No, corn dogs are just wellingtons.
Everything is either a soup, a sandwich, or a wellington.
Pigs in Blankets are this (pork sausage wrapped in bacon):
What you're describing is a sausage roll (pork sausage wrapped in pastry):
I'm all for American versions of things, but please get these staples of British cuisine right.
I'm all for American versions of things, but please get these staples of British cuisine right.
Kind of ironic this is where you're making a stand.
The first known use of the recipe for pig in a blanket, the American cuisine, was in 1940 by the US military.
The first known use of the recipe for pigs in blankets, the British cuisine, was in 1957 and was inspired by British soldiers who tried the American version during WWII.
But the American monstrosity is a rip-off of sausage rolls, which originated centuries ago. They gave a name to something that they should have known to already exist. Frankly, I'm all for revoking America's independence and returning them to secondary colony status over this...
Are the UK pigs are always wrapped in bacon? In the states the "blanket" is far more commonly some sort of bread, like puff pastry.
The states are wrong. That's a sausage roll, and it's been a sausage roll for decades. The whole "pig in a blanket" thing is a new thing from people that basically reinvented the sausage roll and didn't have the sense to check if it already existed.
I'm not exaggerating when I say that wars were started over less, and Australia and the UK would probably happily have their finger on the nuclear button if America doesn't come to its senses and just embrace the correct food names...
Anger aside, I'm absolutely shocked that Greggs hasn't tried to make its way stateside. Extremely cheap, fast food that's greasy as fuck, has barely any nutritional value, and so convenient that you can just eat it out of the bag - sounds like an American dream.
Extremely cheap, fast food that’s greasy as fuck, has barely any nutritional value, and so convenient that you can just eat it out of the bag - sounds like an American dream.
I've found American food is generally less liquidy grease than british food. Americans don't want fried chicken dripping in grease, they want it dried then covered in various sauces. Also places like golden corral and cracker barrel already exist and are kinda dying
No idea why this is downvoted, America does love a condiment. Thankfully, sausage rolls are extremely dippable, and some people do decide to dunk them in all sorts. It's not something I'd do, but I'd tolerate it.
I’m not exaggerating when I say that wars were started over less, and Australia and the UK would probably happily have their finger on the nuclear button if America doesn’t come to its senses and just embrace the correct food names…
oh no... anyway, moving on....
If you make the Good Mythical Kitchen 7-11 beef Wellington: It's the exact same socioeconomic background as the corn dog.
I acknowledge the art and tradition of good rare meat, but that's fucking raw don't eat that.
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That's called rare in Britain and it's safe to eat. Raw is safe too. Also raw pork and venison is safe. As well as eggs and milk. High food quality standards we have.
For beef you're generally fine if you kill surface germs. You can serve steaks rare because it's not really a risk.
Ground beef is not because the surface germs get mixed in.
We eat raw ground pork and pork/beef mix in Germany (called Mett), and ground pork is also eaten in France (Tartar)
There are ways to handle and prepare most meats so that they're reasonably safe. And even the "safe temperature" people generally see are the instantaneous temperature (if they hit that, the most common sources of food borne illness they carry are dead), but you can achieve the same results if you can keep the internal temperature at a lower temperature for longer.
The guidelines for cooking are assuming some potential for exposure to contamination somewhere in the process.
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For beef and everything else I'm fine either way. Otherwise how would I make tartare, carpaccio and mett?
You wouldn't.
Beef isn't too bad to be eaten raw, but pork has bacteria and parasites that are much more dangerous to humans. That's why some religions ban eating pork. It keeps their followers alive.
Some people in Germany regularly eat raw pork. The rest of Europe cook their pork thoroughly.
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25% of the world's population has toxoplasmosis. The main distribution vector is cats. That's why we all love cats!