{"id":7634,"date":"2010-11-05T10:46:17","date_gmt":"2010-11-05T20:46:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/?p=7634"},"modified":"2023-09-05T16:18:35","modified_gmt":"2023-09-06T02:18:35","slug":"review-pillsbury-savorings-mini-crescent-dogs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2010\/11\/05\/review-pillsbury-savorings-mini-crescent-dogs\/","title":{"rendered":"REVIEW: Pillsbury Savorings Mini Crescent Dogs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/theimpulsivebuy\/5144149353\/\" title=\"Pillsbury Savorings Mini Crescent Dogs by theimpulsivebuy, on Flickr\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1194\/5144149353_502c3669c2.jpg?resize=500%2C348\" width=\"500\" height=\"348\" alt=\"Pillsbury Savorings Mini Crescent Dogs\"\/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>The Pillsbury Savorings Mini Crescent Dogs look like trailer trash cuisine that involved snapping into a Slim Jim and then snapping into the Pillsbury Doughboy.<\/p>\n<p>Other Savorings flavors sound a lot classier, like artichoke and spinach, cream cheese and jalapeno, and cheese and spinach.  With those high quality varieties, I didn&#8217;t think Pillsbury would attempt to make an upscaled version of pigs in a blanket and take the Savorings line down to the level of Boy Scout meeting grub.<\/p>\n<p>Just look at the Pillsbury Doughboy on the front of the box smiling like he&#8217;s offering us the greatest Canadian microwaveable product of all time.  How can he be smiling?  He&#8217;s offering us something he wouldn&#8217;t eat himself, because doing so would be cannibalism to him.<\/p>\n<p>You know who shouldn&#8217;t be smiling?  People who buy the Pillsbury Savorings Mini Crescent Dogs and Canadians.  Why Canadians?  Because, as Cybele from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.candyblog.net\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Candy Blog<\/a> pointed out after I posted the photo above on Flickr, if it&#8217;s from Canada, shouldn&#8217;t it be spelled Savourings?<\/p>\n<p>A box of this Savorings variety contains ten pieces which are made up of &#8220;soft pastry wrapped around a miniature smoky sausage.&#8221;  The pieces are small, so if you&#8217;re planning to take some to a Boy Scout meeting, you should buy several boxes, unless you&#8217;re bringing the snack to one of the world&#8217;s smallest Boy Scout troops, which consist of just two fervent preteens who will become Eagle Scouts before they even kiss a girl. <\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/theimpulsivebuy\/5144165441\/\" title=\"Pillsbury Savorings Mini Crescent Dogs 2 by theimpulsivebuy, on Flickr\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1176\/5144165441_616a866886.jpg?resize=500%2C188\" width=\"500\" height=\"188\" alt=\"Pillsbury Savorings Mini Crescent Dogs 2\"\/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>To prepare a serving, place five pieces on a plate as if they&#8217;re the points to create the Star of Sodium and Saturated Fat, and then microwave for one minute.  DO NOT ATTEMPT TO MICROWAVE JUST ONE UNLESS YOU WISH TO TURN THE SAUSAGE INTO ASH AND HAVE YOUR MICROWAVE SMELL LIKE CARNAGE FOR SEVERAL DAYS, OR IF YOU WISH TO WIPE THAT SMILE OFF THE  PILLSBURY DOUGHBOY&#8217;S FACE.<\/p>\n<p>WHEN I PREPARED&#8230;OH WAIT, I&#8217;M SORRY.  When I prepared them properly, the pastry wasn&#8217;t very soft, was awfully dry and bland tasting.  Also, the mini pork, chicken and beef sausages were a bit too salty and had me yearning for the unnatural red color and normal saltiness of hot dogs.  <\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re trying to convince Boy Scouts or anyone else into thinking you made them fresh, you won&#8217;t.  Although if you&#8217;re willing to admit you really suck at cooking, because Pillsbury Savorings Mini Crescent Dogs aren&#8217;t very good, you might get away with it.  But either way, you&#8217;ll be breaking the trustworthiness part of the Scout Law.<\/p>\n<p><small>(Nutrition Facts &#8211; 5 pieces\/85 grams &#8211; 290 calories, 150 calories of fat, 16 grams of fat, 6 grams of saturated fat, 0 grams of trans fat*, 25 milligrams of cholesterol, 1000 milligrams of sodium, 28 grams of carbohydrates, less than 1 gram of fiber, 7 grams of sugar, 7 grams of protein and 8% iron.)<\/small><\/p>\n<p><small>*made with partially hydrogenated soybean oil<\/small><\/p>\n<p><b>Item:<\/b> Pillsbury Savorings Mini Crescent Dogs<br \/>\n<b>Price:<\/b> $4.29<br \/>\n<b>Size:<\/b> 10 dogs<br \/>\n<b>Purchased at:<\/b> Target<br \/>\n<b>Rating:<\/b> 3 out of 10<br \/>\n<b>Pros:<\/b> Quick to prepare.  Hot dogs.  Other Savorings flavors.  Pigs in a blanket.  Watching the Pillsbury Doughboy eat bread.<br \/>\n<b>Cons:<\/b> Dough came out not soft, dry and bland.  Sausage was a bit too salty.  Excellent source of sodium and saturated fat.  Contains only two servings. Sausage looks like Slim Jim pieces.  Can&#8217;t microwave in smaller amounts than what&#8217;s in the instructions.  Becoming Eagle Scout before kissing a girl.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Pillsbury Savorings Mini Crescent Dogs look like trailer trash cuisine that involved snapping into a Slim Jim and then snapping into the Pillsbury Doughboy. Other Savorings flavors sound a lot classier, like artichoke and spinach, cream cheese and jalapeno, and cheese and spinach. 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