A sausage sandwich is a
sandwich
A sandwich is a food typically consisting of vegetables, sliced cheese or meat, placed on or between slices of bread, or more generally any dish wherein bread serves as a container or wrapper for another food type. The sandwich began as a po ...
containing cooked
sausage
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. It may consist of an oblong
bread roll
Bread is a staple food prepared from a dough of flour (usually wheat) and water, usually by baking. Throughout recorded history and around the world, it has been an important part of many cultures' diet. It is one of the oldest human-made food ...
such as a
baguette
A baguette (; ) is a long, thin type of bread of French origin that is commonly made from basic lean dough (the dough, though not the shape, is defined by French law). It is distinguishable by its length and crisp crust.
A baguette has a dia ...
or
ciabatta
Ciabatta (, ; literally " slipper") is an Italian white bread made from wheat flour, water, salt, yeast and olive oil, created in 1982 by a baker in Adria, province of Rovigo, Veneto, Italy, in response to the popularity of French baguettes. Cia ...
roll, and sliced or whole links of sausage, such as hot or sweet
Italian sausage
In North America, Italian sausage (''salsiccia'' in Italian) most often refers to a style of pork sausage. The sausage is often noted for being seasoned with fennel as the primary seasoning. In Italy, however, a wide variety of sausages are made ...
,
Polish sausage,
German sausage (
knackwurst,
weisswurst
A Weisswurst (German ''Weißwurst'' , literally ''white sausage''; bar, Weißwuascht) is a traditional Bavarian sausage made from minced veal and pork back bacon. It is usually flavored with parsley, lemon, mace, onions, ginger and cardamom, ...
,
bratwurst
Bratwurst () is a type of German sausage made from pork or, less commonly, beef or veal. The name is derived from the Old High German ''Brätwurst'', from ''brät-'', finely chopped meat, and ''Wurst'', sausage, although in modern German it is o ...
,
bockwurst),
Mediterranean
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merguez,
andouille
Andouille ( , ; ; from Latin'induco') is a smoked sausage made using pork, originating in France.
France
In France, particularly Brittany and Normandy, the traditional ingredients of andouille are primarily pig chitterlings, tripe, onions, ...
or
chorizo
Chorizo (, from Spanish ; similar to but distinct from Portuguese ) is a type of pork cured meat originating from the Iberian Peninsula.
In Europe, chorizo is a fermented, cured, smoked meat, which may be sliced and eaten without cooking, ...
. Popular toppings include
mustard,
brown sauce,
ketchup
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, BBQ sauce,
steak sauce,
pepper
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Food and spice
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** Black pepper
* ''Capsicum'' or pepper, a genus of flowering plants in the nightshade family Solanaceae
** Bell pepper
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s,
onion
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s,
sauerkraut
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,
chili, and
salsa
Salsa most often refers to:
* Salsa (Mexican cuisine), a variety of sauces used as condiments
* Salsa music, a popular style of Latin American music
* Salsa (dance), a Latin dance associated with Salsa music
Salsa or SALSA may also refer to:
A ...
.
United Kingdom
In the UK, sausage sandwiches ("sausage
sarnie
A sandwich is a food typically consisting of vegetables, sliced cheese or meat, placed on or between slices of bread, or more generally any dish wherein bread serves as a container or wrapper for another food type. The sandwich began as a po ...
" or "
butty" in
English slang, or "piece 'n' sausage" in
Scottish English
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) can typically be found in
British cafe
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Though it uses the same word origin as the term "café", it is distinct from the ...
s and
roadside food stalls.
Although a breakfast favourite, it may be purchased and consumed at any time of the day. Popular combinations are sausage and
bacon
Bacon is a type of salt-cured pork made from various cuts, typically the belly or less fatty parts of the back. It is eaten as a side dish (particularly in breakfasts), used as a central ingredient (e.g., the bacon, lettuce, and tomato sand ...
, sausage and
egg, sausage and
fried onion
Fried onions are slices of onions that are either pan fried (sautéed) or deep fried — and consumed as a popular snack food, Garnish (food), garnish, or vegetable accompaniment to various recipes.
Sautéed onions
Common fried onions are cooked ...
s, and sausage and
tomato
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.
Sausages are often served in a bread roll or
hot dog bun
A hot dog bun is a type of soft bun shaped specifically to contain a hot dog or another type of sausage.
The side-loading bun is common in most of the United States, while the top-loading New England-style hot dog bun is popular in that regio ...
, especially at barbecues. In the
North East
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they are often served in a
stottie cake
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.
In Scotland, a
Lorne sausage
The Lorne sausage, also known as square sausage or slice, is a traditional Scottish food item made from minced meat, rusk and spices. Although termed a sausage, no casing is used to hold the meat in shape, hence it is usually served as square sl ...
may be substituted and is usually served in a morning roll or
bap.
