Pig's in Blankets / Sausages Wrapped in Bacon

[equationgirl]

Shouldn't kilted sausages only have the bacon wrapped around half of them.

Well indeed, and wouldn't that look silly?

 

[friedaweed]

I still use one of those for sausages

Me too#

 

[Steel Icarus]

You clearly need to make better ones.

Even just Aldi chipolatas and steaky bacon are a massive step up from anything premade.

Aldi chipolatas are great

 

[Marty1]

I didn’t realise PIB’s were such serious business, what with reading all these practice runs

 

[May Kasahara]

I always do chipolatas (full length ones) wrapped in Parma ham or similar. The thin ham goes really crispy. Also glaze - have done a simple maple syrup/mustard combo the last few years and probably will again tomorrow.

 

[Chilli.s]

I wonder if some slices off the lidl pigleg would be any good, on a chipolata, with a bit of glaze too.

 

[pogofish]

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.

A local chipper was doing them battered and deep fried, with chips, as a supper this year - probably to compete with their nearest competitor who is famous for another fried delicacy of sorts. A couple of Fridays back, they were giving them out free - for a charity donation! I will try to sample some before the festive season is over.

IIRC, PIBs were actually introduced as an austerity meal, due to post-WW2 meat shortages and should be served as the main meat, not an accompaniment.

 

[TopCat]

First year with GF for Christmas. She does not eat pork. She bought Richmond sausages to make pigs in blankets. I came close to tears.

 

[gaijingirl]

I got into trouble this year by accidentally ordering Devils on Horseback instead of Pigs in Blankets in the online shop. I don't eat either - I just got a bit confused.

 

[Badgers]

Rebelda

 

[May Kasahara]

Badgers

 

[Badgers]

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Badgers

You are delicious

 

[JuanTwoThree]

I expect to be ostracised.

We just had chicken-meat sausages wrapped in panceta: thinly sliced belly pork so like fresh uncured unsmoked streaky bacon.

The leanness of the sausages was made up for by the fattiness of the belly pork so not bad, but lacking baconness.

 

[Badgers]

 

[equationgirl]

My mother texted to say she'd bought the pigs in blankets but then forgotten to put them in the oven. I think my dad is considering divorce...

 

[Badgers]

My mother texted to say she'd bought the pigs in blankets but then forgotten to put them in the oven. I think my dad is considering divorce...

Worse than cheating

 

[equationgirl]

Worse than cheating

I was quite appalled, worse than forgetting them entirely.

 

[Steel Icarus]

Stuffing is the best bit FYI

 

[Badgers]

Stuffing is the best bit FYI

Jog on lad

 

[mx wcfc]

I had such a nightmare carving the turkey (don'y try and do it on the hob) that I forgot there was stuffing inside.

The lovingly marinated suasages in bacon were ok. Ms mx was polite, but they weren't special. I think it was the chippolatas that let me down.

 

[QueenOfGoths]

Added honey and sage to them this year. They were very, very good!! *drools slightly*

 

[Proper Tidy]

Stuffing is the best bit though, love it. Pigs in blankets are nice but only in moderation or it just feels dirty, but can eat piles of stuffing

 

[mx wcfc]

Added honey and sage to them this year. They were very, very good!! *drools slightly*

Yeah I did the honey glaze thing. they were too stacked in the oven and diodn't brown properly at all.

 

[Steel Icarus]

Stuffing is the best bit though, love it. Pigs in blankets are nice but only in moderation or it just feels dirty, but can eat piles of stuffing

Mrs SI did as much again as we had for dinner for me alone.

 

[Proper Tidy]

Mrs SI did as much again as we had for dinner for me alone.

We had actual stuffing, as in stuffing stuffed up the massive turkey, and then two lots of stuffing that had to be cooked seperatly. So lots of stuffing. Having said that, the chestnut stuffing wasn't very nice, the sage and onion classic was good though

 

[Steel Icarus]

Don't get me wrong, I love pigs in blankets, but this year they were a touch overdone and two were unusable so there are none to eat cold later.

 

[Badgers]

Don't get me wrong, I love pigs in blankets, but this year they were a touch overdone and two were unusable so there are none to eat cold later.

Your culinary shortcomings are irrelevant

 

[Steel Icarus]

I just remembered we have a cold gammon joint. Might have to eat something shortly

 

[marty21]

We have plenty of leftovers inc chicken, roasties, stuffing & pibs

 

[Mrs Miggins]

No pigs in blankets at my Christmas dinner