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To find the idea of a sausage roll for breakfast strange?

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Notgreggs · 12/05/2025 15:24

Am not sure if it's just me tbh, so happy to be told AIBU!

I was out for lunch with my sister and she was telling me that her daughter (who has SATs) is being given a special breakfast at school every day and their choice for the breakfast was either a sausage roll or for vegetarians a cheese roll (ie. Cheese in pastry). I think there was a vegan option too.

Maybe it's just me but I can't imagine having a sausage roll /cheese roll for breakfast. But then I guess a cooked breakfast is sausage and bacon etc and I guess you get things like danish pastries for breakfast.... I guess I just wasn't expecting it! It's nice of the school to do that for them though, apparently my niece was looking forward to it (she was just a bit confused by the choice of food too I think which is why my sister was telling me the story)

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MrsSkylerWhite · 12/05/2025 16:53

Cuppachuchu · 12/05/2025 16:51

I have been known to have a warm slice of quiche for breakfast, tasty!🥧

Mmmmm. That’s quiche for dinner, then. With branston baked beans.

Cuppachuchu · 12/05/2025 16:51

I have been known to have a warm slice of quiche for breakfast, tasty!🥧

Crunched · 12/05/2025 16:49

I attended a pork pie workshop recently and the instructor said that, in the past, pork pies were commonly offered as a breakfast item- sometimes fried in slices! I guess a sausage roll is from the same category.

faerietales · 12/05/2025 16:46

eqpi4t2hbsnktd · 12/05/2025 16:33

Grim. I certainly wouldn't let my children eat a sausage roll for breakfast. And not during an important week like sats. They need quality food not UFP ground up pigs balls and fat.

Wouldn’t be MN without an answer like this 🤣

Bfmamma · 12/05/2025 16:45

I used to work in a bakery and sausage rolls would go first thing!

Anywherebuthere · 12/05/2025 16:39

Not odd at all. It's a normal thing to have. A quick easy thing to eat. Just enough to keep them going but not too much to have them running to the toilet during the tests.

I also find it strange that certain foods are reserved for certain times of the day or for certain occasions.

Changeyourlifes · 12/05/2025 16:34

I don’t think that’s weird considering what others have said about convenience for the school etc. It’s cheap and cheerful.

But I am going to take your general point a step further and say I find loads of breakfast food to be weird. Like a traditional greasy English…it is so heavy. I don’t get the appeal. Also generally a lot of heavy/claggy things like muffins, toasties, certain pastries. I prefer light and refreshing food first thing,

DrDameKatyDeniseInExile · 12/05/2025 16:34

I guess it's just as normal as a bacon or sausage sarnie really. But yes, agree that, for some inexplicable, reason it seems wrong. I am surprised that school is offering it though as it doesn't seem a healthy choice (not my judgement btw, just saying I imagine schools to say that). When mine had SATS breakfasts it was all very 'healthy' - porridge, scrambled eggs, blueberries. banana etc

eqpi4t2hbsnktd · 12/05/2025 16:33

Grim. I certainly wouldn't let my children eat a sausage roll for breakfast. And not during an important week like sats. They need quality food not UFP ground up pigs balls and fat.

faerietales · 12/05/2025 16:29

Sounds great to me - and now I want a hot, flaky sausage roll 😍

Aliflowers · 12/05/2025 16:26

In Ireland there’s sausage rolls on every hot counter at breakfast time. It’s the epitome of breakfast food

NoSoupForU · 12/05/2025 16:17

I find the idea of reserving certain foods for certain meals at particular times of the day weird.

Eat whatever you want, whenever you like.

SDTGisAnEvilWolefGenius · 12/05/2025 16:16

Sausage in a roll (or a bacon or egg in a roll) is a pretty standard breakfast item.

I suppose you could look at the pastry as being similar to a buttered roll in nutritional terms - it’s flour and some fat (rubbed in, in the pastry, and spread on in the buttered roll) - and sausage rolls (in pastry) are easier to prepare and serve than a roll and sausage.

It’s not a perfect breakfast, but maybe it’s better than nothing or than sugary cereals.

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Notgreggs · 12/05/2025 16:15

Whoarethoseguys · 12/05/2025 16:13

Are you sure she means a pastry sausage roll and not sausage in a bread roll? My granddaughter's school is also providing breakfast for the children doing SATs and it includes a sausage sandwich.
But in any case even if it is a pasty wrapped sausage roll I don't suppose it's any different from sausage and bacon, toast danish pastries etc

Yes definitely pastry sausage roll, the alternative was a pastry cheese roll.

I agree, I don't know why it seemed so strange when a sausage in a bread roll would seem normal and isn't very different

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MumChp · 12/05/2025 16:14

My children loved it. Why not.

Whoarethoseguys · 12/05/2025 16:13

Are you sure she means a pastry sausage roll and not sausage in a bread roll? My granddaughter's school is also providing breakfast for the children doing SATs and it includes a sausage sandwich.
But in any case even if it is a pasty wrapped sausage roll I don't suppose it's any different from sausage and bacon, toast danish pastries etc

LivingDeadGirlUK · 12/05/2025 16:10

I had a sausage roll for breakfast once, I moved to the north and there was a miscommunication regarding bread products. Was tasty though.

CoffeecakeSuncream · 12/05/2025 16:08

Everyone is allowed treat sometimes surely? Is a sticky cinamon roll and a coffee any better for you? I don't know, but this is my ultimate treat breakfast! All of the time no, a treat, yes.

Vodkamartini3olives · 12/05/2025 16:06

Sounds great. Add some beans even better.

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Notgreggs · 12/05/2025 16:06

seaweedhead · 12/05/2025 16:04

Pastries for breakfast, yes. Sausages for breakfast, yes. Sausages in pastry for breakfast - feels all wrong. My teens would love it though.

I know. And rationally it surely isn't any different, perhaps better, than sausages, or pastries, but it seems weird! I might have to experiment and try it Grin. I am not sure I could eat one every day for a week though (although do sats take the whole week? Mine aren't that age yet!)

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seaweedhead · 12/05/2025 16:04

Pastries for breakfast, yes. Sausages for breakfast, yes. Sausages in pastry for breakfast - feels all wrong. My teens would love it though.

lonelynessworksforme · 12/05/2025 16:03

I think a hot pasty is best.

NeverDropYourMooncup · 12/05/2025 15:37

Protein, fat and carbs, all in one easy to eat item - perfect for avoiding energy crashes mid SAT.

It's a great idea.

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Notgreggs · 12/05/2025 15:37

HauntedBungalow · 12/05/2025 15:33

It's nice of the school, also practical as it makes sure they're in on time and fed, while not requiring a lot of food preparation/cleaning after - important as the kitchen is in use throughout the day. It would be a right fanny-on trogging around with cereals, bowls etc, or even hundreds of slices of toast, and they can hardly cater for a full English for everyone.

Oh yes I can see things like cereal would be a real faff! I'd just never thought of a sausage roll for breakfast Grin .

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spoonbillstretford · 12/05/2025 15:36

It's unusual but no weirder than a croissant or pain au chocolate which seems like dessert for breakfast, to me.

In fact when DH gets pastries for breakfast sometimes I have a sausage roll - more protein!