Potato blood sausage? Klub?

[eyeguy 54]

(cloob) Anybody ever hear of this? My dad used to make potato sausage and mix some fresh pig blood in it and roll them into 2 inch logs. Then slice about 1/2 inch slices to fry in butter. Man that stuff was good. I was thinking of trying to make some but can't find anything online.

[reinhard1]

i can give you a recipe for blood sausage but there are some on line also. Klub we used to sell years ago. it came to us frozen in sacks tied in the end. we called it blood klub. it was basicly blood, suet, barley, and some spices [salt pepper and marjoram if i remember right. it was very popular and people would fry the slices in butter as i recall. through the years blood became hard to come by. i dont know of any places to get blood [never tried anyway]. you would think possibly places like the place i bought the whole hog from maby were they drained the blood. dont know if the sell the blood. there may be inspection issues with it. i know Ambassador still sells their ring blood at cubs, but only during the hollidays. good luck.

[toughguy]

I have a klub recipe at home. I'll try and remember to post it later. I've never made it. It's in an old church cookbook and it makes me laugh a little when I see it. Ingredients list is kind of funny.

[eyeguy 54]

thx, maybe what my dad made was just a potato sausage with blood added.

[toughguy]

Listed under the "main dishes" section of the United Telephone Coop. cookbook

BLOOD KLUB:

4 -5 potatoes, ground

1 qt blood

1 c. side pork or suet, cut into 1/2 in. cubes

1 tsp. allspice

1 tsp. cloves

salt and pepper

1 heaping T. baking powder

flour, enough to make it very sticky

mix all ingredients together until very, very sticky. put into homemade bags (cloth of some kind) which are 4 1/2 inches by 10 inches. fill each bag about 3/4 and tie bag closed with tight string. Boil the bag for at least one hour until very dark in color. Allow to Cool.

****again I have never actually made this.

[reinhard1]

i think that is a good one. it was amazing how popular that was. we could not get enough to sell every year. never tasted the stuff myself, i'm sure it was good. good luck.

[eyeguy 54]

Listed under the "main dishes" section of the United Telephone Coop. cookbook

BLOOD KLUB:

4 -5 potatoes, ground

1 qt blood

1 c. side pork or suet, cut into 1/2 in. cubes

1 tsp. allspice

1 tsp. cloves

salt and pepper

1 heaping T. baking powder

flour, enough to make it very sticky

mix all ingredients together until very, very sticky. put into homemade bags (cloth of some kind) which are 4 1/2 inches by 10 inches. fill each bag about 3/4 and tie bag closed with tight string. Boil the bag for at least one hour until very dark in color. Allow to Cool.

****again I have never actually made this.

Thx!

a whole quart for 5 taters? seams like a lot.

[Shane683]

We ususally have a blood sausage (blo pulsa)/liver and onion feed every year and I have helped make it. I think the recipe is very similar as the one listed. We use cloth bags that are about 30" long. Normally we catch blood from 2 or 3 head of beef. The final product gets sliced about 1/2" thick and fried. My dad makes Klub several times each winter. His is basically potato dumplings cooked with ham.

[eyeguy 54]

We ususally have a blood sausage (blo pulsa)/liver and onion feed every year and I have helped make it. I think the recipe is very similar as the one listed. We use cloth bags that are about 30" long. Normally we catch blood from 2 or 3 head of beef. The final product gets sliced about 1/2" thick and fried. My dad makes Klub several times each winter. His is basically potato dumplings cooked with ham.

send me some! :>)

[Walleyehooker]

When I was young my folks used to make blood sausage.Not sure what went into it other than we used to butcher hogs and save the blood in big glass jars and let it cool. When it was made it was stuffed in caseings in rings.I know up north in Hibbing MN you can still buy the same thing at Frabonies meat and it isnt that expensive. I put a ring in a roaster with a little oil on the bottom and bake it for about an hour.