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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!
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.
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.
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.
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.
23 comments:
Now I will never know. Video not available in my country......
I wonder why that is. Look for it on YouTube maybe.
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
That was my first thought too.
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.
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They started off making them for their works canteens. They sell surplus.
Thanks for the laugh, Cro. Good job it was the Hamster in there and not Clarkson and his sausage fingers.
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Sorry about the double U. One is enough unless your name is Walter.
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.
I' didn't particularly like the writing on the sausage, but I quite expect they are very good.
He usually gets the worst jobs, but not this time.
Who would have thunk that! Does VW cheat on sausage content like they cheated on fuel consumption?
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.
My very first car was a VW Beetle; it used a lot of fuel too.
I think I would trust the sausages more than most cars.
Well, who'd have thunk it?
It certainly came as a surprise to me!
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.
I do like the Polish 'Kabanos' sausage. I used to be quite addicted to them.
I didn't know that. That is amazing.
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.
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.
We've all learnt something. Life is full of surprises.
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