Why are sausages called bangers?
Conversation over dinner last night...
Liem: (Singing to the Wiggles' Hot Potatoes) Mashed potatoes, mashed potatoes... Mummy, can we have mashed potatoes? Mashed potatoes are yummy.
Mummy: Okay, how about we have bangers and mash next week.
L: Mash are mashed potatoes and bangers are sausages. Why are sausages called bangers? Sausages don't go bang...
M: Errr...(thinking of a very adult and quite rude reason why sausages could be called bangers)...I don't know...
L: I think it's because they wobble in the pan. When Daddy cooks them, they wobble in the pan.
M: (Grasping at any straw to escape the conversation) Errr....you might be right...
Liem: (Singing to the Wiggles' Hot Potatoes) Mashed potatoes, mashed potatoes... Mummy, can we have mashed potatoes? Mashed potatoes are yummy.
Mummy: Okay, how about we have bangers and mash next week.
L: Mash are mashed potatoes and bangers are sausages. Why are sausages called bangers? Sausages don't go bang...
M: Errr...(thinking of a very adult and quite rude reason why sausages could be called bangers)...I don't know...
L: I think it's because they wobble in the pan. When Daddy cooks them, they wobble in the pan.
M: (Grasping at any straw to escape the conversation) Errr....you might be right...
posted by Hsiu Lin at
7:59 AM
1 Comments:
Actually sausages (british ones) do go bang, depending on the quality. Per Wikipedia "The designation banger was in use at least as far back as 1919 and is often said to have been popularized in World War II, when scarcity of meat led many sausage makers to add water to the mixture, making it more likely to explode on heating"
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WeeFishy, at 10:20 AM
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