Blood as food cabidela is also made by cooking chicken or rabbit in its own blood, sometimes diluted with vinegar. In Spain, the "morcilla" sausage is a kind of black pudding mainly made with pig blood, with spices, fat, and sometimes vegetables. In Andalusia "sangre encebollada" and Valencian "sang amb ceba "are popular dishes made with chicken or pork solidified blood and onion. In Sweden, the blood soup svartsoppa, made with goose blood, is traditionally eaten on the eve of Saint Martin, especially in the southern region of Skåne. Other popular dishes, with blood as one of the ingredients include blodpudding (black pudding],
Barley milled into "beremeal" it is used locally in bread, biscuits, and the traditional beremeal bannock. According to Health Canada and the US Food and Drug Administration, consuming at least 3 grams per day of barley beta-glucan or 0.75 grams per serving of soluble fiber can lower levels of blood cholesterol, a risk factor for cardiovascular diseases. Eating whole-grain barley, as well as other grains with lots of fiber, improves regulation of blood sugar (i.e., reduces blood glucose response to a meal). Consuming breakfast cereals containing barley over weeks to months also improved cholesterol levels and glucose regulation. Like wheat, rye,