Monday, March 12, 2007

My Favorite German Tradition

Weisswurstfrühstück!

Weisswurstfrühstück, or a breakfast of white sausages, is one of my very favorite German traditions. The picture of Johannes above pretty much sums up the Weisswurstfrühstück experience: white sausage, wheat beer, and big pretzels. The breakfast/brunch is traditionally served before noon, although I don't think we pulled ourselves together in time for the deadline. Carina and Ari did come over at 11 but it seemed that the only things we had were pretzels and sweet mustard, thus lacking the key ingredients of sausage and beer.


I kind of forgot to take pictures until the breakfast was well underway . . . so it's a bit meager looking. Actually, Weisswurste and co. never really look good . . . they just taste delicious. Also featured on this plate is a pile of white which is Johannes' onion dip -- delicious.


Here Carina executes an excellent Weizen pour. The rule was that you had to drink one beer (1/2 liter) for every pair of sausages that you ate . . . oh my.



The preparation of the pretzels! Big big salt! If you've never had a big German pretzel and you're thinking that it's maybe like big pretzels in America, please think again. They are not comparable.


After our breakfast we went for a short walk in vineyards to, you guessed it, keep drinking beer. The sun was shining and tons of people were out walking, hanging out with family and jogging. We were the only people we saw sitting on a bench with beer . . .

In conclusion, I recommend all of you to come to Germany and have a Weisswurstfrühstück with me. Don't be daunted by how icky Weisswürste look; I can assure you that they are delicious!

4 comments:

al said...

I would very much like to do this with you. So so badly.

Anonymous said...

I'd like to do this with you, too! AGAIN!!!! :-) Didn't you have any pictures, I don't look weird?
:-*

skhl said...

have you tried adding cheese to that combo?

Anonymous said...

Oh I remember our attempted white sausage breakfast fondly...i seem to remember the sausages in question being considered sub-par. The pretzels sure were fabulous though!
On an entirely unrelated note, I have just discovered the term "granfalloon". Isn't it delightful?