Drummond
11-10-2015, 11:42 AM
This was featured in a telephone call-in show I listened to a while ago. I learned from it that the New York Times has run a piece about Americans having never heard of sausage rolls .. !!
I think this is comparable to the unfamiliarity Americans have with the equally humble Steak & Kidney Pie, or Black Pudding, both of which are, I promise you, absolutely delicious if made properly. I've known of all of these foods, of course, for all my life. Steak & Kidney pie and chips ... one of my all-time favourite all-round meals (especially the deep-bottomed pies that 'Peters' specialises in ..).
Anyway, for those who still don't know what I'm talking about .....
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/11983717/Britons-express-astonishment-that-America-has-never-heard-of-the-humble-sausage-roll.html
The New York Times introduces its readers to the popular, greasy snack, leaving a trail of astonishment in its wake.
British food connoisseurs have expressed abject horror at the revelation that Americans have never heard of the humble sausage roll.
The New York Times introduced its readers to the popular pastry treat last week, publishing a recipe and noting that the British had "claimed them as their own".
The article suggested that on this side of the pond they were traditionally eaten on Boxing Day, when upper class families were left to fend for themselves in the kitchen.
David Tanis, who writes the newspaper's weekly City Kitchen column, described them as "a pleasantly spiced homemade sausage mixture [that] is easy to make up with a pound or two of ground pork shoulder."
But the new discovery prompted more questions than answers, as baffled readers demanded more information about the existence of this "rolled sausage".
The confusion led to an outpouring of astonishment, much of it laden with sarcasm, from Britons as they sought to enlighten their fellow man.
One of the replying-answers to the article pretty much sums up what I'd say myself. See ...
"You have been misinformed," Chris Kendall told the New York Times on Twitter. "Sausage rolls are for damp summer picnics and kids' parties. Boxing Day belongs to leftover turkey."
Exactly right !! I eat sausage rolls, myself, whenever I'm in the mood for them (.. same with pork pies !). They're easily bought (and sold) at all times of the year .. our eating them has nothing to do with saving them specifically for Christmas. If the NY Times is suggesting anything other than that ... they're printing rubbish.
http://www.debatepolicy.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=7908&stc=1
I think this is comparable to the unfamiliarity Americans have with the equally humble Steak & Kidney Pie, or Black Pudding, both of which are, I promise you, absolutely delicious if made properly. I've known of all of these foods, of course, for all my life. Steak & Kidney pie and chips ... one of my all-time favourite all-round meals (especially the deep-bottomed pies that 'Peters' specialises in ..).
Anyway, for those who still don't know what I'm talking about .....
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/11983717/Britons-express-astonishment-that-America-has-never-heard-of-the-humble-sausage-roll.html
The New York Times introduces its readers to the popular, greasy snack, leaving a trail of astonishment in its wake.
British food connoisseurs have expressed abject horror at the revelation that Americans have never heard of the humble sausage roll.
The New York Times introduced its readers to the popular pastry treat last week, publishing a recipe and noting that the British had "claimed them as their own".
The article suggested that on this side of the pond they were traditionally eaten on Boxing Day, when upper class families were left to fend for themselves in the kitchen.
David Tanis, who writes the newspaper's weekly City Kitchen column, described them as "a pleasantly spiced homemade sausage mixture [that] is easy to make up with a pound or two of ground pork shoulder."
But the new discovery prompted more questions than answers, as baffled readers demanded more information about the existence of this "rolled sausage".
The confusion led to an outpouring of astonishment, much of it laden with sarcasm, from Britons as they sought to enlighten their fellow man.
One of the replying-answers to the article pretty much sums up what I'd say myself. See ...
"You have been misinformed," Chris Kendall told the New York Times on Twitter. "Sausage rolls are for damp summer picnics and kids' parties. Boxing Day belongs to leftover turkey."
Exactly right !! I eat sausage rolls, myself, whenever I'm in the mood for them (.. same with pork pies !). They're easily bought (and sold) at all times of the year .. our eating them has nothing to do with saving them specifically for Christmas. If the NY Times is suggesting anything other than that ... they're printing rubbish.
http://www.debatepolicy.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=7908&stc=1