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    5 months ago

    I’m all for American versions of things, but please get these staples of British cuisine right.

    Kind of ironic this is where you’re making a stand.

    The first known use of the recipe for pig in a blanket, the American cuisine, was in 1940 by the US military.

    The first known use of the recipe for pigs in blankets, the British cuisine, was in 1957 and was inspired by British soldiers who tried the American version during WWII.

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      25 months ago

      But the American monstrosity is a rip-off of sausage rolls, which originated centuries ago. They gave a name to something that they should have known to already exist. Frankly, I’m all for revoking America’s independence and returning them to secondary colony status over this…