Pigs in Blankets is a colloquial British name given to chipolata sausages wrapped in bacon (streaky bacon is most common). These are cooked in the oven along with roast chicken or roast turkey, and served as an accompaniment to these dishes often as part of a Sunday Roast.
The general form of the name has also been used for a number of other breakfast dishes, typically eggs fried inside the center of a piece of bread. This is known as "peggs in a blanket" or "eggs in a basket", and the terms probably evolved from the sausages.
In the United States, the term refers to sausages (usually small hot dogs) wrapped in bread or biscuit dough and baked.
