So in culture class today we started the gastonomy section. We started talking about morcilla. Do you know what morcilla is? Yeah, I didn´t either. About twice a week at my host family´s house, we get this sausage in our soup. Sausage I can handle. Sure I don´t like the taste but I can smile and get it down my throat. Only morcilla isn´t sausage. I have been eating
congealed blood. Yes, blood, curdled, thick, nasty blood wrapped in an intestine or who knows what. That is it. I can eat it no more. It was better when I didn´t know what it was. I feel queasy just thinking about it.
Here´s what wikipedia had to say about morcilla: "Blood sausage or black pudding or blood pudding is a sausage made by cooking down the blood of an animal with meat, fat or filler until it is thick enough to congeal when cooled." I´ve been eating this for the 2 months! Everyone said my face turned pale in class when I found out what is was.
I think I need to lie down.
Mmmmmmmm....congealed blood...pretty soon you'll be eating blood soup, blood pudding, blood everything...ehhh, just writing me makes me shiver.
ReplyDeleteOH MY, I'M SO GLAD I STOPPED IN TO TAKE A PEEK AT YOUR BLOG............I NOW KNOW WHAT CONGEALED ANIMAL BLOOD IS CALLED, LUCKY ME............
ReplyDeleteIt makes me sick to just think about that Jenn. Are you still going to eat it?
ReplyDeleteI know, it is disgusting. ew. I have decided to just plain hurt their feelings and not eat it. Once you know that you are eating blood, you can´t ever forget it.
ReplyDeleteHi Jenn, I looked up "sagrada familia" from google and found your blog just by chance. Just to let you know how the blood sausage story amused me :) I'm from Estonia - small country in N-Europe next to Finland. Blood sausage is our national Christmas food and everyone just loves it :)))) Otherwise we are normal human beings:)
ReplyDeleteGreetings from Estonia!