Short for 'saveloy,' a type of small seasoned sausage commonly served in British fish and chip shops.
Abbreviated form of 'saveloy,' which comes from Dutch 'cervelaat' or German 'Zervelatwurst,' ultimately from Italian 'cervellata' (from 'cervello' meaning brain). Despite the etymology, modern saveloys rarely contain brain.
The saveloy perfectly captures British seaside culture—it's a humble, cheap, deeply unpretentious food that generations of Britons have paired with chips while holiday photos showed blue skies that never seemed to materialize.
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