Battered sausage
{{Short description|Savoury fried meat dish from Britain and Ireland}}
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Battered sausages are a type of sausage found all across Ireland, the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand.
British and Irish battered sausage
The battered sausage is a standard menu item in fish and chip shops across the United KingdomServing style, with photograph, at [https://parkersbritishinstitution.com/product/battered-sausage-and-chips Parkers British food] website. and Ireland, often described as an "essential" staple of the fish and chip shop menu.See, for example, [http://www.frymagazine.com/news/post.php?s=2015-05-26-bring-on-the-bangers&cf=meat-features Fry Magazine's] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181005194740/http://www.frymagazine.com/news/post.php?s=2015-05-26-bring-on-the-bangers&cf=meat-features |date=2018-10-05 }} description. They are made up of a pork sausage dipped in batter (usually the same batter used to batter fish), and usually served with chips.{{cite news|last=Anderson|first=Ross|title=In cod we trust: fish'n'chips is polishing up its image|date=2006-08-11|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/food_and_drink/article605200.ece|work=The Times|access-date=2008-12-07}}{{dead link|date=September 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} A meal of battered sausage and chips is usually known as a 'battered sausage supper' in Scotland and Northern Ireland.{{Cite web |last=Gilbert |first=Julie |date=2017-04-02 |title=Five Glaswegian chip shop delicacies you miss when you're not in the ciity |url=http://www.glasgowlive.co.uk/news/glasgow-news/five-chip-shop-delicacies-you-11462402 |access-date=2023-09-13 |website=GlasgowLive |language=en}}
Australia and New Zealand
In Australia, it may be referred to as a "battered sav"{{cite web|url=http://www.adelaide-southaustralia.com/australia/fair-suck-of-the-sav-definition/|title=Fair suck of the sav definition|date=9 June 2015|work=adelaide-southaustralia.com|access-date=5 August 2016|archive-date=17 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160817091028/http://www.adelaide-southaustralia.com/australia/fair-suck-of-the-sav-definition/|url-status=dead}} (saveloy is a type of sausage). This may also have given rise to the local expression "fair suck of the sav".{{cite web|url=https://www.macquariedictionary.com.au/resources/aus/word/map/search/word/fair+suck+of+the+sav/Tasmania/|title=Macquarie Dictionary|website=www.macquariedictionary.com.au|access-date=8 July 2017}} In New Zealand, they can be found either with or without a stick inserted (similar to a corn dog). In Australia if served with the stick, it is referred to as a "pluto pup" or "dagwood dog" and usually dipped in a generous amount of tomato sauce.{{Cite web |date=2017-04-28 |title=Dagwood dog v Pluto pup – which one do you say? {{!}} Poll, video |url=https://www.westernadvocate.com.au/story/4628560/dagwood-dog-v-pluto-pup-which-one-do-you-say-poll-video/ |access-date=2022-10-07 |website=Western Advocate |language=en-AU}}
See also
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