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Bockwurst is a
Bockwurst is a German
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sausage traditionally made from ground veal and pork (tending more towards veal, unlike bratwurst
Bratwurst () is a type of German sausage made from pork or, less commonly, beef or veal. The name is derived from the Old High German ''Brätwurst'', from ''brät-'', finely chopped meat, and ''Wurst'', sausage, although in modern German it is of ...
). Bockwurst is flavored with salt, white pepper and paprika. Other herbs, such as marjoram
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, chives
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and parsley, are also often added and, in Germany, bockwurst is often smoked
Smoking is the process of flavoring, browning, cooking, or preserving food by exposing it to smoke from burning or smoldering material, most often wood. Meat, fish, and ''lapsang souchong'' tea are often smoked.
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as well.
Bockwurst was originally said to have been eaten with bock beer. In Bavaria
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and Berlin it was sold during the bock beer season. Nowadays, it can be bought all year round almost everywhere in Germany in Butcher's shops, cheaper restaurants, snack bar
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Description
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s, food booth A food kiosk or food booth (also food stand, temporary food service facility) is generally a temporary structure used to prepare and sell food to the general public, usually where large groups of people are situated outdoors in a park, at a parade ...
s, some bakeries
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and gas stations.
As a natural casing sausage it is usually cooked by simmering or steaming
Steaming is a method of cooking using steam. This is often done with a food steamer, a kitchen appliance made specifically to cook food with steam, but food can also be steamed in a wok. In the American southwest, steam pits used for cooking ha ...
although it may also be grilled. Boiling is avoided as the casing may split open and the bockwurst may look unappetizing and loses flavor to the cooking water.
A usual portion consists of one bockwurst with mustard and a bread roll
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or potato salad
Potato salad is a salad dish made from boiled potatoes, usually containing a dressing and a variety of other ingredients such as boiled eggs and raw vegetables.
In the United States, it is generally considered a side dish and usually accompanie ...
on a plate. Sometimes, however, the bockwurst is served directly in the bread roll and covered with mustard. In some regions of Germany potato soup is served with bockwurst.
Bockwursts made in America, also from veal and pork, bear more resemblance to the Bavarian Weisswurst
A Weisswurst ( German ''Weißwurst'' , literally ''white sausage''; bar, Weißwuascht) is a traditional Bavarian sausage made from minced veal and pork back bacon. It is usually flavored with parsley, lemon, mace, onions, ginger and cardamom ...
in color and taste, albeit parsley is rarely used in this version.
History
The "Bockwurst" was first mentioned in Bavaria in 1827. Nevertheless, an urban legend in Berlin claims that it was invented in 1889 by restaurant owner R. Scholtz of Berlin.See also
* List of pork dishes * List of sausages * List of smoked foods * List of veal dishesReferences
Cooked sausages German sausages Veal dishes Berlin cuisine Smoked meat {{germany-sausage-stub