Sausage rolls, saviours of the hungry

Savoury, pastry based items. The saviour of the hungry and skint. Of course, the sausage roll has to be considered the flagship of the savoury snack food world, even if you don’t like them yourself you can’t deny the enduring popularity of the simple yet filling snack. It’s always there in the background, just waiting to be called upon to fill that gap in your tummy. That’s the genius of savoury pastry things. They are not always advertised to you but they have managed to weather the storm of burgers and pizzas and various other fast food simply upon merit. The sausage roll is the banana of the fast food world. In fact, it is one better. As well as being “healthy” (compared to other fast food) and cheap (most of the time) it’s tasty on the inside AND the outside. That, in my opinion, is where the banana falls down. If someone invented a banana where the skin was as tasty as the fruit then they may become even more popular. But, that will have to wait for another day. This is an article about pastry! Over the years I am pretty sure at least 90% of the population has experienced what people from the north-east know as a “Gregg’s dummy”. Or at least seen it. Everybody knows that a good mother will make a child eat something savoury before that sugary cake or biscuit, and what better to fill that gap than the humble sausage roll? A tasty savoury incorporating meat and pastry in a long thin(ish) thing easy for little hands to hold on the move. The sausage roll is also a warming, readily available, yet nutritionally sound (in my mind) meal for on the go. The Ideal food for students, office workers, builders, anyone at all! But it doesn’t stop there. Because of the Moorish and tasty nature of this pork wrapped in pastry thingy, some genius took it to a party! Now we enjoy miniature sausage rolls along with our prawn volovants and canapés. And vegetarians need not miss out either! Someone decided to make them a vegetarian version with vegetarian meat. I am quite partial to a Linda McCartney sausage roll my self So let’s hear it for the true king of the savoury snack world; the sausage roll. Warming you up on a grey day since some bloke wrapped meat in pastry! Join me another time, possibly in the future, for a discussion about the other savoury pastry products I know about. Like pies and stuff. Yeah….

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