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| Sausage roll row: US 'invents' new summer snack | Sausage roll row: US 'invents' new summer snack |
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| There has been a British outcry on social media after a US chain claimed to have invented a new summer snack that looks suspiciously like a sausage roll. | There has been a British outcry on social media after a US chain claimed to have invented a new summer snack that looks suspiciously like a sausage roll. |
| Supermarket Trader Joe's has called it the "Puff Dog". | Supermarket Trader Joe's has called it the "Puff Dog". |
| Los Angeles-based lifestyle website Hello Giggles said it was "genius". | Los Angeles-based lifestyle website Hello Giggles said it was "genius". |
| However, the UK's The Mirror newspaper was less impressed. "Sausage roll given ridiculous new name," read its headline on Saturday. | However, the UK's The Mirror newspaper was less impressed. "Sausage roll given ridiculous new name," read its headline on Saturday. |
| Although other European countries also have a centuries-old fondness for meat wrapped in pastry, the UK has made the sausage roll its own. | Although other European countries also have a centuries-old fondness for meat wrapped in pastry, the UK has made the sausage roll its own. |
| British bakery chain Greggs sells more than 2.5 million of them every week. | British bakery chain Greggs sells more than 2.5 million of them every week. |
| It is typically sausage meat wrapped in puff pastry, although the Puff Dog has opted to use beef. | |
| Hello Giggles could have saved itself the backlash by looking in its own archive. | Hello Giggles could have saved itself the backlash by looking in its own archive. |
| In 2015, it covered a previous twitterstorm when the New York Times published a sausage roll recipe. | In 2015, it covered a previous twitterstorm when the New York Times published a sausage roll recipe. |
| "There are two sides to the social media storm that ensued following the release of the recipe. Americans don't know what a sausage roll is, and the Brits can't believe we haven't experienced them yet," wrote Hello Giggles at the time. | "There are two sides to the social media storm that ensued following the release of the recipe. Americans don't know what a sausage roll is, and the Brits can't believe we haven't experienced them yet," wrote Hello Giggles at the time. |
| Americans are often more familiar with their version of "pigs in blankets" - a sausage wrapped in hard pastry, as opposed to puff pastry. In the UK, "pigs in blankets" are sausages wrapped in bacon, which are often served with Christmas dinner. | Americans are often more familiar with their version of "pigs in blankets" - a sausage wrapped in hard pastry, as opposed to puff pastry. In the UK, "pigs in blankets" are sausages wrapped in bacon, which are often served with Christmas dinner. |
| Yet can the UK really claim the last laugh? | Yet can the UK really claim the last laugh? |
| Earlier this year, a large part of the Spanish-speaking world was amused when the UK's Costa Coffee chain appeared to conceive the cortado coffee. | Earlier this year, a large part of the Spanish-speaking world was amused when the UK's Costa Coffee chain appeared to conceive the cortado coffee. |
| The cortado - a small coffee with a dash of milk - has long been popular in cafes from Spain to Argentina. | The cortado - a small coffee with a dash of milk - has long been popular in cafes from Spain to Argentina. |
| Yet sandwich boards spotted outside Costa Coffee in April heralded: "The next big thing in coffee." | Yet sandwich boards spotted outside Costa Coffee in April heralded: "The next big thing in coffee." |
| "2017: England invents the cortado," read one widely shared, tongue-in-cheek tweet (in Spanish), accompanied by a picture of the advert. | "2017: England invents the cortado," read one widely shared, tongue-in-cheek tweet (in Spanish), accompanied by a picture of the advert. |
| "Clearly, the recurring Gibraltar issue is not the only pending dispute between Spain and the United Kingdom," joked Spanish news site 20 Minutos. | "Clearly, the recurring Gibraltar issue is not the only pending dispute between Spain and the United Kingdom," joked Spanish news site 20 Minutos. |
| Meanwhile, a civil war was almost sparked earlier this month when the BBC started its own in-fight over pasties. | Meanwhile, a civil war was almost sparked earlier this month when the BBC started its own in-fight over pasties. |
| BBC Radio Devon teased its colleagues over the country border in Cornwall by suggesting, on Twitter, that the Cornish pasty - its beloved meat-and-potato pastry - hailed from Devon. | BBC Radio Devon teased its colleagues over the country border in Cornwall by suggesting, on Twitter, that the Cornish pasty - its beloved meat-and-potato pastry - hailed from Devon. |
| It came after one of the station's guests referenced a study by historian Dr Todd Gray from Exeter (which is in Devon), who says he can trace the earliest record of the pasty to 16th-Century Devon. | It came after one of the station's guests referenced a study by historian Dr Todd Gray from Exeter (which is in Devon), who says he can trace the earliest record of the pasty to 16th-Century Devon. |
| BBC Radio Cornwall was outraged and tweeted back a warning against ever questioning the Cornish pasties origins. | BBC Radio Cornwall was outraged and tweeted back a warning against ever questioning the Cornish pasties origins. |
| "Lovely Cornish peeps, please tell @BBCDevon why the Cornish Pasty is OURS!", it wrote. | "Lovely Cornish peeps, please tell @BBCDevon why the Cornish Pasty is OURS!", it wrote. |