Not all sausage rolls are created equally. I believe this with my whole heart. The humble sausage roll is a food I hold dear to my heart. In fact, some of my earliest and fondest food memories are of my Dad and I sampling this standard bakery fare wherever we could, and comparing to find Australia's best sausage roll. It was my go-to treat as a kid. After braving the trauma of having my ears pierced, or getting a vaccination, I would always have a sausage roll with dead 'orse (slang for tomato sauce) to look forward to. These days I can't go past my parents' homemade sausage rolls, and I also have independent opinions stating that they are, in fact, the bees knees. This week I was sick, and to no-one's surprise, one of my favourite comfort foods is the good ol' sausage roll. Hardly able to speak or stand, let alone whip up a batch myself or put in an order with Dad, I stumbled on down to my local Woollies to see what was in the freezer section. (Scorn if you must, but I find these just as good, if not better than the products in the franchise bakeries around town). Four'n'Twenty, Mrs. Macs and Snowy River are the stock standard brands that you've seen around forever, and there are some newer 'gourmet' (read: expensive) and vegetarian varieties too. I was looking for the most homemade-looking sausage rolls I could find. I came across Mrs Quick Sausage Rolls. The packaging claims that they are 100% Australian owned and made (level up) and holds some unsubstantiated gold medal on it stating that the 1kg of "tender premium beef in puff pastry, handmade and frozen fresh" is "superior quality" (hook, line and sinker). I handed over my $7.49 and headed home to give them a go. I cut one frozen roll in half, popped it on a tray lined with baking paper and after 20 minutes in a 220 degrees celsius oven (not fan-forced), my lunch was ready! Now, the packaging promises up to 48 pieces. There are 6 rolls inside, which means you would need to cut each one into 8 pieces to make that happen. Each of the six rolls is 19cm long, so you would need to cut them into precisely 2.375cm pieces to make that work. No way. (Note: the next time I had a hankering, I cut one roll into 4 pieces and they were almost-burnt after the instructed cooking time). I would recommend sticking to 3-4 pieces per roll to maintain quality. The first test for a sausage roll fanatic is the pastry. The pastry on these was pleasant. Not the puffiest puff I've ever had - in fact it had more of a shortcrust consistency, I thought. It was a lovely golden colour and there was *just* enough crunch and flakiness to keep me satisfied. I paired mine with barbecue sauce (sacrilege), because we didn't have any tomato sauce at home. Most importantly, I would say the meat filling lived up to it's promise. It had a simple, homemade flavour to it. With visible, soft, sweet onion pieces to boot, it was juicy and meaty and delicious. The overpowering breadcrumb/cereal factor that some cheap sausage rolls have was not an issue. That said, it is still definitely a store-bought, mass-produced, frozen sausage roll. One of the better ones I've had, and definitely superior to some of the sausage rolls I've had in real-life bakeries in recent times. Not bad, Mrs Quick, not bad at all!