I prefer the term 'purist'
Pig's in Blankets / Sausages Wrapped in Bacon
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friedaweed
Me and me girl named Jane
I spend a lot of dosh on the pigs in blankets. We don't have a criggy dinner. Me and the Mrs usually just go for a walk with some turkey baps and some PIBS. I do though cook the turkey and PIBS for my kids mum and drop it off on Christmas day minus what we take off for our baps. I like this glaze idea Badgers 
Where might one get that sexy sausage injector from?
Where might one get that sexy sausage injector from?
If you search 'cooking syringe' on amazon or Google they are plenty for about £10 or less.
Mine is a 'wide bore' needle syringe for joints of meat but has a few other needle bores you can screw on. There are some plastic ones which have a much finer bore needle and work fine too.
Mine is a 'wide bore' needle syringe for joints of meat but has a few other needle bores you can screw on. There are some plastic ones which have a much finer bore needle and work fine too.
friedaweed
Me and me girl named Jane
I made my own boerwors sausages a couple of years ago. I might do those again this year.
a_chap
When the world came apart, where were you?
friedaweed
Me and me girl named Jane
I used the Freddy Hirsch spice blend. Do a search on ebay, that's where I got mine
I used wild boar, venison and belly pork which a part froze and then pushed through the mincer.
I just mixed it in a big fuck off bowl and then pushed it back through the mincer with a sausage nozzle on. It was messy as fuck and a bit fiddly but boy was it worth it.
I made about 3 meters of the stuff in sausage casing I cadged from the local butcher who helped me source the boar. The kids were sick of eating it in the end
I quite often make my own bangers.
UnderOpenSky
baseline neural therapy
This thread is slightly bewildering. I always thought the best ones are just made with decent chipolatas and streaky bacon. I'd never entertained the idea of glazes and whatnot. I'm not sure I'm entirely convinced. But it's probably worth an experiment.
I fucking love PiBs and don't think they should be an Xmas only meal. In fact if I ever do roast chicken for more then just the two of us, I use it as an opportunity to make them.
I fucking love PiBs and don't think they should be an Xmas only meal. In fact if I ever do roast chicken for more then just the two of us, I use it as an opportunity to make them.
UnderOpenSky
baseline neural therapy
In fact a while back we had some of the OHs friends round. She is vegetarian and they don't eat meat in the house but said her three year old was free to eat it at other times. She didnt look that impressed though when said 3 year decided that evening that's mostly what she wanted to eat.
Turkey is a very bland meat so some glazed/sticky PIBs are a welcome addition.
UnderOpenSky
baseline neural therapy
Yeah. I certainly don't mind it, but when I used to do Xmas dinner for the family I never cooked it.
take the above and replace the honey with pure authentic maple syrup...you'll love it
Ming
I shot a man in Reno...
My favourite too. I wouldn’t be surprised if you’ve tried this already but king scallops (coral off) wrapped in bacon are amazing. I do a Tony and Giorgio (Locatelli) version served on a round pan fried bubble and squeak fritter (vinaigrette dressing with the coral diced up in it).
RubyToogood
RubyTwobikes
OMG I did that for my mother on her birthday once, scallops wrapped in bacon and skewered with rosemary twigs. They were incredible.
Badgers, had you considered marmalade as the glaze? Perhaps marmalade and whisky.
Ming
I shot a man in Reno...
Salt and fish taste innit. Seriously, try Christmas pudding sliced like black pudding an fried with bacon and eggs on Boxing day. It's a similar weird taste combo which really works. My dad came up with it. But he was a bit like Ozzy (usually just did the gravy with his special ingredient (sugar+Oxo).
Pigs in blankets are thought to have originated from Czechoslovakia or Germany but first appeared in print in the Cooking for Kids cookbook, published by U.S food firm Betty Crocker in 1957.
Pigs in blankets are known as ‘Wesley Dogs’ in the US; ‘Würstchen im Schlafrock’ (sausage in a dressing gown) in Germany, where they are wrapped in pancake; ‘Moshe Ba’Teiva’ (Moses in the ark) in Israel; ‘kilted sausages’ in Scotland; and in Mexico, they are wrapped in tortilla and deep-fried.
In the US, where National Pigs in Blankets Day is held every year on April 24, pigs in blankets are more like gourmet hot dogs and are commonly wrapped in pastry (rather like small sausage rolls), served with a dipping sauce.
Devil's on Horseback??
Think that is the 'ludicrous phrase' used to usually refer to prunes wrapped in bacon but also scallops or oysters wrapped in bacon.
I don't eat any fish or seafood personally.
Spymaster
Plastic Paddy
There’s also an American thing where they take a sausage, place it in a long bun with some onions, ketchup and mustard, and ludicrously name it a “hot dog”.
Spymaster
Plastic Paddy
Can’t believe we haven’t had one for years, tbh.Ludicrous
I should start a thread about these so caed 'hot' 'dogs'
UnderOpenSky
baseline neural therapy
Am currently rooting around in kitchen cupboards looking for further glaze inspiration
Soy and sesame seeds sounds nice but not really a Christmas plate recipe. Same for teriyaki.
How many test batches do you get to make before Xmas?
About a dozen last year
andysays
Love and solidarity
Sorry Badgers, looks like they're off the menu (because of Brexit, obviously)
Christmas meal treats 'under threat'
Christmas meal treats 'under threat'
