Black pudding is Halal, apparently

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But the funny thing is, Black Pudding is probably actually Halal. I showed that here: http://atheistforums.org/thread-31952.html

According to the Quran, it's only the flesh of the swine that is forbidden to eat. The Quran doesn't have to specify individual parts of a pig and could simply say "swine is forbidden" but it doesn't. According to the Quran, organs, hooves, bones and blood from a pig is Halal because only the flesh of the animal is Haram. Then you have these that deny what the Quran says and interpret it to suit their contrived aims.

This is an interesting interpretation and one that would have saved a lot of needless deaths.
In India the Sepoys rebelled because of rumours the Brits were using pork fat to grease the gun cartridges making them eat pork everytime they went into battle. Lies of course but it led to a lot of deaths and brutal suppression by English troops.