blood sausage

American  

noun

1. a dark sausage with a high content of blood, especially one made with diced pork fat, pork blood, chopped onion, etc., usually stuffed in casings and cooked by broiling, frying, or boiling.

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blood sausage British  

noun

1. Also called (in Britain and certain other countries): black pudding.  a kind of black sausage made from minced pork fat, pig's blood, and other ingredients

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Etymology

Origin of blood sausage

First recorded in 1865–70

Example Sentences

The researchers suspect that blood was collected in the cauldrons during slaughtering to make blood sausages -- a practice similar to contemporary culinary customs in Mongolia.

From Science Daily

Smoked pork and blood sausage honour the Rukai's hunting culture on her menu.

From BBC

This is a stew popular in Madrid which includes blood sausage and some very unfortunate looking and smelling tripe.

From Salon

“And before, nobody even cared for blood sausage!”

From Seattle Times

She seasons a soft, savory blood sausage with onions and spices, surrounds it with potato purée and finishes it with a creamy au poivre sauce.

From New York Times