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Blood
Rich and mineral with a slightly metallic edge that deepens into savory complexity once cooked.
Lens analyzedIn cooking, blood — usually from pork, duck, or another butchered animal — works as a thickener and colorant in dishes like dinuguan, blood sausage, and black pudding. It coagulates and darkens as it cooks, giving these dishes their deep brown-black color and a rich, mineral flavor. It's typically sourced fresh or frozen from a butcher rather than found on a standard grocery shelf.
Where it comes from
Cooking with animal blood is a long-standing practice in traditions built around using every part of a butchered animal, showing up in dishes from Filipino dinuguan to British black pudding and Spanish morcilla. Each cuisine developed its own way of thickening and seasoning it, often with vinegar, spices, or grains.
Buying it
Buy fresh or frozen blood from a butcher counter or specialty market rather than a standard shelf, and ask how recently it was processed. Some markets sell it already coagulated into cubes, which is easier to portion.
Storing it
Blood is highly perishable, so follow the butcher's or package's specific storage instructions and refrigerate or freeze it promptly rather than leaving it at room temperature.
Keeps about 1 year in the pantry.
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