blood sausage

noun

Updated on: 21 Apr 2018

Definition of blood sausage

: very dark sausage containing a large proportion of blood — called also blood pudding

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Recent Examples of blood sausage from the Web

After more than four hours onstage at the Howard County Library System Spelling Bee, a single word — boudin, a Cajun type of blood sausage — stood between Saketh Sundar and victory.

— kate elizabeth queram, Howard County Times, "Howard's three-time champ spells his way to national stage," 5 Apr. 2018
Recommendation: Belvedere, New Britain, for a Belvedere old country platter ($18.75) with pork shoulder steak, hunter's stew, kielbasa, blood sausage, mashed potato and dill pickle plus a sweet Belvedere platter ($9.75).

— frank cohen, courant.com, "28 Dates: Bohemian Suggestions For Penny-Pinchers," 2 Feb. 2018
Chef-owner Federico Tischler offers several varieties arepa patties, made with ingredients such as beets, pork crackling and blood sausage.

— sarah meehan, baltimoresun.com, "9 entirely gluten-free Baltimore restaurants," 20 Mar. 2018
More adventurous dinners can partake of blood sausage, called soondae, for just a little more.

— Bloomberg.com, "28 Delicious Dishes Around the World for $5 or Less," 13 Feb. 2018
But what’s a little blood sausage and offal in a town that eats menudo for breakfast?

— mike sutter, San Antonio Express-News, "Review: Korean cafe serving up real Seoul food at Seoul Asian Market & Cafe," 14 Dec. 2017
So here, for your pleasure, are his recipes for crispy pig ears, Flemish (i.e., all beer) beef stew, and, for you true masochists, blood sausage queso fundido.

— josh ozersky, Esquire, "4 Modern, Meaty Ways to Gorge Yourself on Super Bowl Sunday," 27 Jan. 2014
The German blutworst – or German blood sausage – is an example of a boudin rouge.

— ann maloney, NOLA.com, "At Boudin, Bourbon & Beer, an ancient dish gets a modern twist," 30 Oct. 2017
Among them: the morcilla (a truly bloody blood sausage), chinchulines (small intestine) or criadillas (testicles).

— nicholas m. gallagher, WSJ, "The 5 Best Steakhouses in Buenos Aires: A Meat-Lover’s Guide," 12 Oct. 2017

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