Pigs in a blanket are the small cocktail weiners wrapped in crescent roll dough and baked. Not the item posted above which is a galumpkie or cabbage roll.

It seems you are not alone in your ignorance for Hungarian heritage in the United States when it comes to this term. Does anyone know how far this term dates back or where it came from in reference to stuffed cabbage being referred to as pigs in a blanket?

Penny, generations of Hungarians have called cabbage rolls "pigs in a blanket".

In the UK "pigs in a blanket" are chipolata sausages wrapped in bacon and usually served at Christmas.

Cocktail weiners wrapped in Pillsbury dough is American pigs in a blanket.

How one defines pigs in a blanket ir truly regional. Growing up in Michigan, where the Hungarian influence is strong, everyone I know knew this disc to be a seasoned meat and rice mixture cooked inside cabbage leaves. After moving to the West coast, it seems EVERYONE knows pigs in a blanket as a sausage or hot dog rolled in cooked dough. Funny. But them we like fruit cake in Michigan and in California if you give fruit cake as a Christmas gift it becomes the office booby-prize that is regifted year after year. Go figure...

I too am from Michigan and Cabbage rolls have always been pigs in a blanket to me :) P.S. - Yep, LOVE Fruit cake..slightly warm with REAL butter!!

I really enjoyed this recipe. As a southern teenager, with Northern friends, I was invited to have pigs in a blanket. I was REALLY surprised to find cabbage. I really did like it though, and have wondered about it ever since. I like the name, "Galumpkies" better.

In western New York, I have always been confused about what pigs in a blanket actually was. The cocktail wieners or the stuffed cabbage. This was enlightening!

Great recipe too. I'm gonna turn it into soup.