What do you know about... the UK?

[u/MarktpLatz]

This is the sixth part of our ongoing weekly series about the countries of Europe. You can find an overview here.

Todays country:

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

The UK is the second most populous state in the EU. Famous for once being the worlds leading power, reigning over a large empire, it has recently taken the decision to exit the EU.

So, what do you know about the UK?

[u/nounhud]

blood sausage

One of the cultural splits between the US and Europe is over this whole eating blood thing, particularly as blood sausage. You have black pudding, Blutwurst, boudin, and a million other variants, to say nothing of the Romanian thirst. In the US, most people would say "eew" if you offered them a sausage made from blood.

[u/thatsconelover → u/nounhud]

Americans shall always be weird.

[u/bdonvr → u/thatsconelover]

I'm an American who likes blood :(

Then again I am looking to move to Europe unlike most Americans, so maybe I'm not a good example.

[u/Honey-Badger → u/nounhud]

I've met well traveled Americans who think eating any organ is gross. You guys are pretty soft when its comes to variety in your dishes.

[u/nounhud → u/Honey-Badger]

I mean, I'm not saying that there aren't people out there that don't like organs, and it's possible that more people eat them across the Atlantic, but you can buy beef liver (which I usually had in the form of liver and onions) and people put chicken or turkey heart, gizzard, and liver into gravy.

[u/demostravius → u/Honey-Badger]

I found whole kidney in a pie once. Never again...

Tried eating liver as well but I don't like something about it.

[u/_Hopped_ → u/nounhud]

That's why we don't tell them until afterwards, same with haggis.

[u/GermanOgre → u/nounhud]

We are having tongue roast tonight. On Sunday horse for Carnival.

[u/[deleted] → u/nounhud]

To be fair, blood is only a portion of the ingredients that go into black pudding.