You can buy a vegan Bury black pudding, I see. I mean, what the hell is THAT! I'm sticking to the Bury one, chaps, (a) because I'm a Radcliffe man, (b) because it's low fat and I have a penchant for frying things in butter.

One of the best tapas I ever had in Spain was at a tatty bar in the town square at Canjayar in Almeria province. The owner calls the snack huevos sorpresa (egg surprise). It's a poached egg in a bun. The "surprise" bit is a huge great big wodge of black pudding in the middle of it. I've been doing it at home ever since!