Comments on: Do you know where Bockwurst comes from? http://www.cane.com/index.php/2010/02/do-you-know-where-bockwurst-comes-from/ The life and times of the Canes Wed, 14 Sep 2011 23:19:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Chris Cane http://www.cane.com/index.php/2010/02/do-you-know-where-bockwurst-comes-from/comment-page-1/#comment-300 Chris Cane Fri, 27 May 2011 10:40:49 +0000 http://www.cane.com/?p=791#comment-300 Found an interesting read at http://jewlib.www.jewlib.freebase.com/view/en/bockwurst where it says "Bockwurst is a kind of German sausage invented in 1889 by restaurant owner R. Scholtz of Berlin. It is one of the most popular varieties within Germany, and can be found abroad. The sausage is traditionally made from ground veal and pork (tending more towards veal, unlike bratwurst). In modern Germany, however, it is made from different types of ground meat, such as pork, lamb, turkey, chicken and in rare cases even from horse meat. In Northern Germany there is also a version of bockwurst which is made from fish. Bockwurst is flavored with salt, white pepper and paprika. Other spices, such as chives and parsley, are often also added and in Germany itself bockwurst is often smoked as well. Bockwurst was originally eaten with bock beer and it is usually served with mustard. A natural casing sausage, it is usually cooked by simmering although it may also be grilled" Found an interesting read at http://jewlib.www.jewlib.freebase.com/view/en/bockwurst where it says “Bockwurst is a kind of German sausage invented in 1889 by restaurant owner R. Scholtz of Berlin. It is one of the most popular varieties within Germany, and can be found abroad. The sausage is traditionally made from ground veal and pork (tending more towards veal, unlike bratwurst). In modern Germany, however, it is made from different types of ground meat, such as pork, lamb, turkey, chicken and in rare cases even from horse meat. In Northern Germany there is also a version of bockwurst which is made from fish. Bockwurst is flavored with salt, white pepper and paprika. Other spices, such as chives and parsley, are often also added and in Germany itself bockwurst is often smoked as well. Bockwurst was originally eaten with bock beer and it is usually served with mustard. A natural casing sausage, it is usually cooked by simmering although it may also be grilled”

]]> By: Chris Cane http://www.cane.com/index.php/2010/02/do-you-know-where-bockwurst-comes-from/comment-page-1/#comment-299 Chris Cane Fri, 27 May 2011 10:33:29 +0000 http://www.cane.com/?p=791#comment-299 Hi Michael, Your answer disagrees a little with that now found in Wikipedia as the Wikipedia says "Bockwurst is a kind of German sausage invented in 1889 by restaurant owner R. Scholtz of Berlin." Your answer does agree with an email I received from Jeannette Jacobs of Meica in Germany saying "Legend has it that the bockwurst originated in Einbeck, Lower Saxony, because the famous local “Ainpockisch Beer“ was often served with a tender, juicy boiled sausage – a bockwurst! Meica’s Bockwurst is available in a natural casing that has a nice bite to it. Meica’s Saftbockwurst, on the other hand, comes without casing – skinless." I'm guessing that your research is coming close to the facts. Well done! Hi Michael,
Your answer disagrees a little with that now found in Wikipedia as the Wikipedia says “Bockwurst is a kind of German sausage invented in 1889 by restaurant owner R. Scholtz of Berlin.”

Your answer does agree with an email I received from Jeannette Jacobs of Meica in Germany saying “Legend has it that the bockwurst originated in Einbeck, Lower Saxony, because the famous local “Ainpockisch Beer“ was often served with a tender, juicy boiled sausage – a bockwurst! Meica’s Bockwurst is available in a natural casing that has a nice bite to it. Meica’s Saftbockwurst, on the other hand, comes without casing – skinless.”

I’m guessing that your research is coming close to the facts. Well done!

]]> By: Michael Selk http://www.cane.com/index.php/2010/02/do-you-know-where-bockwurst-comes-from/comment-page-1/#comment-297 Michael Selk Fri, 27 May 2011 00:50:21 +0000 http://www.cane.com/?p=791#comment-297 Ok, here you go: "Bockwurst" has nothing to do with the male deer, called "Bock" in German. Bockwurst is called like that, because this "Wurst" was accompanied by "Bockbier", a very strong type of beer, which was first brewed in the northern German Town of "Einbeck". The bavarian Kings liked the northern German beer from the town of Einbeck very much, so the master brewer from Einbeck was asked to do his magic at some of the bavarian castles (around 1550) and he brought of course his beer with him. He called it "Ainpöckisch" beer, which means something like "beer from Einbeck". The bavarian dialekt formed this word "Ainpöckisch" over the decades to "Bock", so "Bock" is referring to beer, that originated around the 1500s in the town of Einbeck. That's it :) Ok, here you go:
“Bockwurst” has nothing to do with the male deer, called “Bock” in German. Bockwurst is called like that, because this “Wurst” was accompanied by “Bockbier”, a very strong type of beer, which was first brewed in the northern German Town of “Einbeck”. The bavarian Kings liked the northern German beer from the town of Einbeck very much, so the master brewer from Einbeck was asked to do his magic at some of the bavarian castles (around 1550) and he brought of course his beer with him. He called it “Ainpöckisch” beer, which means something like “beer from Einbeck”. The bavarian dialekt formed this word “Ainpöckisch” over the decades to “Bock”, so “Bock” is referring to beer, that originated around the 1500s in the town of Einbeck.
That’s it :)

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