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Volkswagen Originalteil
- acadapter 4y agoCurry and ketchup is a surprisingly good combination.
- NeoTar 4y agoIt's very popular in Germany - the Currywurst is a German classic: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Currywurst https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Currywurst
- CaptainZapp 4y agoIt's the basis for the world famous Berliner Currywurst. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Currywurst https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Currywurst
- netrus 4y ago"Die Erfindung der Currywurst" by Uwe Timm, which claims that the Currywurst was actually invented in Hamburg, was required reading when I went to high school in Hamburg ;)
- tpmx 4y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Invention_of_Curried_Sausage https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Invention_of_Curried_Sausa... - it's fiction :)
- berkes 4y agoFun curry fact: In the Netherlands and Belgium we often eat curry with fries. Mayo, Curry and raw onions a common topping. Called "speciaal" [1]. Though in other parts, they will use Tomatoketchup (mayo and raw onions) rather than curry. If you ever visit the netherlands, make sure you get one of these. Or better even: frietje oorlog (fries with war). [1] https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friet#Friet_speciaal https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friet#Friet_speciaal
- Lio 4y agoI might try and order these from my local VW garage spares counter to see what they say when the description comes up on the computer. It's probably a standard replacement part for the fridge in a California campervan. It's probably used if (...wait for it...) you go banger racing! Sorry, that joke is the wurst I could come up with.
- RedShift1 4y agoIt's highly unlikely they steamed the sausages at 350 °F. Much more likely they steamed them at 175 °C, which gives the sausages that little bit more zest.
- Lio 4y agoYeah that is definitely a metric sausage. Deserves a litre of beer.
- rob74 4y agoOr half a litre. But definitely not a pint.
- joezydeco 4y agoI'm curious how this was done at standard atmosphere.
- HPsquared 4y agoNot at equilibrium, sausages are cooler then the (steamy) air.
- joezydeco 4y agoIn an open atmosphere, steam is 212F/100C (slightly less for higher altitudes). The point is "steam" doesn't exist at 350F unless it's in a pressure cooker. It's a valid preparation technique but not common in German kitchens from my experience.
- oasisbob 4y agoSteam exists at 350 degrees in the same way bread can be cooked at 350 degrees and come out moist. The bad assumption here is that all the water flashes off instantly, or that the temperature isn't referring to the thing you're cooking.
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- weissbier 4y agoI once was assigned to a project at Volkswagen and had the opportunity to eat at their canteen. First of all, the quality of the canteen at Volkswagen is top notch, every day you could a wide variety of meals, a lot of different vegetables and salads. The only meal that was the same every day was the Currywurst made with the original Volkswagen sausage and fries. They even sold them prepackaged at the canteen. With Volkswagen branding.
- biosboiii 4y agoI don't know at which plant you worked at, but that sadly is not true anymore. They are still being sold pre-packaged, there even was a vegan sausage once, I sadly did not buy it and since then I have never seen it again.
- bowsamic 4y agoCurrywurst is something that I find kinda meh every time I eat it and yet I am always craving it
- martin_a 4y agoWhere do you get yours? I've been disappointed by some Currywurt dishes, too. I think there are lots of factors for a good Currywurst, but when you've got old friends and a cold beer at one of the parties in your hometown together, it often is okay...
- bowsamic 4y agoBasically everywhere. Honestly the texture of the meat is pretty unappealing. It's obviously always quite moist and squeaky, but I'm English so I'm used to a chunky sausage meat. I've tried everything from a proper Döner place, to a microwave pack, to a Jazz fair which has proper crispy skin and came with great curly fries, to the best reviewed one in Hamburg near the Reeperbahn, and some of those were really good, but the actual basic product of "squeaky homogenous German sausage" is generally just not a great thing. Yet somehow I always crave it, and have got it quite often.
- lm28469 4y agoI see it like the bigmac I get once a decade while going home drunk at 3am and everything else is closed. It's good when your body is in junkfood craving mode but I would never get that if I have another choice. And that's in Berlin, supposedly the best place to eat these. It's a hot dog sausage with ketchup and curry, you can only go so far with that combination
- lm28469 4y agoA single serving probably gives you close to your daily needs in fat and salt with a good portion of sugar too so yeah, literally addictive
- virtualritz 4y agoContains a typical spelling mistake you find suprisingly often in English text when using German words. Swapping 'ie' to 'ei'. In this case 'Weiner' (wrong, someone who is crying) instead of 'Wiener' (correct, a type of sausage). One I've seen the other day is 'Kreigsmarine' instead of 'Kriegsmarine'. Anyone knows why this happens?
