelon lemmy.world aeronmelon@lemmy.world
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ummthatguy lemmy.world ummthatguy@lemmy.world
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Then there's Filipino dinuguan, a pig's blood stew.

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virku lemmy.world virku@lemmy.world
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In my culture we have a sausage made mostly with blood. Quite tasty.

We do as well in Norway. Exactly the same as the british black pudding/sausage.

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Herbal Gamer sh.itjust.works HerbalGamer@sh.itjust.works
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Mine too. I've tried it, but didn't like the texture much.

You can fry it and it tastes different.

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0xDREADBEEF lemmy.dbzer0.com dreadbeef@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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Then there's Filipino dinuguan, a pig's blood stew.

you get used to the taste, its quite strong. Had it many times growing up

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socsa piefed.social socsa@piefed.social
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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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Dreamcatcher lemmy.zip Dreamcatcher@lemmy.zip
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Scandinavian

Half of the countries listed are Finland and Estonia lol.

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Godric lemmy.world Godric@lemmy.world
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Then there's Filipino dinuguan, a pig's blood stew.

Polacks have Duck Blood Stew:

Friggen yummy!

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Dreamcatcher lemmy.zip Dreamcatcher@lemmy.zip
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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. :)

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whaleross lemmy.world whaleross@lemmy.world
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In Sweden it's a common lazy dinner to fry up a couple of slices of factory made Blodpudding made of pigs blood and rye. Traditions of how it is eaten is regional but I'm used to it with lingonberry jam and grated carrots. It's quite similar to British black pudding.

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BeelzebubEiNukuKoskaan piefed.social BeelzebubEiNukuKoskaan@piefed.social
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Yeah and its delicious.

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virku lemmy.world virku@lemmy.world
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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.

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bridgeenjoyer sh.itjust.works bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works
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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.

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CosmoNova lemmy.world CosmoNova@lemmy.world
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Blood has about the same amount of protein as the same weight in eggs so it makes sense.

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SatansMaggotyCumFart piefed.social SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.social
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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.

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leftzero lemmy.dbzer0.com leftzero@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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Blood has about the same amount of protein as the same weight in eggs so it makes sense.

It's basically equivalent from a culinary standpoint. You can even make meringue with blood instead of egg whites.

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LambdaRX sh.itjust.works LambdaRX@sh.itjust.works
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Looks a bit like red blood cell.

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Blue lemmy.world RedIce25@lemmy.world
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Huh, never heard of blodpannekake

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bridgeenjoyer sh.itjust.works bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works
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An egg is basically a queef.

Yum

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StabbingSky lemmy.zip StabbingSky@lemmy.zip
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It's basically equivalent from a culinary standpoint. You can even make meringue with blood instead of egg whites.

Semen can also be a direct replacement for egg whites. There's actually a cook book on it.

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Lexam lemmy.world Lexam@lemmy.world
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It's basically equivalent from a culinary standpoint. You can even make meringue with blood instead of egg whites.

I think you mean Egguivalent.

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AgentSeven lemmy.zip AgentSeven@lemmy.zip
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I didn't really need to know anything in this thread.

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LordGimp fedinsfw.app LordGimp@fedinsfw.app
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Alot of countries eat a lot of blood in a lot of ways. Its only shocking to western sensibilities.

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LordGimp fedinsfw.app LordGimp@fedinsfw.app
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An egg is basically a queef.

A chunky queef if you will

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foodandart lemmy.zip foodandart@lemmy.zip
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Morcela - aka Portugese Blood Sausage. Weird texture.. like sand and oil mixed together - before it's cooked.

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Linda R nord.pub Lehmuusa@nord.pub
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So are the reindeer physically whipped for their blood, retaining the reindeer, or are they processed into a dairy substance and then mixed with their blood?

In reality it's very rarely made of reindeer blood. Pig and cow bloods are the most common ingredients.

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Noodle07 lemmy.world Noodle07@lemmy.world
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Alot of countries eat a lot of blood in a lot of ways. Its only shocking to western sensibilities.

*Americans

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Noodle07 lemmy.world Noodle07@lemmy.world
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In Sweden it's a common lazy dinner to fry up a couple of slices of factory made Blodpudding made of pigs blood and rye. Traditions of how it is eaten is regional but I'm used to it with lingonberry jam and grated carrots. It's quite similar to British black pudding.

EWH grated carrots

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Linda R nord.pub Lehmuusa@nord.pub
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Alot of countries eat a lot of blood in a lot of ways. Its only shocking to western sensibilities.

And here "western" excludes at least Finland, Estonia, Netherlands, Scotland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Austria, Germany, Poland, France, and England.

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Dreamcatcher lemmy.zip Dreamcatcher@lemmy.zip
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Had some in a pub in England. It's as good as identical to ours.

That's great to hear! Did they offer any lingonberry jam though?

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morto piefed.social morto@piefed.social
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Where's the spiderman pointing at himself meme about people from different cultures pointing out how gross each other's animal based food are?

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eaterofclowns lemmy.world eaterofclowns@lemmy.world
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Morcela - aka Portugese Blood Sausage. Weird texture.. like sand and oil mixed together - before it's cooked.

I'm from a heavily Portuguese immigrant populated area and the local cafe would serve a morcela omelette. Nothing better after a night out drinking

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Imgonnatrythis sh.itjust.works Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works
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I'm calling Whipped reindeer blood as the name of my upcoming metal xmas album. You are not allowed to steal it.

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BarneyPiccolo lemmy.today BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today
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I'm calling Whipped reindeer blood as the name of my upcoming metal xmas album. You are not allowed to steal it.

Nah, you got dibs, you lucky duck.

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BarneyPiccolo lemmy.today BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today
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It's good idea to not think too hard about your food, as you eat it.

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Obituarykidney lemmy.world Obituarykidney@lemmy.world
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Alot of countries eat a lot of blood in a lot of ways. Its only shocking to western sensibilities.

English style blood pudding is delicious with brekky. Had it for the first time in Scotland a few years back and now I buy it when for a big breakfast cookup on weekends.

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AItoothbrush lemmy.zip AI_toothbrush@lemmy.zip
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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.

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Soggy lemmy.world Soggy@lemmy.world
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Then there's Filipino dinuguan, a pig's blood stew.

And it's fucking delicious.

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orbituary lemmy.dbzer0.com orbituary@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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An egg is basically a queef.

What do you think a queef is?

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SatansMaggotyCumFart piefed.social SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.social
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What do you think a queef is?

Basically an egg.

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Dremor lemmy.world Dremor@lemmy.world
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And here "western" excludes at least Finland, Estonia, Netherlands, Scotland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Austria, Germany, Poland, France, and England.

Add France to the list ("Boudin Noir", which is a blood based sausage).

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macaw_dean_settle lemmy.world macaw_dean_settle@lemmy.world
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Alot of countries eat a lot of blood in a lot of ways. Its only shocking to western sensibilities.

*a lot.

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