hog's pudding

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Hog's pudding is a type of sausage produced in Cornwall and Devon.{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/recipes/hogs-pudding-and-sweetbreads-on-toast-770790.html|title=Hog's pudding and sweetbreads on toast|newspaper=The Independent|date=19 January 2008|author=Mark Hix|access-date=2011-09-21}} Popular variants of the recipe consist of pork meat and fat, suet, bread, as well as oatmeal or pearl barley formed into a large sausage—also known as 'groats pudding' and are very similar to a white pudding, whereas other versions of the recipe contain a high percentage of offal such as lung and liver and can more accurately be described as a sort of West Country haggis.{{cite web|url=http://www.thisiscornwall.co.uk/Hog-s-pudding-world-champion-discovered/story-11495345-detail/story.html|access-date=2011-09-21|title=Hog's pudding world champion is discovered|publisher=This is Cornwall, Northcliffe Media Limited}} It is much spicier than white pudding as it contains black pepper, cumin, basil and garlic. The sausage is usually around two inches in diameter.