Thursday 30 January 2020

Volkswagen Sausages.


Did you know that Volkswagen made sausages? No, nor did I.

And yes, I do occasionally eat such sausages with Choucroute, but I never buy them with 'Originalteil' written on the casings; which I believe could translate as 'Original Spare Parts'. Whatever next!



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23 comments:

  1. Susan Heather30 January 2020 at 05:13

    Now I will never know. Video not available in my country......

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    1. Cro Magnon30 January 2020 at 05:50

      I wonder why that is. Look for it on YouTube maybe.

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  2. Jacqueline @ HOME30 January 2020 at 07:07

    if It wasn’t for the fact that we are in January, I might have thought it was an April fool ... if just doesn’t seem right somehow 🤣 XXXX

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    1. Cro Magnon30 January 2020 at 07:18

      That was my first thought too.

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    2. Ursula30 January 2020 at 08:50

      No, no, Jacqueline, you don't understand the German soul (which is, probably, shaped like a sausage). To Germans two things are holy. Cars and, well, sausages. And beer, come to think of it - if you are a man.

      So there you go, perfection which is at the heart of German technology (don't tell the Japanese) combined with the other national ambition, namely that of efficiency. What's more efficient than two diverse German products rolling off the production line side by side, under the same roof? And they say Germans don't have a sense of humour.

      Vorsprung durch Technik.

      U

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    3. Cro Magnon30 January 2020 at 09:00

      Sausages are certainly a German obsession. One of the best I had there was from a small underpass stall at Frankfort railway station. It was delicious.

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    4. Gwil30 January 2020 at 18:36

      A Greenpeace Survey published in an Austrian paper a week or two ago reported that 88% of meat sold in German supermarkets is of low quality. On a scale of quality from 1-4 only 12% of supermarket meat reached standard 3 or 4 (4 being best). There’s a fair amount of gammelfleish out there. Be careful what you eat.

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  3. Rachel Phillips30 January 2020 at 08:51

    They started off making them for their works canteens. They sell surplus.

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    1. Cro Magnon30 January 2020 at 09:01

      I' didn't particularly like the writing on the sausage, but I quite expect they are very good.

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  4. Ursula30 January 2020 at 08:53

    Thanks for the laugh, Cro. Good job it was the Hamster in there and not Clarkson and his sausage fingers.

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    1. Ursula30 January 2020 at 08:55

      Sorry about the double U. One is enough unless your name is Walter.

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    2. Cro Magnon30 January 2020 at 09:02

      He usually gets the worst jobs, but not this time.

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  5. Anonymous30 January 2020 at 11:07

    Who would have thunk that! Does VW cheat on sausage content like they cheated on fuel consumption?

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    1. Cro Magnon30 January 2020 at 13:00

      My very first car was a VW Beetle; it used a lot of fuel too.

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    2. Gwil30 January 2020 at 18:39

      My second car was a Beetle. Could never get the heater boxes to work. In winter had to drive with a blanket over my legs. My first car a Morris Oxford - sublime. My friend had a Ford Consul - even more sublime.

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  6. Starting Over, Accepting Changes - Maybe30 January 2020 at 12:09

    We were one of those who believed VW about their Diesel car. We gave their car back to them. Not sure I would trust their sausages.

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    1. Cro Magnon30 January 2020 at 13:02

      I think I would trust the sausages more than most cars.

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  7. Graham Edwards30 January 2020 at 13:42

    Well, who'd have thunk it?

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  8. Adrian Ward30 January 2020 at 14:29

    We can now get, by courtesy of Lidl, Polish sausage some are tan coloured and some whiteish they are good and cheap. Go well sliced into a pasta dish.

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    1. Cro Magnon30 January 2020 at 15:37

      I do like the Polish 'Kabanos' sausage. I used to be quite addicted to them.

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  9. Liz Hinds30 January 2020 at 15:46

    I didn't know that. That is amazing.

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    1. Cro Magnon31 January 2020 at 04:28

      We've all learnt something. Life is full of surprises.

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