Talk:Saveloy/@comment-139.218.250.90-20150729175539

In Australia Saveloys have always been called Saveloys. It's believed to have come from the Swiss-French cervelas or servelat, They are not and have never been frankfurts. They are thicker and much more peppery than a frankfurt.

My grandmothers who were both born before WWI always called them Saveloys and had done so before the war. Hot dogs (the thinner, less spicy sausage) are called Frankfurts here, although a frankfurt, NOT a saveloy, on a long bun is called a hot dog. Not an American Hot Dog, just a hot dog.

Yes, we do have battered savs over here, sold at fish and chip shops, and we also have what Americans call a corn dog but it's called a Pluto Pup over here (a frankfurt, NOT a Saveloy, battered and fried and on a stick). A battered sav is usually only half a Saveloy, cut lengthwise then battered and fried - a whole sav is a bit too thick to cook properly and quite a mouthful!

A Sav Sanga (as my uncle used to call them - sanga is short for sandwich) is a boiled sav sliced on bread or in a roll with tomato sauce (what we call ketchup over here) and/or sometimes mushy peas. They aren't seen much nowadays which is a pity - they're yum!