White pudding White pudding White pudding, oatmeal pudding or (in Scotland) mealy pudding is a meat dish popular in Ireland, Scotland, Northumberland, Nova Scotia, and Newfoundland. White pudding is broadly similar to black pudding, but does not include blood. Modern recipes consist of suet or fat, oatmeal, breadcrumbs and in some cases pork and pork liver, filled into a natural or cellulose sausage casing. Recipes in previous centuries included a wider range of ingredients. White pudding is often thought of as a very old dish that, like black pudding, was a traditional way of using up offal following the annual slaughter of
Oatmeal added raisins or other dried fruits. Local names for the porridge include Swedish "havregrynsgröt", Danish "havregrød", Norwegian "havregrøt" or "havregrøt", Icelandic "hafragrautur", Finnish "kaurapuuro", Estonian "kaerahelbepuder", Latvian "auzu pārslu (putra)", Lithuanian "avižinių dribsnių košė" and Polish "owsianka." Oatmeal porridge has a long tradition in these regions, but during the Middle Ages porridge made from rye or barley was even more common in at least some parts of the area. Oatmeal Oatmeal is made of hulled oat grains – groats – that have either been milled (ground), steel-cut, or rolled. Ground oats are also called "white oats". Steel-cut oats are known