Pigs in blankets AIBU to think they are overrated?

[Petitmum]

I just don't get all of the fuss and hype over a greasy little sausage wrapped in a scrappy bit of bacon! I would much rather have an extra turkey on my plate instead. None of my family like them either, are we unusual or are there others out there who agree?

Oooh YABVVVVVVU!

Haha, to be fair I think it depends how you make them/which ones you buy.

I had some last Sunday to test them out before Christmas and honestly I could have sat there and eaten them for hours.

I adore pigs in blankets. Iv been unwell and havnt had much of an appetite so DH bought me a tray of them to pick at. It didnt half hit the spot. Also pigs in blanket toad in the hole is a new fave in our house.

I don't get it, OP. Do you usually dislike sausages or bacon? I don't see why being part of Christmas dinner would make them unusually 'greasy' or 'scrappy'. If you use good sausages and good bacon, why wouldn't they be nice?

YABVU - I don't know why but they taste so much better than bacon and sausages. The honey and mustard sounds amazing.

Ds would say YABU! Every year when I do the Christmas order the first question is did you get pigs in blankets. He's still complaining about the school Christmas dinner that had NO pigs in blankets AT ALL. So they are an essential part of Christmas dinner for us (dh and I quite like them too!)

Well they are not the main attraction and I survived growing up without them. But I think they are fine, and I just served them at a coffee morning (special trip to M&S as Good Housekeeping rated them highly). But if you have sausagemeat stuffing it is not essential.

I don’t eat pork so never seen the fuss

OP you are correct!

They are my least favourite part of Christmas dinner.

DH looked ready to draw up divorce papers at this fact.

Also they need to be slowly cooked so they are all sticky

I’m not bothered about them either OP, in fact I don’t put any on my plate because I think they’re wasted on me since I don’t appreciate them and everyone else loves them! I always cook loads though because they’re so popular!

@MNHQ

WE HAVE ANOTHER TROLL

Who could honestly not eat a whole tray of pigs in blankets? I had my first of the season today in fact almost a whole tray

Yanbu imo. Bacon - great. Sausages - great. Wrap bacon around the sausage? Meh. You get this bit of sausage that isn't browned like it should be and it makes the texture worse than if they were served separately. .

Have all the pigs in blankets I've ever been served been cooked wrong then? I've never made them, but I've had them in very good restaurants, so I would be surprised if so.

So they are fine, but definitely overrated.

I agree OP, they are massively overrated. I’d much prefer extra Turkey aswell. My DH would vehemently disagree with me however.

YAB exceptionally U.

Sausages? Goooood.

Bacon? Goooooood.

Together? Gooooooooooooood

I'm in my 50s and have had them served to me at Christmas meals in hotels, restaurants and peoples homes. Homemade or shop-bought - I just don't like them, they have never been liked by my extended family. My brother is a chef and makes them because they are expected but he prefers stuffing.
Turkey cooked well and served with homemade stuffing is delicious! Too many people overcook turkey and it tastes like sawdust!!!

It’s not a Christmas dinner without pigs in blankets, just a roast dinner with a months worth of vegetables. FACT! It’s irrelevant if you like them or not!

I wrap sage and onion stuffing in bacon, so much yummier.

Just the two of us for Christmas dinner this year so we're thinking of ditching the turkey and just doing a load of sides with a couple of desserts and a load of cheese and crackers to graze on through the day. PIB will definitely be on the table.

Yanbu I'm not keen either but I'll still have one because it's Christmas

I do separate sausages and bacon rolls so more all round crispness!

No interest in them at all. Just never been part of our Christmas menu. Not a fan of turkey, either - we always have a goose.

This is the most unreasonable thing I've seen this week!! 🤣

@KittenCalledBob

Bread sauce is also awesome.

Agree with this, though. As it will just be two of us this Christmas, I am dispensing with most of the trimmings (in the hope we will eat more goose and avoid too many days of leftovers). But I'm doing the bread sauce! A Christmas morning that doesn't start with sticking cloves into half an onion is not a Christmas morning.

I wait all year for pigs in blankets lol

You’re buying the wrong sausages and bacon then.