"hot dog", very similar to the US wheat-battered variant of the corn dog as sold at fairgrounds and shows. The Australian showground version is often called a "dagwood dog", when prepared on site (and should not be confused with the "pluto pup", equivalent to the US Pronto Pup, a mass-produced, pre-prepared product that is essentially the same, but which invariably uses frankfurters, rather than saveloys and can often be found at takeaway shops). In South Australia and Tasmania, up to at least the early 1980s, the "sav and roll" was popular football fare especially at country matches; it was a saveloy heated in a wood-fired "copper" (boiler), placed in a split bread roll, and liberally covered with tomato sauce. A cocktail sausage is a smaller version of the saveloy, about a quarter of the size; in Australia sometimes called a "baby sav", a "footy frank" or a "little boy", and in New Zealand and Queensland called a "cheerio". These are a popular children's party food in New Zealand and Australia, often served hot, with tomato sauce. United States A type of hot dog which is almost indistinguishable from the saveloy is popular in the state of Maine, where it is commonly known as a "red hot" or "red snapper". In popular culture In The Pickwick Papers (Chapter LV) Solomon Pell, an attorney at the Insolvent Court, is described as "regaling himself, business being rather slack, with a cold collation of an Abernethy biscuit and a saveloy". Saveloy is also eaten by Fagin in Oliver Twist and it also appears in the 1968 musical film based on the novel, directed by Carol Reed, when it is mentioned in the number "Food, Glorious Food". A saveloy is passed from Paul McGann's character (I) to Withnail and subsequently to Danny in Bruce Robinson's 1987 film Withnail and I. The phrase "oi oi saveloy" is sometimes used in the United Kingdom as a greeting. See also Battered sausage List of sausages References External links Australian sausages British sausages Cooked sausages New Zealand sausages