Thread: German Wurst Type

There's roughly a gazillion Deutsche wurst. Some classic bratwurst can be coarse. Leberwurst as well. ( Liverwurst, coarse ground pork. Do NOT mistake the crap in the supermarket deli section for real liverwurst. Knackwurst is often coarse.

I remember a Jamie Oliver series in Italy, where he would try various things from villages a few kilometers apart. They were different, and of course the other village did it wrong. I think much the same thing applies to German smallgoods.

The best German sausage I have had (best smallgood of any sort) by quite a margin is Ahle Wurst, the official sausage of Northern Hesse. It is made from a mix of dark and light coloured pigs from the local region (they still hunt in the woods there) and it is melt in your mouth stuff with an amazing taste and after-taste. Unfortunately outside of the region you generally can't get it. Cheers

Hello All,

Well, a couple of months ago I went to the Childers Multicultural Festival. There were a couple of different vans that sold "German sausages". I tried different types and I could not match the big grained chunks that the Goulburn butcher sold under the name of Bratwurst sausages. I have reached the conclusion that they consistently mislabelled that particular type of sausage. They should have labelled it "Italian" sausage. I am no longer on the quest to find a type of German sausage that matched my long ago memory.

Will I stop eating German sausages now that the quest is over?

..... No

Kind regards
Lionel

Hi Lionel,

Don’t give up!

Im off to Germany in 2 weeks.

Ill ask the locals for you!

Cheers
Simon

Originally Posted by Lionelgee

Hello All,

Well, a couple of months ago I went to the Childers Multicultural Festival. There were a couple of different vans that sold "German sausages". I tried different types and I could not match the big grained chunks that the Goulburn butcher sold under the name of Bratwurst sausages. I have reached the conclusion that they consistently mislabelled that particular type of sausage. They should have labelled it "Italian" sausage. I am no longer on the quest to find a type of German sausage that matched my long ago memory.

Will I stop eating German sausages now that the quest is over?

..... No

Kind regards
Lionel

Originally Posted by simonmelb

Hi Lionel,

Don’t give up!

Im off to Germany in 2 weeks.

Ill ask the locals for you!

Cheers
Simon

Hello Simon,

Have a safe and enjoyable trip to Germany.

A quick trip to the ever reliable Wikipedia does mention how "The name is derived from the Old High German Brätwurst, from brät-, finely chopped meat, and Wurst, sausage" accessed 24/09/23 from Bratwurst - Wikipedia Therefore the 1980s butcher shop in Goulburn might have just gotten their German to English translation wrong when they labelled coarse ground meat inside their sausages as Brätwurst.

Perhaps there klobigwurst or a grobwurst sausage somewhere in Germany. I will not write the German translation for 'thick' though - well that is if the English to German online translation is accurate. It is funny if it is accurate. Yes - very childish of me - I know. Just like the convenor at a Queensland Civil Administration Tribunal session is referred to as the 'Member'... I found it very hard not to giggle when people addressed them formally.

Kind regards
Lionel

South Australia has a german sausage called fritz.

you buy a stick of fritz.

its delightful cut thick on fresh bread sandwiches with oodles of tomato sauce..you can add cheddar cheese.

also cut 1/2" thick and on the bbq ...again add sauce

SA also has yo-yo biscuits , fruchocs , the best cornish pasties (orange spot, Glenelg) , and whiting.

Originally Posted by ramblingboy42

South Australia has a german sausage called fritz.

you buy a stick of fritz.

its delightful cut thick on fresh bread sandwiches with oodles of tomato sauce..you can add cheddar cheese.

also cut 1/2" thick and on the bbq ...again add sauce

SA also has yo-yo biscuits , fruchocs , the best cornish pasties (orange spot, Glenelg) , and whiting.

Hello RB,

SA also have pie floaters... a meat pie floating on a bed of mushy peas. It seems to be a state with some very high standards of cuisine!

Kind regards
Lionel

the pie floaters were sold outside the railway station , but last time went to buy one they weren't there.

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Den