A.7 people in the US have "Sausage" as a first name, and 15 have it as a last name. "Sausage" is from the Latin "salsicus", meaning "seasoned with salt".
A.Hot dogs are so called because myth had it sausages were dog meat; vendors were jokingly said to have dog wagons. Connections with dachshunds came later.
Q.Aqa what is pigs in blankets? Is it just a common sausage roll or is it a sausage wrapped in bacon?
A.Pigs in blankets refers to small pork sausages that are wrapped in a rasher of bacon & then baked. They are usually eaten at Christmas with the turkey.
Q.why are sausages called 'bangers'? x
A.Sausages were nicknamed bangers during the Second World War. Due to rationing they were bulked up with fat, and tended to explode with a bang when fried.