# German Bratwurst (sausage)?? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 14, 2007, 10:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/german-bratwurst-sausage/392172 "2007-02-14T10:14:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Merkwurdigliebe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/74df32/32.png) [@Merkwurdigliebe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merkwurdigliebe)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2007, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/german-bratwurst-sausage/392172/21 "2007-02-15T13:50:19Z")
Oh god, I really love bratwurst. Every time I go to Germany it’s the first thing I do after getting off the train… I don’t have a particular favorite, but I don’t like curry wurst. ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2007, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/german-bratwurst-sausage/392172/22 "2007-02-15T14:01:00Z")
[QUOTE=BrainGlutton] Poll: What’s your favorite German sausage – bratwurst, knockwurst, or something else? (I’m partial to knockwurst – it goes well with sauerkraut.) [/QUOTE] Knock- and weisswurst for me. I used to be able to get both in Grand Central Station, but the German place (Knödel) shut down. ☹ They did a nice weissie with honey-mustard onion topping. The ubiquitous Midwest-style brat is good but a ways down my list. ---
**Author:** ![Ceejaytee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ceejaytee/32/2956_2.png) [@Ceejaytee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ceejaytee)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2007, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/german-bratwurst-sausage/392172/23 "2007-02-15T14:44:04Z")
Weisswurst is heaven. I haven’t had it in years, though. Sigh. Currywurst isn’t so bad when it’s cold and you’re hungry, standing and eating at a table in Munich. In fact, it’s pretty damned good just then. ---
**Author:** ![Einmon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Einmon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Einmon)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2007, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/german-bratwurst-sausage/392172/24 "2007-02-15T16:13:19Z")
[QUOTE=Beware of Doug] Knock- and weisswurst for me. I used to be able to get both in Grand Central Station, but the German place (Knödel) shut down. ☹ They did a nice weissie with **honey-mustard onion topping**. The ubiquitous Midwest-style brat is good but a ways down my list. [/QUOTE] (bolding mine) BWAH! _shudder_ Sacrilege! (While you are certainly very welcome to enjoy Wurst every which way you can, us Bavarians are very particular when it comes to Weisswurst - you may only eat it before 12 noon, and only with sweet mustard. If you want to be totally PC, it is even highly frowned upon to use a knife and fork when eating it.) I personally am more fond of the Nürnberger Rostbratwurst, anyway (which is like a Thüringer, only much smaller). ---
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2007, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/german-bratwurst-sausage/392172/25 "2007-02-15T17:15:26Z")
[QUOTE=Einmon] (bolding mine) BWAH! _shudder_ Sacrilege! (While you are certainly very welcome to enjoy Wurst every which way you can, us Bavarians are very particular when it comes to Weisswurst - you may only eat it before 12 noon, and only with sweet mustard. If you want to be totally PC, it is even highly frowned upon to use a knife and fork when eating it.) [/QUOTE] With the left hand or the right hand? 😕😛 ---
**Author:** ![chaoticbear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@chaoticbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chaoticbear)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2007, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/german-bratwurst-sausage/392172/26 "2007-02-16T01:58:17Z")
Currywurst is delicious, but you have to remember to stir the curry powder in first. :smack: (I made that mistake, and I couldn’t figure out why anyone would want to eat Wurst covered in dusty grossness. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2007, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/german-bratwurst-sausage/392172/27 "2007-02-16T03:05:30Z")
[QUOTE=chaoticbear] Currywurst is delicious, but you have to remember to stir the curry powder in first. :smack: (I made that mistake, and I couldn’t figure out why anyone would want to eat Wurst covered in dusty grossness. [/QUOTE] The currywurst I’ve had in Berlin _was_ dusted in curry powder. Basically, it was a knockwurst slathered in ketchup and dusted in curry powder. Or perhaps it was slathered in curry ketchup and also dusted in curry powder. Germans may correct me if I’m misremembering. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2007, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/german-bratwurst-sausage/392172/28 "2007-02-16T03:11:14Z")
I tried “curry ketchup” once and couldn’t tell it from ketchup. What’s the difference? ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2007, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/german-bratwurst-sausage/392172/29 "2007-02-16T05:16:13Z")
[QUOTE=BrainGlutton] I tried “curry ketchup” once and couldn’t tell it from ketchup. What’s the difference? [/QUOTE] As the name may suggest, it’s ketchup with curry powder/spices in it. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2007, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/german-bratwurst-sausage/392172/30 "2007-02-16T05:28:02Z")
