Serve some German "Wurst" at your summer barbeque!!

Knockwurst as it is made.

Knockwurst( red sausage) and Bratwurst (white sausage)

    

    The Summer is almost here!!  This means it is almost time for a summer barbeque.  How about serving German "wurst" (sausage) instead of those traditional Ballpark Franks this year?  If you try serving German "wurst" you'll probably never serve those Ballpark Franks again.  First, you must learn the many varieties, so you can choose which you will serve.   Some selected popular German "wurst":

• Bratwurst: common veal and pork sausages.
• Knockwurst: common beef and pork sausages that taste similar to the American hotdog.  Known for their garlic flavor.
• Wieners: beef sausages, also common to the American hotdog.
• Weisswurst: veal, pork, parsley and onion sausages.  
• Schweinnswurstel: small veal and pork sausages (taste like a course, mini bratwurst).  The traditional serving is about six of these sausages per person.
• Landjager: fits into the category of summer sausage, these are made differently than most sausages because they are made with almost no water and are smoked.
• Bloodwurst: fits into the cooked wurst category, as these types of sausage are also made differently.  Bloodwurst is made with 70 percent beef and 30 percent pork.  Pork tongue is cooked first, cut up and added to a gelatin, along with pork blood to make this sausage.
• Zigeunerwurst: a spicy sausage made using many different types of pepper, beef and pork.
• Knoblauchwurst: known as the garlic wurst, this sausage is made with beef, pork, pepper and garlic.

         Do you really want to make your barbeque top notch?  Some of the sausages listed can be topped with a traditional German sauce to make them taste even better.  Although Germans use senf (mustard), bratwurst and zigeunerwurst can be topped with either curry sauce or zigeuner sauce (same sauce used on zigeuner schnitzel) to enhance flavor instead of using mustard.  These are both tomato based sauces (use them instead of ketchup).       To order these sausages for your next barbeque, you can search for a local German butcher shop in your town.  If you live in Fort Lauderdale, Chef Hans cooks up many of these daily at his restaurant, The Ambry.  He will also sell them to you for your next barbeque.