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Old 15-11-2012, 22:13
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I brought a German hotdog from a stall today. They had red and white sausages, I chose red and to be honest I wasn't sure what was in it. In some ways it tasted like a large hot dog (like those ones you get in tins) could have been any processed s**t. So are German sausages actually very good on the whole?
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Old 15-11-2012, 22:44
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I brought a German hotdog from a stall today. They had red and white sausages, I chose red and to be honest I wasn't sure what was in it. In some ways it tasted like a large hot dog (like those ones you get in tins) could have been any processed s**t. So are German sausages actually very good on the whole?
Whenever I've been in Germany, I've always tried whatever sort of sausage is the local one to where I am. Some are lovely and some I've thought were not so lovely.
It' a matter of personal taste I suppose

Though I can't say I'd consider it particularly surprising to buy a hotdog, then think it tasted like a hotdog.
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Old 15-11-2012, 22:46
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Whenever I've been in Germany, I've always tried whatever sort of sausage is the local one to where I am. Some are lovely and some I've thought were not so lovely.
It' a matter of personal taste I suppose

Though I can't say I'd consider it particularly surprising to buy a hotdog, then think it tasted like a hotdog.
What I mean is that I was buying a proper Sausage that had been grilled on a fire not one of those boiled hot dogs you get. However it did taste somewhat similar. Maybe it was the smokiness.
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Old 15-11-2012, 23:08
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German sausages tend to use fairly high-quality meat.

What tends to make them a disappointment to people who are, perhaps, used to British sausages (which tend to be a bit more "herby") or continental varieties, such as chorizo, is that their taste is quite mild and subtle.

Their pork tends to be younger than here, and they use a lot of veal. They are usually (not always) quite finely minced. Their sausages are very lightly seasoned, and I don't think their herbs go much beyond a bit of parsley if you're lucky. Also they go for boiled sausages a lot, or ones par-cooked by boiling.

Add those factors together and you often get a rather anemic taste (and texture), to British taste-buds at any rate. The Germans often compensate by eating them with mustard - they have a sweet mustard over there which is quite nice.

Try to look for the darker-looking sausages when you're over there. I tend to ignore the generic Bratwurst, Extrawurst, Milzwurst, Weisswurst (especially ones sold by those street places, which are everywhere) and those sort of things.
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Old 15-11-2012, 23:29
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I suppose I'm really concerned with quality. I just wondered if there were weird additives added to their sausages or how processed they are.
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Old 15-11-2012, 23:33
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I suppose I'm really concerned with quality. I just wondered if there were weird additives added to their sausages or how processed they are.
How long is a bit of string? Like here, they will run the whole spectrum in those regards.
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Old 15-11-2012, 23:51
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They're the same as over here, i.e. you get what you pay for.
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Old 16-11-2012, 08:23
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They're the same as over here, i.e. you get what you pay for.
Very true. Always find it strange when people bang on how great German sausages are, when the cheap ones there are just as bad as the cheap ones here.
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Old 16-11-2012, 16:44
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Were they 'German' or just 'German style'. Really most hot dogs are a version of a German sausage. It just depends on the quality, the same as every other type of sausage.

The two main ones to me are bockwurst (red) and bratwurst (white). Most hot dogs will probably be a version of bockwurst.


LIDL used to sell fresh bockwurst. They were great. Tasted like 'proper' sausages and had a distinct snap to them unlike the limp jarred type.
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