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Well, here we are once again with another video another review and this time around another frozen
Delicacy if you want to call it that
and at this point in time
I don't even know if I'm saying that sarcastically anymore because you know as we know
the situation the way that it's being it looks like you know, the way that life is really has changed for a while and
So many of us continue to say inside we continued to do the social distancing, which is great. I strongly
Encourage that and the many of us are still getting food delivered. We're getting takeout
Even in some cases pickup, but many of us are also trying out different frozen foods
frozen pizzas frozen novelties frozen delicacy frozen stuff and
this time around as I was perusing the frozen section of the
store, I
Came across this one and it just it flooded me back with a a deluge of good memories
You know, I remember I used to really love these things when I was a kid. I
Had tried them out again
so yes, this is another item and that I've had before because this is a stuff that I'm I'm seriously eating and
Well, here we go. I
Remember these things
Hebrew national beef franks in a puff pastry blanket AKA
pigs in a blanket or I think I say Franks in a blanket or
pigs in a
And
Adjectives for blanket right there, but here they are the pigs in a blanket. Let's uh do that right? There we go
Good enough anyway and there's different brands to this a lot of places have this they do their own
This is a very popular little you know, appetizer whatever snack
The birds clearly like it there rather chirping the way about it and so many different companies make their own
variation of this I think Nathan's does and then you know
this is so so many different companies that again they make their own little, you know, pigs in a blanket and
This is my favorite one, though
I've tried a lot of them and this is the best one and I've been snacking on these here and there they're very easy to
make
And I don't know they just they always turn out good
They're very reliable
but I'm just like the way that they taste and I always end up I
Always end up good but this is the Hebrew national brand again these in my opinion. They just taste the best
That's so that's all that there is to it
32 per box
pretty affordable also
price does definitely vary though from one place to another I've seen a box of these go anywhere from five to
Ten dollars and just it depends on where you go, but I enjoy it
They taste good and they're easy to make on the back of the box. It says
Frankly
We are quality in every bite all the great taste and quality. You've come to expect from Hebrew National
Wrapped in a delicate puff pastry and it's a mini hot dog, right? That's exactly what it is
Mini hot dog in a little bit of a puff pastry
It is smaller than what it sees what you see
So each one is not you know, the size of like a quarter of my hand
They are much so this is not to scale. That's what I'm trying to say
So with that as I always do with the frozen food items
I could always sit here and talk and talk and talk about how you prepare it and what it looks like, etc
But how about we just take a look and lets us make a couple of them and then we'll go from there
We'll try that
So follow me if you will to the kitchen for rather glorious process
by the the construction and creation of said
pigs-in-a-blanket
Take a look
not a lot of people really know this but the process of making
pigs-in-a-blanket is really it's an art and
With it. It takes a lot of delicate maneuvers
It's doable anyone can do it, but it is really I mean it is it is an art it is an art form
Number one you have to have your materials. You have to have the the
pigs plural
Inside blanket in said box right. I always like to have a little bit of a tray
Sorry, I have this little bit of a thing on my hand bang that the other day
All is good, though. I'm not I'm not suffering from it
I'm doing all right gotta have this though got to have a little bit of a tray. I always line it with foil there
Publix brand aluminum foil which I don't have a problem with you can use any extra to make a little foil mousse if you want
but you got that now we take them out of the box and
There they are
Now you can say wow. Reviewbrah, You've really been digging those pigs in a blanket or
Maybe not
You know, what if what if just to kind of mess around I just removed all but four just to do it
Maybe it was a statement and who knows we'll just leave it a mystery what happened to the rest of all of them?
But either way, we've got four of them here. You can see they are
They're frosty
So I guess maybe the really are pigs in a blanket because cuz they're cold get it. Alright
So what you want to do is you just take them
Lay them down
one by one
How about that? We got one two, and three
Four maybe I'll rearrange them a little bit better. We'll see now lets us check our instructions
So you preheat the oven to 400
Well, they say 16, but I'm just gonna be a rebel and go with four because that's just how I am
You know how rebellious I am
Bake 20 to 22 minutes until the pastry is puffed and lightly browned and then you just check them
Make sure that they're good to go. Alright, no today. I'm gonna be using
Toaster oven this time around so that's the one the one difference
Here's the thing though. Every every oven is different. And I mean from what I've seen
These don't really need to be in for 20 minutes at least on on the oven that I use but I just you know
I check them I watch them and
With that, let's turn this up to 400 put him in and see how long they are cook for.
