in sweden, the blood soup svartsoppa, made with goose blood, is traditionally eaten on the eve of saint martin, especially in the southern region of skåne. other popular dishes, with blood as one of the ingredients include blodpudding (blood pudding), blodplättar (blood pancakes), blodpalt (potato dumplings flavoured with reindeer or pig blood) and paltbröd (bread with blood in it, which is dried and boiled and eaten together with fried pork and bèchamel or onion sauce).