Pigs in a blanket
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Pigs in a blanket (also known as pigs in the blanket, pigs in blankets, devils on horsebacks, wiener winks, kilted sausages) refers to a few different sausage-based foods in the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Germany, Russia, Canada and Japan. They are often different from sausage rolls.
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[edit] History
There exists a similar German meal called Würstchen im Schlafrock ("Sausage in a nightgown"). Cooks in the United Kingdom adapted the idea, using (generally) pork sausages to make a dish which was essentially a sausage wrapped first in a piece of bacon, and then in pastry dough, and baked. However, these days, the pastry has been widely dropped and it is usually just pork sausages in a rasher of streaky bacon, cooked until the bacon is crispy.
[edit] United Kingdom
In the United Kingdom, "pigs in blankets" refers to small sausages (usually chipolatas) wrapped in bacon. Usually served at Christmas lunch or with roast dinners, pigs in blankets are now considered a traditional part of the Christmas meal.[1]
Pigs in blankets can be accompanied with devils on horseback, an appetizer of prunes, or less commonly dates, wrapped in bacon.
[edit] United States
In the United States, the term "pigs in a blanket" often refers to hot dogs, Vienna sausages, or breakfast/link sausages wrapped in biscuit dough, pancake, or croissant dough, and baked. The dough is sometimes homemade, but canned dough is most common. They are somewhat similar to a sausage roll or (by extension) a baked corn dog. They are served as an hors d'oeuvre, a children's dish or as a breakfast entree. A common variation is to slit the hot dog or sausage and stuff it with cheese before wrapping in dough. At IHOP, the term "pigs in a blanket" refers to sausage links with pancake wrapped around it.
A "pig in a pig" variation, a baked hors d'oeuvre of Vienna sausages or hot dog pieces in bacon, also exists in informal U.S. cuisine.
In regions heavily influenced by Slovak immigrants, such as northern Pennsylvania, the term usually refers instead to stuffed cabbage rolls, such as the Polish or Ukrainian Gołąbki.
[edit] Elsewhere
The name can also refer to klobasnek (a kind of kolache filled with sausage or ham slices), or to a Slavic dish (gołąbki) of ground meat and rice wrapped in cabbage leaves and braised, usually in a tomato sauce. The German Würstchen im Schlafrock ("sausage in a dressing gown") uses wieners wrapped in puff pastry[2] or, more rarely, pancakes. Cheese and bacon are sometimes present.
In Russia this dish is named Сосиска в тесте (Sosiska v teste, "sausage in the dough").
In Israel, Moshe Ba'Teiva (Moses in the ark) is a children's dish consisting of a hot dog rolled in a ketchup-covered sheet of puff pastry or phyllo dough and baked.
Dutch Americans prepare a dish called Saucijzebroodjes or Worstebroodjes, often translated casually as "pigs in the blanket" in English. The dish consists of a pork sausage filling wrapped in a puff pastry dough made with shortening. They are often eaten as a breakfast food at restaurants, but homemade versions may be served at festivals or on special occasions as well.
In Denmark, they have a dish similar to the American-style dish known as the "Pølsehorn" which means "Sausage Horn" or "Wiener Horn"
[edit] Holiday
The American Farm Bureau Foundation's Dates to Celebrate Agriculture calendar includes a "National Pigs-in-a-Blanket Day" to be observed every April 24th.[3]
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Christmas dinner in England. Retrieved 9 September 2008
- ^ Würstchen im Schlafrock. Retrieved 9 September 2008
- ^ Pigs in a blanket day. Retrieved 9 September 2008