If going in
Alright so they've been in for about ten minutes I'd say and
Well, you can see they're starting to get a little bit
brown on
The top, but they still have a ways to go. So we'll check back
And we're back and they're here we are so we got him
I let them cool down for a little bit because you have to with these types of things they come out they're piping hot and
Last thing you want us to just you know
Singe your fingers as you're just trying to grasp them off the plate and do things with them, right?
You don't want that. You don't want any excessive hand injury from the removal of pigs in a blanket
you know from your toaster machine I
Don't know why I found that funny. I just did not
The joke just the toaster. All right anyway, and so here they are as you know, I just made four of them and
when I told you that
The way the way that just I don't know my oven cooks them. I
Was able to get these just just like this in probably about I don't know how many minutes it was. It was 12 minutes
They say cook it for 22
But as you can see there most certainly
cooked as is
Let's see this which is the best of the bunch. Let me save this one
I always like mine a little bit more on the well-done the sign to some people they won't you know
This is one of those things you just got to watch a little bit
but I mean for me they turned out to my liking this is how I like them anyway with a little bit of a I
Don't know a little bit of a crisp to it, but that's just my preferred
Method of consumption, I guess you could say so if you want to cook it even more or less. I mean, it depends again
It's just your oven. Everyone's oven is different
But this is one of those items I suggest just checking in on every couple of minutes
See how they're doing and to see if they're up to your liking now
I always like to spice it up a little bit in a metaphorical sense because this isn't remotely spicy
But you can see there's my plate of four of them and red stuff
Those aren't my brains. It's ketchup believe it or not. So isn't that crazy right there by there?
I am with a little plate of the pigs in a blanket. Let's focus on them right there
I am and there's some ketchup that you could dip only that's what I always like to do it
I'm not the kind that I really pour the ketchup on the pigs in a blanket
I just kind of or the beef franks and a puff pastry
Blanket as the package says I'm more of just a dipping kind of person. So well, let's just go for it
Dip it in. Here you go. Okay. Let's try it out
Now as a slightly out of focus
beef franks and a puff pastry blanket
consumption
There's another one
You can see while it is baked on the outside. It's still juicy on the inside and it just turns out well in my opinion
Mm-hm
I
Think this all comes down to whether you're a fan of hot dogs or not
If you mic them, I think you'll like these
Especially the Hebrew national brand ones, but you know a lot of hot dogs
Have those similarities to it
Right where it is tasty you can taste that meaty flavor. It is a salty snack
I got to tell you you do have to sip some water down
This is water in here not any mucinex night-shift anything this time around just water and
Yeah, you know you have that saltiness to them I
Mean, that's why I always like using the ketchup too because the ketchup just you know, that that coolness of it
I just like the way that kind of cancels out any excessive saltiness. You couldn't say that's in these hot dogs, but quality wines
I would say that they are up there. I've had other hot dogs. I forget the brand
you know that a frozen that you heat them up and whatever and
the issue that I've always had with them is that they come off it's like just to
Not necessarily preserve because these are always filled with preservatives
but they come off as like - I don't know just
Waterlogged and I'm just I don't know there's something about them that I don't like
whereas these it's like they have that perfect blend just between that crisp of the outside and
Just a little bit of a grill to make to them whatever you want to call it
And just how they're more tender on the inside. I always like that. I also like just a little pastry on the outside
This is this a little bit of a butteriness to it
And I just it still has this flakiness to it that I just think access
It's a very nice little I don't move wrapping to it a little blanket
You could say I just like the juxtaposition of all the different textures and flavors and it just blends together. Really?
Well, I just think - a good snack in my opinion. I think it's fun to make fun to eat
You know
You could even
Heat a ton of them up and have it as a meal or just something is a little bit of a snack if you want
Just have a little bit of fun with them
But it's one of those items that I think a lot of us has kind of overlooked shopping around for frozen stuff
But now that we're kind of inside and we want to maybe make our own food
Or heat up frozen little novelties like that
it's something that I recommend you take a look at because I've had these I've been snacking on them here and there I
Enjoy them. I think they're pretty good. And uh, yeah, I I do like them. They're pretty affordable
They taste good and easy to make so out of ten. I would rate the Hebrew national pigs in a blanket
I mean, I'm satisfied with them. I've always been a big fan of them
8.5 out of 10 now because I like them
They're definitely some of the better ones that I've seen so I'm a big I'm a big fan of them
And yeah, check them out. If you can get them give them a shot
So with that that's all that I have for you. Ladies and gentlemen
Today's review is for the Hebrew national beef franks in a puff pastry blanket. Yep a good snack
That's so that's really all that. I can say and with that. That's all that I have for you
Please be safe out there. Things are still very very
unstable in the world
unfortunately
I think they will continue to be but please be safe be hygienic be sanitary
Stay inside
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