# What Does "Pig-in-a-Blanket" Mean to You? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 12, 2010, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-pig-in-a-blanket-mean-to-you/528738 "2010-02-12T17:50:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2010, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-pig-in-a-blanket-mean-to-you/528738/21 "2010-02-12T19:20:59Z")
I voted sausage in a pancake (though I’ve heard of the hot dog/vienna sausage in crescent roll). And they’re one of the ultimate breakfast-for-dinner foods. Wouldn’t be the least bit shocked to see someone eating them for lunch, in fact, I’d be jealous. ---
**Author:** ![devilsknew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@devilsknew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/devilsknew)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2010, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-pig-in-a-blanket-mean-to-you/528738/22 "2010-02-12T19:22:11Z")
Pigs in the blanket are stuffed cabbage. ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2010, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-pig-in-a-blanket-mean-to-you/528738/23 "2010-02-12T19:36:29Z")
[QUOTE=Scumpup] Where I grew up, the term refers to stuffed cabbage rolls. That’d be galubki to those of you … [/QUOTE] Or golabki. Either way, it sounds like _geh-wum-kee_. I grew up in the Midwest, and pigs in a blanket were hot dogs wrapped in crescent roll or similar dough. No bacon, no sausage and no pancakes. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2010, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-pig-in-a-blanket-mean-to-you/528738/24 "2010-02-12T19:37:20Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > Never heard of it to mean anything except sausage wrapped in pancake. And I’ve lived East Coast, West Coast, and Midwest. Live and learn. Me neither. People eat hotdogs wrapped in crescent rolls, but they don’t call them anything special that I’ve ever heard. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2010, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-pig-in-a-blanket-mean-to-you/528738/25 "2010-02-12T19:47:16Z")
Actually, a crescent roll is not the best way – it’s better in philo dough. But definitely a cocktail wiener. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2010, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-pig-in-a-blanket-mean-to-you/528738/26 "2010-02-12T19:50:53Z")
In the UK, it’s a sausage wrapped in bacon - often served as one of the side dishes for Christmas dinner. ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2010, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-pig-in-a-blanket-mean-to-you/528738/27 "2010-02-12T19:56:06Z")
Awww you guys are crazy… Everyone knows a hot dog in a crecent roll is called a **weiner wink**! Pigs in a blanket are sausage and pancake. Ask anybody that’s been to an IHOP. ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2010, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-pig-in-a-blanket-mean-to-you/528738/28 "2010-02-12T20:02:55Z")
Wait, crescent roll? Agh, change my vote to number two, the pancake one, I misread… ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2010, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-pig-in-a-blanket-mean-to-you/528738/29 "2010-02-12T20:05:13Z")
> [@Hampshire](#): > > Everyone knows a hot dog in a crecent roll is called a **weiner wink**! I’ll be giving Mrs. Homie a weiner wink tomorrow night, but you can be sure there won’t be food involved! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2010, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-pig-in-a-blanket-mean-to-you/528738/30 "2010-02-12T20:10:30Z")
Kolaches. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2010, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-pig-in-a-blanket-mean-to-you/528738/31 "2010-02-12T20:11:48Z")
Hot dog in a crescent roll…but I did NOT know this until I was already an adult. It wasn’t something I ever had growing up. ---
**Author:** ![MacGyverInSeattle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/958977/32.png) [@MacGyverInSeattle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacGyverInSeattle)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2010, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-pig-in-a-blanket-mean-to-you/528738/32 "2010-02-12T20:18:35Z")
I have always lived in the Northwest US and the only thing I have ever seen called that was in public school, a hot dog cooked in bagel dough. Very chewy and the dog normally squirted out the back because the dough was so tough. Mac ---
**Author:** ![Visual\_Purple](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/5daacb/32.png) [@Visual\_Purple](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Visual_Purple)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2010, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-pig-in-a-blanket-mean-to-you/528738/33 "2010-02-12T20:28:12Z")
Crescent roll? Definitely biscuit, which is quite different. ---
**Author:** ![Bambi\_Hassenpfeffer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Bambi\_Hassenpfeffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bambi_Hassenpfeffer)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2010, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-pig-in-a-blanket-mean-to-you/528738/34 "2010-02-12T20:29:03Z")
Hot dog and American cheese food rolled in a Pillsbury crescent roll. But I know about the sausage in a pancake option. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2010, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-pig-in-a-blanket-mean-to-you/528738/35 "2010-02-12T20:35:25Z")
Moving thread from IMHO to Cafe Society. ---
**Author:** ![PapSett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@PapSett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PapSett)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2010, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-pig-in-a-blanket-mean-to-you/528738/36 "2010-02-12T20:44:56Z")
To my family, a pig in a blanket was made by rolling out a canned biscuit, placing a slice of cheese on it, then a hot dog, and rolling it up and baking it. Very similar to the first option, but yet different. ---
**Author:** ![TheBoltEater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/779978/32.png) [@TheBoltEater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheBoltEater)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2010, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-pig-in-a-blanket-mean-to-you/528738/37 "2010-02-12T20:47:14Z")
Sausage link wrapped in a pancake, and I never knew there was any other possibility. ---
**Author:** ![postcards](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8e8cbc/32.png) [@postcards](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/postcards)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2010, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-pig-in-a-blanket-mean-to-you/528738/38 "2010-02-12T21:00:06Z")
_Bite-sized_ hot dog in filo dough. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2010, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-pig-in-a-blanket-mean-to-you/528738/39 "2010-02-12T21:01:25Z")
Sausage link in pancake. Although I have heard the term used for stuffed cabbage roll. ---
**Author:** ![magnusblitz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@magnusblitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magnusblitz)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2010, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-pig-in-a-blanket-mean-to-you/528738/40 "2010-02-12T21:06:36Z")
Surprised to see hotdog/crescent so high. I’ve only ever heard it used for sausage/pancake - I’m a west coast boy with east coast parents. (I think I learned the term at IHOP, like **Hampshire** mentions). Interestingly, my mom actually made hotdog/crescent rolls (plus cheese) for dinner fairly often; but we just called 'em… well, we called em hot dogs in cresent rolls. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-pig-in-a-blanket-mean-to-you/528738.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-pig-in-a-blanket-mean-to-you/528738.md?page=3)