[QUOTE=pulykamell] As the name may suggest, it’s ketchup with curry powder/spices in it. [/QUOTE] Well, it doesn’t taste anything like a curry. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2007, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/german-bratwurst-sausage/392172/31 "2007-02-16T05:41:23Z")
[QUOTE=BrainGlutton] Well, it doesn’t taste anything like a curry. [/QUOTE] :shrug: It tastes like ketchup with generic curry powder to me. ---
**Author:** ![Lust4Life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecc23a/32.png) [@Lust4Life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lust4Life)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2007, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/german-bratwurst-sausage/392172/32 "2007-02-17T19:52:17Z")
[QUOTE=BrainGlutton] Poll: What’s your favorite German sausage – bratwurst, knockwurst, or something else? (I’m partial to knockwurst – it goes well with sauerkraut.) [/QUOTE] Bratwurst mit pomme frits und mayonnaise from the nearest “Schnell Imbus”,making me hungry just thinking about it. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Cid\_Viscoso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/41988e/32.png) [@El\_Cid\_Viscoso](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Cid_Viscoso)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2007, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/german-bratwurst-sausage/392172/33 "2007-02-17T20:39:30Z")
I traveled through Germany with my parents in 1985. They thought I lacked adventure in trying other foods, because whenever we stopped to eat in a small town, I’d eat bratwurst. In reality, it’s amazing how different a meal like this can taste from village to village. It was especially notable in Bavaria. The only brats I have these days are made by Boca. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2011, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/german-bratwurst-sausage/392172/35 "2011-09-30T14:31:07Z")
> [@Nava](#): > > Why does evey region has its own type of sausage is due to the ingenuity of local cooks 🙂 And the variety of local climate, soil and produce. Most regional variations in cuisine date from times when all that really mattered, as there were no trucks. ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2011, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/german-bratwurst-sausage/392172/36 "2011-09-30T16:17:14Z")
> [@WhyNot](#): > > Braunschweiger! My husband and kid #1 think it’s the most disgusting thing ever. Kid #2 loves it on garlic toast. (So did kid #1, he just doesn’t remember it.) hm I normally just use rye bread, I have got to try garlic toast. Normal - rye bread, thin slice of red onion, bunch of lettuce, braunschweiger and mayo [what can I say, I am half german and hate mustard] ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2011, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/german-bratwurst-sausage/392172/37 "2011-09-30T17:04:23Z")
Zombie sausage. Yum! By total coincidence, I picked up a jar of red cabbage while shopping yesterday. Sausage and cabbage while the wife’s away. ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2011, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/german-bratwurst-sausage/392172/38 "2011-09-30T23:03:07Z")
I just bought some tiny bratwurst from my local Aldi store. Getting ready to fry them up as a snack. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2011, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/german-bratwurst-sausage/392172/39 "2011-09-30T23:42:14Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Zombie sausage. By a **BrainGlutton** no less! ---
**Author:** ![constanze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f9ae1b/32.png) [@constanze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/constanze)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2011, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/german-bratwurst-sausage/392172/40 "2011-10-01T14:35:59Z")
It’s not strange that German has so many varieties of sausages - not only Bratwurst: sausage for roasting, but also normal Wurst - sausage cut in slices to put onto your sandwich; and Weisswurst (white sausage), which is never ever roasted, just boiled (and as mentioned, only eaten before the 12 noon bell chime, and only with sweet mustard). But Germans are also proud of their over 1 000 different kinds of breads, and although the French top the cheese variety list, we’ve imported quite a few. The new movement of the past decades is to actually protect certain regions of origin and /or methods of producing a certain food because when people buy a Thüringer Rostbratwurst it shouldn’t come from Poland because it’s cheaper to produce it there. Some regions and some foods are now protected by courts, others were turned down, but we still prefer to have not everything taste bland and the same simply because trucks can deliver everything everywhere and because artificial aromas can produce the same taste. Instead, people are proud of their regional products, and with the growing green movement, buying local and enjoying more natural food is on the upswing again. ---
**Author:** ![Cayuga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@Cayuga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cayuga)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2011, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/german-bratwurst-sausage/392172/41 "2011-10-01T15:21:34Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > Poll: What’s your favorite German sausage – bratwurst, knockwurst, or something else? Blutwurst! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/german-bratwurst-sausage/392172.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/german-bratwurst-sausage/392172.md?page=3)