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Here's what they call a sausage roll on Wall Street

Because they’re too fancy to just call it a sausage roll.

Oct 15th 2014, 11:00 AM 6,565 Views 1 Comment

THE SAUSAGE ROLL is the most humble of all the pastries. It has no ideas above its station. A sausage roll is a sausage roll. Except in New York.

Writer Wayne Grant tweeted a picture of this delicacy on offer in a Starbucks on Wall Street, and the pastry lovers of the world sighed and shook their heads.

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‘Beef sausage croissant.’ BEEF SAUSAGE CROISSANT.

Next time we’re at a manky deli after a night out, we’ll ask for five beef sausage croissants for €2. See how that goes down.

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Here's what they call a sausage roll on Wall Street