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Stornoway black pudding is a type of black pudding
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, place_of_origin = Great Britain and Ireland
, region =England, Ireland, Scotland
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( gd, marag-dhubh) made in the Western Isles
The Outer Hebrides () or Western Isles ( gd, Na h-Eileanan Siar or or ("islands of the strangers"); sco, Waster Isles), sometimes known as the Long Isle/Long Island ( gd, An t-Eilean Fada, links=no), is an island chain off the west coast ...
of Scotland
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Characteristics
Jeremy Lee described it as "... arguably the best sausage made in the UK" and tourist website ''Information-Britain.co.uk'' website as "one of the finest blood puddings the world has to offer". The application Protected Geographical Indicator of Origin (PGI) status describes the puddings as follows:Application for PGI status
The application for PGI status came about after the food was threatened by "impostor puddings" labelled as Stornoway but made outside of the Western Isles. The application was made in January 2009, and protected status was granted in May 2013. The Scottish Government's application to theEuropean Union
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specified two key characteristics:
* Geographical origin – it is made "on the Isle of Lewis and the surrounding ' Stornoway Trust' area".
* Recipe – its ingredients (principally beef suet
Suet is the raw, hard fat of beef, lamb or mutton found around the loins and kidneys.
Suet has a melting point of between 45 °C and 50 °C (113 °F and 122 °F) and congelation between 37 °C and 40 °C (98.6&nb ...
, oatmeal, onion
An onion (''Allium cepa'' L., from Latin ''cepa'' meaning "onion"), also known as the bulb onion or common onion, is a vegetable that is the most widely cultivated species of the genus ''Allium''. The shallot is a botanical variety of the onio ...
, and blood) are within the tolerance of certain specified proportions.
See also
* List of sausagesReferences
External links
Help keep Stornoway Black Pudding real (Stornoway Gazette)
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