You know those things that you’ve been eating for your whole life? Like, ever since you went onto solids? Those things that are sausages coated in flaky pastry? The things you can get in Greggs? The things you can get mini versions of, and also jumbo versions of? Those things that are synonymous with England? Those lovely, juicy, greasy, fattening sticks of meaty goodness that are essential to make any party good? SAUSAGE ROLLS?
Yeah, you do know them, because you have eaten them before. How many do you think you have eaten in your life? I reckon I’ve banged down about 700 in my time, and I’m not even counting mini ones: if I am, you better jack that number up, we’re in for a bumpy ride.
Anyway, the point of this article is not for me to boast about how many sausage rolls I’ve eaten (it’s a lot though, isn’t it, are you impressed?), it’s actually to draw your attention to the fact that it turns out Americans think they invented them. This year. A supermarket in the US called Trader Joe’s have introduced a new product called “Puff Dogs”, and they are extremely proud of them.
The only thing is, they are sausage rolls. Here’s their announcement:
“Hot dogs are, of course, typically served on a bun; Trader Joe’s Puff Dogs takes this classic dog-meets-dough pairing to the next level: each uncured, all-beef dog is instead swaddled in a perfectly flaky-when-cooked puff pastry. We don’t mean to hot dog here, but this marriage of beefy and buttery is pretty genius.”
