Skip to main content


What do you call these?

A local butcher (#Farmisons) has declared it #NationalPigsInBlanketsDay but we reckon you non-English followers may have some delightfully wacky alternative nomenclature for this festive finger #food.
This entry was edited (1 year ago)
in reply to Raspberry Pi :raspberrypi:

From the picture, I believe my preferred term is merely ‘delicious.’
in reply to Raspberry Pi :raspberrypi:

Worse than that, I’ve even seen some English speakers use the term for sausage rolls?!
in reply to Raspberry Pi :raspberrypi:

This is what Americans think Pigs in a Blanket look like. I guess they don't have decent bacon🥓 in the States, so they can't do it properly in any case. Still? 😐
in reply to Alasdair Allan

@aallan In Germany we call this (American) version "Würstchen im Schlafrock" 🙂.
This entry was edited (1 year ago)
in reply to Raspberry Pi :raspberrypi:

when I was growing up in the north central US, pigs in a blanket were cabbage rolls, but the search engines suggest that the canned biscuit dough and hot dog abomination is more common
in reply to Raspberry Pi :raspberrypi:

in Germany that's either 'Würstchen im Speckmantel' (sausages in a bacon coat) or 'Berner Würstchen' (sausages from Bern).
in reply to Raspberry Pi :raspberrypi:

me, un central #Mexico have no name for that.. if I had to name them.. "Mini banderillas"
in reply to Raspberry Pi :raspberrypi:

Most ironic thing. Me and my family just got done fighting a pig to get it in a trailer for transport to the butcher (although we call it the slaughter here in the US).
in reply to Raspberry Pi :raspberrypi:

Would you be so kind to put these behind a CW, or at least tick the "Mark media as sensitive" box next to the image?

It'd make those of us who choose not to eat animals much happier...
in reply to AxWax

@axwax I don't eat meat either but I think it's a *little* far to put cooked food behind a content warning. Raw carved up carcasses would irk me I think.
in reply to Raspberry Pi :raspberrypi:

in reply to Ian K Tindale :pleroma:

@u0421793
You're spot on about seeing something suddenly without expecting it.

If a butcher posts pictures of raw carved up carcasses it is to be expected and if I don't like it I don't have to follow them.

If someone likes posting about their dinner I can also fully understand that they don't want to blur all their pictures.

However, if I follow the manufacturer of the best-selling British computer, with a reach of nearly 30k people, I don't necessarily expect to see this. 🤷
in reply to AxWax

@axwax Well nowwww you know we post weird stuff alongside computer stuff. It is our way. So you can decide...
in reply to Raspberry Pi :raspberrypi:

Well thennnn I'll just leave that ⬆️ statement uncommented for others to make up their own minds...
in reply to Raspberry Pi :raspberrypi:

It is common etiquette on mastodon to put *any* food photo behind a sensitive warning. Even more so when it's meat. Out of respect for anyone dealing with food issues. The toot doesn't require a CW although that's appreciated but it's best to set the photo as sensitive.
@axwax is spot on with their request.
in reply to Raspberry Pi :raspberrypi:

guys, that's quite a shitty attitude. I understand that you have a ton of followers from twitter here, but saying "screw you and your rules" to the active members of the community who were there before you is not cool at all
in reply to Raspberry Pi :raspberrypi:

@axwax It's common practise here to label food as sensitive. I don't think that's a big ask.
in reply to Raspberry Pi :raspberrypi:

I don't think there's a proper name in french (Canada)... here they are merely named by this very descriptive name : "Saucisses cocktail entourées de bacon" (bacon wrapped cocktail sausages).

Boring isn't it?
in reply to Raspberry Pi :raspberrypi:

What happens if you use beef or chicken to make the sausages you still call them pigs in blankets? 😁
in reply to Raspberry Pi :raspberrypi:

went to a party this weekend where they served "elevated pigs in a blanket" of sausage in puff pastry. It was delish.
in reply to Raspberry Pi :raspberrypi:

Bacon wrapped cocktail wieners. In the US, Pigs in a blanket traditionally have puff pastry or something similar around them (I'm sure someone has added bacon prior to adding the puff pastry!)
in reply to Raspberry Pi :raspberrypi:

I am not sure that if they’re made with cocktail sausages they qualify as “pigs in blankets” but I realise that I am being picky.
in reply to Raspberry Pi :raspberrypi:

Bacon Wrapped Lil’ Smokies. As others have noted in the thread, Pigs in a Blanket involves pastry or some type of bread.
in reply to Raspberry Pi :raspberrypi:

Wednesday is this doing here? It looks like death. What does it have to do with anything raspberry pi related...
in reply to Raspberry Pi :raspberrypi:

I'd call it "something disgusting enough to warrant an unfollow." At the very least you could have put that behind a CW.
in reply to Raspberry Pi :raspberrypi:

I'd call it "something disgusting enough to warrant an unfollow." At the very least you could have put that behind a CW.
in reply to Raspberry Pi :raspberrypi:

We call it "Could you please use Content Warnings before displaying pictures of dead animal products please?". I know each of us follows different customs, but that's one of the nicest ones of Mastodon...
in reply to Raspberry Pi :raspberrypi:

Typically I call them 'disappointing'. It's never good sausage, and it's never good bacon.
Unknown parent

Unknown parent

Raspberry Pi :raspberrypi:
@annaspanner Anna sliding in with the history lesson. Top commitment to the bit.
Unknown parent

Raspberry Pi :raspberrypi:
@EndlessMason or "cooking" as every other nation calls it.
Unknown parent

Raspberry Pi :raspberrypi:
@jonnypencils @EndlessMason SAUSAGE IN A "DRESSING GOWN"?! We have a winner/weiner.

Lo, thar be cookies on this site to keep track of your login. By clicking 'okay', you are CONSENTING to this.