Australia and New Zealand
In Australia and New Zealand, a variety is frequently sold at school fetes and other fundraising activities. The sausage is cooked on a
barbecue
Barbecue or barbeque (informally BBQ in the UK, US, and Canada, barbie in Australia and braai in South Africa) is a term used with significant regional and national variations to describe various cooking methods that use live fire and smoke ...
grill in an outdoor area and served with grilled onions on a single, folded slice of bread with tomato or barbecue sauce. The activity is commonly known as a "
sausage sizzle". As well as fetes, fundraisers and markets, in recent years it has become common for "sausage sizzles" to be regularly held outside major retailers on weekends (often for charitable causes) such as
Bunnings
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,
The Warehouse or
Harvey Norman
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. Sausage sizzles organised by community groups are also common at election polling places, where sausage sandwiches are colloquially known as "
democracy sausages".
In the majority of states of Australia, such as
New South Wales
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Queensland
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Western Australia
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and
Tasmania
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, the sausages sold in a single piece of bread at a sausage sizzle are known as 'sausage sandwiches'. However, elsewhere, such as
Victoria
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and
South Australia
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, these are known as 'sausage in bread' and a sausage sandwich refers to a sandwich made with two slices of bread, a chopped up sausage (often cold), and tomato sauce or chutney.
South Africa
In South Africa, a common variety is known as a
boerewors
Boerewors, () is a type of sausage which originated in South Africa. It is an important part of South African, Zimbabwean, Botswana and Namibian cuisine and is popular across Southern Africa. The name is derived from the Afrikaans words ("far ...
roll or, colloquially, a "boerie". Similar to the Oceanic variety, the sausage is cooked on a
braai (barbecue) grill, and usually served with grilled onions on a hot dog-style bread roll with tomato ketchup or barbecue sauce, chutney or sweet chili sauce.
United States
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In the United States, sausage sandwiches are widely popular. One variety, colloquially known as a
hot dog
A hot dog (uncommonly spelled hotdog) is a food consisting of a grilled or steamed sausage served in the slit of a partially sliced Hot dog bun, bun. The term hot dog can refer to the sausage itself. The sausage used is a wiener (Vienna sausag ...
, is particularly popular, especially at sporting events, carnivals, beaches, and fairs.
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as well as food stands on street corners of large cities. Many American hot dog vendors also serve Polish, Italian, Mexican, and German (e.g. bratwurst
Bratwurst () is a type of German sausage made from pork or, less commonly, beef or veal. The name is derived from the Old High German ''Brätwurst'', from ''brät-'', finely chopped meat, and ''Wurst'', sausage, although in modern German it is o ...
) sausage sandwiches in addition to their regular fare.
Sausage sandwiches that come on toast
Toast most commonly refers to:
* Toast (food), bread browned with dry heat
* Toast (honor), a ritual in which a drink is taken
Toast may also refer to:
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* Toast, North Carolina, a census-designated place in the United States
Books
* '' ...
, a bagel
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, an English muffin
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, a biscuit
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, or kaiser roll are generally referred to as breakfast sandwiches
A breakfast sandwich is any sandwich filled with foods associated with breakfast. Breakfast sandwiches are served at fast food restaurants and delicatessens, sold in supermarkets, or commonly made at home. Different types of breakfast sandwich i ...
.
Germany
A sausage sandwich called ''Drei im Weckla'' (literally three in a bun; also spelled Drei im Weggla) has three Nürnberger Rostbratwürste, as the snack's name implies, and mustard in a sliced bread roll.
See also
* Bacon butty
A bacon sandwich (also known in parts of the United Kingdom and New Zealand as a bacon butty, bacon bap or bacon sarnie, and in parts of Ireland as a rasher sandwich) is a sandwich of cooked bacon between bread that is optionally spread with but ...
* Breakfast roll
The breakfast roll ( ga, rollóg bhricfeasta, ) is a bread roll filled with elements of a traditional fried breakfast. It is served at a wide variety of convenience shops, newsagents, supermarkets, petrol stations, and casual eateries throughout ...
* Choripán
''Choripán'' (plural: ''choripanes'') is a type of sandwich with chorizo and popular in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Peru, and Uruguay. The name comes from the combination of the names of its ingredients: a grilled chorizo sausage and a crusty bre ...
* Submarine sandwich
A submarine sandwich, commonly known as a sub, hoagie ( Philadelphia metropolitan area and Western Pennsylvania English), hero ( New York City English), Italian ( Maine English), grinder (New England English), wedge (Westchester, NY), or a spuc ...
* Steak sandwich
* Maxwell Street Polish
A Maxwell Street Polish consists of a grilled or fried length of Polish sausage topped with grilled onions and yellow mustard and optional pickled whole, green sport peppers, served on a bun. The sandwich traces its origins to Chicago's Maxwel ...
* List of sandwiches
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References
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