Pigs In A Blanket

About Pigs In A Blanket

Pigs in a blanket (also known as pigs in blankets, wiener winks, kilted sausages) refers to a few different sausage-based foods in the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Germany, Russia and Canada. They are different from sausage rolls.

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. In the United Kingdom, pigs in blankets are generally served alongside roast dinners and are served as a popular accompaniment to Christmas dinner along with the usual trimmings.

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 an essential part of the Christmas meal. It is believed that they were introduced into the Christmas lunch by the early Victorians, who wanted to maintain the religious aspect of the Christmas meal by likening them to the Baby Jesus wrapped in Swaddling Clothes[citation needed]. The Argentinia dish Ninos envueltos and the world reknowned Austrian Stollen are other examples of this tradition[citation needed].