Groaty pudding explained

Groaty pudding
Alternate Name:	Groaty Dick
Place Of Origin:	United Kingdom
Region:	Black Country
Type:	Pudding
Main Ingredient:	Groats, beef, leeks, onion and beef stock

Groaty pudding (also known as groaty dick^[1]) is a traditional dish from the Black Country in England. It is made from soaked groats, beef, leeks, onion and beef stock which are baked together at a moderate temperature of approximately 150°C for up to 16 hours. In the Black Country it is traditional to eat groaty pudding on Guy Fawkes Night.^[2]

It is mentioned as a local staple by Samuel Jackson Pratt in 1805.^[3]

See also

• Haggis
• Meatloaf
• Nut roast
• Red pudding
• Scrapple
• White pudding

Notes and References

1. Web site: Faggots and groaty dick: Why some foods travel and others don't. BBC News. 2 September 2018. 2 September 2018.
2. http://www.foodsofengland.co.uk/groatydick.htm Foods of England - Groaty Dick
3. Book: Mr. Pratt (Samuel Jackson). Harvest-home: consisting of Supplementary gleanings, original dramas and poems, contributions of literary friends, and select re-publications, including Sympathy, a poem, revised, corrected and enlarged, from the eighth edition. 1805. R. Phillips. 276–.