National Sausage Roll Day and an American Translation
Depending on where you grew up, this photograph may not look like a sausage roll at all.
In the United Kingdom, a sausage roll is typically made with sausage wrapped in puff pastry and baked until golden brown. In the United States, most people looking at this photograph would probably call them pigs in a blanket.
Different names, similar idea.
Today’s photograph features a pile of pigs in a blanket from my Commercial Food Photography collection.
National Sausage Roll Day originated in the United Kingdom, which explains the name. Since my collection didn’t include a traditional British sausage roll, pigs in a blanket seemed like the closest American relative.
Whether you call them sausage rolls or pigs in a blanket depends largely on where you happen to be standing when you order them.
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National Fish & Chips Day and the Legacy of Haddon Salt
National Fish & Chips Day
Before there was H. Salt Fish & Chips, there was Haddon Salt.
In 1965, Salt opened the first H. Salt Esquire Fish & Chips in Sausalito, California, introducing a style of fish and chips inspired by the shops he had known in England. The idea proved popular, and what began as a single restaurant eventually grew into a chain that spread across the United States.
Today’s photograph features a serving of fish and chips from H. Salt for my FOOD FROM BAG TO BACKGROUND series.
Fish and chips has a history stretching back well over a century, with roots in England where fried fish and chipped potatoes became one of the country’s most recognizable meals. The combination eventually crossed the Atlantic and found a place in American fast-food culture as well.
For this photograph, the fish and chips were removed from their paper trays and photographed against a black background.
You can see more from my FOOD FROM BAG TO BACKGROUND series, along with collections and other projects at https://www.secondfocus.com
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