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A bratwurst (pronounced (help·info) ) is a sausage usually composed of veal, pork or beef. The name is German, derived from Old High German brätwurst , from brät- , which is finely chopped meat and -wurst , or sausage. Though the brat in bratwurst describes the way the sausages are made, it is often misconstrued to be derived from the German verb "braten", which means to pan fry or roast. Bratwurst are usually grilled and sometimes cooked in broth or beer.

Eating practices and traditions

Germany

How the sausage is served varies by region. In Thuringia, it is often eaten with hot German mustard in a bread roll or Brötchen. There and further south, the bratwurst is often served "pinched" in a bread roll, much like a forerunner of the American hot dog in a bun. It is a very popular form of "fast food" in German-speaking countries, often cooked and sold from small stands and street vendors. Recipes for the sausage can also vary; some sources list over forty different varieties of German bratwurst.

A giant wurst-and-bun statue can be found at the main intersection of Holzhausen, the location of the German Bratwurst Museum ( Deutsches Bratwurstmuseum ). The museum, run by the Friends of Thuringian Bratwurst, opened in 2006 and is devoted only to the Thuringian sausage.

The oldest document in the museum mentions bratwurst for the first time in 1404 in Thuringia. In 1410 followed the County of Katzenelnbogen.

Regional variations

Belgium and the Netherlands

The Dutch braadworst or saucijs is a largely different sausage, made of pork, usually in the form of a long curled up sausage. Though superficially similar to the German word Bratwurst the etymology is different; in Dutch it means (pan)-fried sausage . Usually it is fried in butter and eaten with mayonnaise or with Dutch or Dijon mustard.

In the United States

The Bratwurst was popularized in Sheboygan County, Wisconsin in the 1920's. In general, each local butcher shop would take orders and hand make bratwurst fresh to be picked up on a particular day. The fat content of the sausages was substantial, making it necessary to avoid spoilage. Much of the fat was removed during the cooking over charcoal. Usually one kept a pan of cold water handy to the grill, so it was easy to dip one's fingers in and fling the water onto the flames caused by the burning of the excess fat.

The bratwurst (or "brat") also became popular as a mainstay of sports stadiums after Bill Sperling introduced brats to major league baseball in Milwaukee County Stadium in 1953. The brats were such a hit, Sperling said, that Duke Snider of the Brooklyn Dodgers took a case back to New York, and the rest is history.

See also

• Bockwurst
• Sausage Race
• Blood sausage
• Wurst mart
• Bratwurst Recipes

References

1. ^ "LEO Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch" . http://dict.leo.org/ende?lp=ende&lang=de&searchLoc=0&cmpType=relaxed&sectHdr=on&spellToler=on&chinese=both&pinyin=diacritic&search=braten&relink=on . Retrieved 2009-04-09 .  
2. ^ Whtilock, Craig (2007-12-02). "Germans Take Pride in the Wurst". The Washington Post.  
3. ^ http://www.graf-von-katzenelnbogen.de/bratwurst.html 600 Years Bratwurst in Katzenelnbogen
4. ^ http://www.germanfoodguide.com/bratwurst.cfm German Food Guide
5. ^ "Commission of the European Commission Regulation (EC) No 1257/2003" . http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CELEX:32003R1257:EN:NOT . Retrieved 2009-04-18 .  
6. ^ "most often Born Mustard" . http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Born_Feinkost .  

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