Pigs in blankets
Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2020 1:58 pm
Please would you describe what you mean by the above phrase? I ask because I had no idea, until just now, that there could be two (maybe more) such different meanings.
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That would be another one. In the US we wouldn't be as rigorous about the sausage type, though; while hot dogs tend to be the norm, just about any kind might do. Even the short little cocktail weenies might be a variation. With the bacon-wrapped variety, they might either be baked or broiled.benhall.1 wrote:... chipolata sausages (not the same as hot dogs at all) wrapped in streaky bacon and baked.
Broiled? Broiled???Nanohedron wrote:That would be another one. In the US we wouldn't be as rigorous about the sausage type, though; while hot dogs tend to be the norm, just about any kind might do. Even the short little cocktail weenies might be a variation. With the bacon-wrapped variety, they might either be baked or broiled.benhall.1 wrote:... chipolata sausages (not the same as hot dogs at all) wrapped in streaky bacon and baked.
Here in the States it's not archaic at all, but quite current, and we draw a distinction between broiling and baking, although it seems to me that you might find it too fine a point. Broiling involves the highest heat from either elements or flames at the top of the oven, with the item being broiled set on the top rack so as to be closest to the heat source. But not all (Yank, I expect) ovens come with a broiler feature. To illustrate the difference better, you can't bake bread using the broiler; it would only burn the top of the loaf and leave the rest uncooked. Broiling is a relatively fast process using intense heat at close overhead proximity; with baking, the heat typically comes from below and the item being baked is surrounded more or less evenly by the heated atmosphere of the oven's interior, and more time is involved.benhall.1 wrote:Broiled? Broiled???
I swear you're just doing that deliberately now. I've had to look up that word. I had only come across it in old books, as the decidedly archaic word having to do with street fighting or bar disturbances. The American meaning looks the same as what we would call "baked" to me.
Oh. In that case, no, I've never come across it. I've never come across an oven with that sort of feature - a grill, yes, but nothing like what you seem to be describing. Personally, I have an Aga.Nanohedron wrote:Here in the States it's not archaic at all, but quite current, and we draw a distinction between broiling and baking, although it seems to me that you might find it too fine a point. Broiling involves the highest heat from either elements or flames at the top of the oven, with the item being broiled set on the top rack so as to be closest to the heat source. But not all (Yank, I expect) ovens come with a broiler feature. To illustrate the difference better, you can't bake bread using the broiler; it would only burn the top of the loaf and leave the rest uncooked. Broiling is a relatively fast process using intense heat at close overhead proximity; with baking, the heat typically comes from below and the item being baked is surrounded more or less evenly by the heated atmosphere of the oven's interior, and more time is involved.benhall.1 wrote:Broiled? Broiled???
I swear you're just doing that deliberately now. I've had to look up that word. I had only come across it in old books, as the decidedly archaic word having to do with street fighting or bar disturbances. The American meaning looks the same as what we would call "baked" to me.
You must have heard the term as used in the UK, surely Phill? You know - those things that absolutely everybody has with their turkey for Christmas dinner, along with all the other things?DrPhill wrote:Never heard of them..... interesting.
Yes, all this seems right to me. A pig in a blanket could be a bratwurst, for example. Has to be baked in the dough though or fuggedaboudit.Nanohedron wrote:That would be another one. In the US we wouldn't be as rigorous about the sausage type, though; while hot dogs tend to be the norm, just about any kind might do. Even the short little cocktail weenies might be a variation. With the bacon-wrapped variety, they might either be baked or broiled.benhall.1 wrote:... chipolata sausages (not the same as hot dogs at all) wrapped in streaky bacon and baked.
In the US, "pig-in-a-blanket" seems to basically come down to meats or preparations with meat, wrapped in something.
No dough where I come from.PB+J wrote:Had to be baked in the dough though or fuggedaboudit
I don't have a broiler feature in my current oven, either, but usually I've had one. It's a great way to cook fish fillets, and steaks if you prefer them rare. You don't have to use any cooking fats at all if you don't want to. Cooks will broil bones for extra flavor when making stock (I certainly would; baking would do, but it takes longer), and broiling vegetables is a popular method these days because of how the process is so good at giving you those tasty caramelized bits, and in a jiffy. Given a choice I would prefer to give oxtails a quick run under the broiler, rather than sear them with oil in a pan, prior to making soup.benhall.1 wrote:Oh. In that case, no, I've never come across it. I've never come across an oven with that sort of feature - a grill, yes, but nothing like what you seem to be describing. Personally, I have an Aga.
Turkey? That is some kind of animal, yes? Dead? Cooked? You eat it? yeuk!benhall.1 wrote:You must have heard the term as used in the UK, surely Phill? You know - those things that absolutely everybody has with their turkey for Christmas dinner, along with all the other things?DrPhill wrote:Never heard of them..... interesting.
It doesn't come across as particularly passive-aggressive to me.DrPhill wrote:Turkey? That is some kind of animal, yes? Dead? Cooked? You eat it? yeuk!
Seriously, it is so long since I ate that kind of stuff that I did not make the connection. When I was young they were called 'sausages in bacon'.
Edit: Hmmm that was meant to be mostly humerous, but looks a bit passive-aggressive in retrospect. Apologies. Put it down to poor writing skills.