Questions: Food & Beverage

I rarely drink alcohol, but I've tried scotch, and it's absolutely foul. One of the worst things I've ever tried.

Black pudding is of course delicious pigs blood cooked into a sausage. But to add a bit of texture and make it moist barley and chunks of fat are added. How fatty your pudding is depends on the brand or butcher and some people prefer to see big chunks of white fat. Personally I prefer a more even distribution of little pieces.

So how do you like yours?

Overcooked beans in a sugary low quality tomato sauce, who on earth actually likes these things? Now, I can stand a small scoop on a plate along as they're lifted and drained from the orange gloop they come in, but they must not touch anything else.

Cassoulet is OK, it's drier, the beans firmer, and it's not swimming in sickly sweet ooze. Baked beans are children's food and adults shouldn't eat them.

I think we can all agree the sausage and bacon are essential components of a proper breakfast. Black pudding is a bonus. But what's the worst bit, the ingredient that shouldn't take up plate space.

It's said there be three types of cider; singing cider, sleeping cider, and fighting cider. But I'd add a forth, shagging cider.

What type of cider do you prefer?

(Note to Americans: cider is an alcohol beverage made from apples, apples are a type of fruit but don't worry they're harmless and you may have eaten one in a pie.)