German Sausage

German Sausage!! German sausages are famous around the world. There are more than 1500 different varieties of sausage nationwide, including regionally typical specialities. Fresh sausage, scalded sausage, cooked sausage and ham are the four main groups of sausage. Germans eat about 67 lbs of meat and sausage products per person per year.

Germans have been making sausages for centuries using methods passed down through the generations. Each region in Germany developed different sausage-making methods which explains the numerous regional ham and sausage specialities. Such regional specialties as "Thuringian Rotwurst", "Munich Weisswurst", “Nürnberger Bratwürstchen” or Black Forest ham are not just only eaten in the regions where they originated. They have also become famous and popular all over Germany and indeed all over the world.
Depending on how they are made, sausages in Germany are called Brühwurst (scalded sausage), Kochwurst (cooked sausage) and Rohwurst (fresh sausage).In Germany 60 percent of all sausages manufactured are the scalded type Scalded sausage is made from raw pork or beef, bacon and finely crushed ice. These ingredients are finely minced in the cutter and mixed with salt, pepper and other spices, such as coriander, paprika, nutmeg, ginger and cardamom, depending on the type of sausage to be produced. The name "scalded sausage" (Brühwurst) comes from the fact that these sausages are scalded in hot water or steam. All scalded sausage varieties are fresh sausage products. The most common types of scalded sausage are: Fleischwurst, Bierwurst, Jagdwurst, Bierschinken, Paprikawurst and Zigeunerwurst (literally: gypsy sausage) and Bierschinken.
You can purchase sausages in any nearby local food deli.
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