Zabel Family Adventures: Weisswurst Frühstück

We'd seen Bavarians do it, but we'd cringe and look away.

We'd hear our German friends talk about it, but we'd pretend we didn't understand.

We knew it would catch up with us eventually, and eventually it did. We had no trips planned and nothing penciled in our social calendar, so when Jeff's fun coworker Human invited us to our first official Weisswurst Frühstück, we had no other excuse but to say, "Ja!"

Weisswurst is not for the faint of heart, especially vegetarian faints of heart. A true Bavarian Weisswurst Frühstück consists of strings of white sausages served in the water they were boiled in, Weissbier, brezn, great mustard, and great friends. All before 10 a.m. -- it's breakfast!

We had all the ingredients . . . so we dug in . . .

Well, we didn't quite dig in Bavarian style. You see, a true Bavarian would take a Weisswurst, bite off the end of the casing, and squeeze its contents into his/her mouth. Our table opted to take a more Emily Post approach to our frühstück and use utensils instead.

Jeff and I were nervous Weisswurst eaters on a maiden frühstück voyage, so we gave the entire table and waiter a good laugh when we each ordered one. "Eins?" All the gentlemen in our party had ordered at least two if not three! We had to see if we'd like it first before ordering more. Those silly Americans, such skeptics . . .