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Black & White Pudding with Matthew Cockin & Grant Harper
Episode 1
Tuesday, 8 July, 2025
Welcome to the first episode of season 9 of The British Food History Podcast!Today I am talking with Matthew Cockin and Grant Harper of Fruit Pig – the last remaining commercial craft producer of fresh blood black puddings in the UK.We talk about how and why they started up Fruit Pig, battling squeamishness, why it’s so difficult to make fresh blood black puddings, and serving suggestions – amongst many other thingsFruit Pig are sponsoring the 9th season of the podcast and Grant and Matthew are very kindly giving listeners to the podcast a unique special offer 10% off your order until the end of October 2025 – use the offer code Foodhis in the checkout at their online shop, www.fruitpig.co.uk.If you can, support the podcast and blogs by becoming a £3 monthly subscriber, and unlock lots of premium content, including bonus blog posts and recipes, access to the easter eggs and the secret podcast, or treat me to a one-off virtual pint or coffee: click here.This episode was mixed and engineered by Thomas Ntinas of the Delicious Legacy podcast.Things mentioned in today’s episodeThe Fruit Pig websiteFruit Pig on Jamie & Jimmy’s Friday Night FeastFruit Pig on BBC Radio 4’s The Food ProgrammeNeil’s appearance on Comfortably Hungry discussing black/blood puddingMuseum of Royal Worcester project wins a British Library Food Season AwardCatch up on the latest posts and recipes on Neil’s blogFollow Serve it Forth on Instagram at @serveitforthfestMy YouTube channelPodcast episodes pertinent to today’s episodeThe Philosophy of Puddings with Neil Buttery, Peter Gilchrist & Lindsay Middleton18th Century Female Cookery Writers with The Delicious LegacyNeil’s blogs:‘British Food: a History’ ‘Neil Cooks Grigson’ Neil’s books:Before Mrs Beeton: Elizabeth Raffald, England’s Most Influential HousekeeperA Dark History of Sugar...
