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Is it me or have Pigs in Blankets become more or a thing than in previous years?

91 replies

ChesterGreySideboard · 24/12/2018 20:42

Now I don’t eat meat, but I do remember Pigs in Blankets from the when I was young.
I’m not saying they never existed before but I have noticed a lot more references to them this year.
Pigs in Blankets flavour Pringles, foot long ones, mentioned in adverts more.

Or is this like when you learn a new word and then you suddenly see it everywhere?

OP posts:
HildaZelda · 25/12/2018 17:17

I bought a foil tray of them from Aldi. They did the job. 12 pack. We had 4 each.

KingkillerKvothe · 25/12/2018 17:25

I do not ever remember a Christmas without a pig in blanket. My mum always made her own with sausage meat. And they were like gold dust in our house. So I make a loads these days. Though, there is only me, OH, 7 year old and 1 year old.

Oblomov18 · 25/12/2018 19:09

I think OP is mistaken. I think they've always been popular. They are my ds's favourite part of the Christmas Day roast.

jessstan2 · 25/12/2018 19:10

I hadn't noticed them being more prominent. Love them!

bellinisurge · 25/12/2018 19:14

It's just you, op. I'm old. Always had pigs in blankets.

CigarsofthePharoahs · 25/12/2018 19:15

Is it just me that has the mini sausages au naturelle and wraps stuffing balls in bacon then?

GETTINGLIKEMYMOTHER · 25/12/2018 20:27

We always had them way back - 60s - in my family, but we called then bacon-wrapped sausages. Ditto in an old 70s ookery book I still have. They were a fairly normal part of Christmas dinner.
I don't know who coined the 'pigs in blankets' name, but it certainly caught on fast.

April2020mom · 25/12/2018 20:49

My family love pigs in blankets. On Boxing Day we use any leftovers to make pies and sandwiches.

limitedperiodonly · 25/12/2018 20:54

I hate the term pigs in blankets and also roasties.

I like eating them though

Birdsgottafly · 25/12/2018 21:16

I'm 51, we've always had them. My GM loved them and I got the impression that she'd always eaten them as part of her Christmas Dinner.

They were a cheap meat accompaniment and didn't take much to cook, especially in times when we had irregular gas supply. I can remember the gas pressure dropping at busy times and things taken longer to cook.

Food manufacturers are always looking for more stuff that they can sell us and are just capitalising on it.

MulledWineAndCamembert · 26/12/2018 02:02

We always had them in my house. I was born in the mid 70s. I don't think we always called them pigs in blankets though maybe...

Odiepants · 26/12/2018 07:58

I helped my DM make them.back in the late 70s onwards. We used to fight over them as they were the best part of the dinner. We didn't call them pigs in blankets though....I'm not sure when that name came in.

MrsPresley · 26/12/2018 08:20

I always had them growing up in the 60/70s. My dad always made them for Christmas dinner.

We called them kilted sausages though, i think everyone in Scotland does. I didn't even know that pigs in blankets were the same thing till a few years ago lol

SushiMonster · 26/12/2018 08:33

We always had them, but a strict ration of 2 each!

Now my siblings and I host, we have shit loads of them. As many as you want.

MrsWombat · 26/12/2018 08:40

I never had them as a child, but my parents were never ones for going overboard with Christmas. I'm sure my grown up sister did normal mini sausages for us though.

I've seen suggested somewhere to just have large pigs in blankets as the only meat for a budget version of Christmas dinner. I think we'll be doing that at some point during the year for a quick midweek supper roast. Grin

Shitmewithyourrhythmstick · 26/12/2018 09:11

We always had them but I'm not sure we called them pigs in blankets until more recently.

S0upertrooper · 26/12/2018 09:21

I picked some up from our local (Scottish) butcher and they had a label 'sausages in kilts'! Made me laugh as I always think of pigs in blankets as an English thing but can't think why.

PeridotCricket · 26/12/2018 09:25

We had a sausage....no bacon, we’re Scottish.

Katedotness1963 · 26/12/2018 09:35

I remember them from when I was young. It was just sausages wrapped in bacon. Last time I was back in Scotland they appear to have become “kilted sausages”...

IndigoSpritz · 26/12/2018 09:43

We had them with Christmas dinner at primary school about forty years ago but I've never had them since, not even at home. I agree, the idea seems to have freshly caught on relatively recently.

Stressmess · 26/12/2018 10:00

I love pigs in blankets and we have always had them with Christmas dinner for as long as I can remember. I did get pigs in blankets crisps from Tesco this year which I had never seen before.

Anyway I was at my Mils this week and she served me 1 solitary pig in blanket on my plate. Yes 1! Who on earth would gave their guests just one? I had ate straightaway and would have wanted more. I would give my kids more than what she serves up as adult portions.

PixelDust · 26/12/2018 10:19

I had kilted sausages at primary school. This would be about about 25 years ago. They aren't new!

OhFlipMama · 26/12/2018 10:27

Mum has always done them, back to the 70's at least!

OhFlipMama · 26/12/2018 10:28

They were called Devils on Horseback though!

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devilsonn_horseback

Vitalogy · 26/12/2018 10:31

A cutesy name for basically chopped up dead pig, stuff into it's own intestine, then wrapped in more of itself. I think I'll pass Xmas Envy