It's Time for a Healthy Breakfast

(not Vegetarian friendy)

Ah, Sunday morning brunch. What comes to mind? Coffee. Quiche. Omelets. Fresh fruit. Perhaps a pastry--my personal favorite being the Apple Bear Claw- here called the Apfeltasche (apple bag.) How’s about anemic-looking gray sausage, a pretzel and beer to get the day going? Ummm. Yummy.

And there you have it, folks, the traditional Bavarian breakfast. Weiswurst with sweet mustard, a pretzel and beer. Does the body good. I know it may not sound (or really look) all that appetizing, but I have to say, like anything else, don’t knock in ‘til you try it. Surprisingly, it’s not bad, not bad at all.

There is a little history here behind this scrumptious meal that I thought you might wanna know, just incase you decide to throw this into your Easter brunch delicacies. Apparently, Weiswurst is always served in the morning. There’s an old saying here that this pale sausage should never hear the church bells chime noon. This alluding to the fact that these little beauties aren’t smoked like their other wurst cousins, which makes them a little volatile, not to mention white in color. (Actually they're a little speckled in green too due to parsley or perhaps grass.) In the old days before refrigeration (let’s all take a moment to be thankful for technology) the meat would spoil in the summer before nightfall, so thus—weiswurst fer breakfast! As for the addition of the giant pretzel, mustard and beer, not sure when that was added in, but it truly does make the meal complete. All four food groups are covered: you’ve got your grain, your sausage group, your booze, and…well, can we call mustard a fruit?

Now there are a few different ways of eating this guy. (And this is where I might lose a couple of you.) Tradition states the proper way is ‘zuzeln.’ Aka, sucking. You’re supposed to cut the top off of the casing and then suck the stuffing out. This actually is possible, but I have to say, this is the point where I take the road less traveled. I choose option number two which is to slice the thin casing down the side, peel it back a little, then roll out the sausage. I find this method a little easier and perhaps a little more lady-like. But, to each, their own. I believe there is some kind of third scenario that involves hacking the sausage into bits, but that ones a little hazy for me.

Anyway, should you decide to trade in your Krispy Cremes, now you have an equally healthy option! Guten Appetite!