- WalterBright 4y ago> Anyone knows why this happens? Because ie is pronounced aye in English, and eeeee in German. And ei is pronounced eeeee in English, and aye in German.
- 6581 4y ago> Because ie is pronounced aye in English Grief? Tier? Thief?
- WalterBright 4y agoEnglish spelling always has exceptions, partly because so many words come from foreign languages. The word "thief", for example, comes from an Old German word.
- thechao 4y agoKnight: pronounced similar to the Monty Python sketch. In fact a lot of "weird" English orthography is just dialectic drift after orthographic ossification.
- wizofaus 4y agoList of ie words sorted by commonness (*): https://onelook.com/?w=*ie*&scwo=1&sswo=1&ssbp=1 https://onelook.com/?w=*ie*&scwo=1&sswo=1&ssbp=1 Not sure I'd be in a rush to say "aye" was the default pronunciation. At best it may be marginally the single most common one. (*) meaning the number of dictionaries the word is found in, not frequency of usage.
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- haunter 4y agoThey actually changed the product recently and now there is a smaller variant too https://e-center-knauer.edeka-shops.de/en/all-products/chilled-products/cold-meat/sausages/volkswagen-currybockwurst-5x170g-zid4033362301009 https://e-center-knauer.edeka-shops.de/en/all-products/chill... https://e-center-knauer.edeka-shops.de/en/all-products/chilled-products/cold-meat/sausages/volkswagen-currybockwurst-6x85g-zid4033362300279 https://e-center-knauer.edeka-shops.de/en/all-products/chill...
- marban 4y agoFact of the day: Wiener are strictly called Frankfurter in Vienna because their inventor was a German who moved to Austria.
- haunter 4y agoBologna sausage is Lyoner (from Lyon) [0] in german, and parizer (from Paris) [1] in hungarian 0, https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyoner https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyoner 1, https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parizer https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parizer
- DocTomoe 4y agoIronically, Frankfurter in Germany refers to another kind of sausage made of beef (originally invented to circumvent jewish food laws against consuming pork), which has absolutely nothing to do with Wiener (or vienna "Frankfurter")
- the_mitsuhiko 4y agoEven weirder fact: at the time it was not legal to mix pork and beef in Germany because there were different trade licenses for both meet types. Supposedly mixing in beef was thus first done in Vienna.
- Torwald 4y agoThe dominant Portuguese manufacturer Nobre has adopted the Austrian notation. e.g. https://www.emporiopt.ch/content/uploads/2021/08/salsichanobrelata-4.jpg https://www.emporiopt.ch/content/uploads/2021/08/salsichanob...
- jansan 4y agoTheir ketchup has part number ZDK 259 101. They had the best curry ketchup ever, but for some obscure reason changed the supplier and recipe in 2018. Now it is just a curry ketchup like any other. Like the McDonald's szechuan sauce this is a great motivation to invent a time machine. You can purchase the new one directly from Amazon if you desire: https://www.amazon.de/VOLKSWAGEN-Gew%C3%BCrz-Ketchup-Original-Volkswagen/dp/B0080GS4WW https://www.amazon.de/VOLKSWAGEN-Gew%C3%BCrz-Ketchup-Origina...
- ChrisMarshallNY 4y agoThose sound delicious! I wish there were a way to get them, other than buying a car (I like VWs, but don't need one). [UPDATE]: Maybe you can get them separate: https://e-center-knauer.edeka-shops.de/en/all-products/chilled-products/cold-meat/sausages/volkswagen-currybockwurst-5x170g-zid4033362301009 https://e-center-knauer.edeka-shops.de/en/all-products/chill...
- peter_l_downs 4y agoCar manufacturers have all sorts of fun products. Check out the Volvo Sound CD 9512935 featuring such hits as "sinus sweep" and "the final countdown" https://www.volvooempartsdirect.com/oem-parts/volvo-sound-cd-9512935 https://www.volvooempartsdirect.com/oem-parts/volvo-sound-cd... https://jalopnik.com/volvo-once-released-an-entire-album-of-squeaks-rattles-1797654643 https://jalopnik.com/volvo-once-released-an-entire-album-of-... https://www.discogs.com/release/11949117-Various-Sound-CD-Volvo https://www.discogs.com/release/11949117-Various-Sound-CD-Vo...
- noisem4ker 4y agoIt seems to me that Jalopnik article is entirely based on a misunderstanding of what actually is on that CD. I get it's meant to put the sound system under stress in a controlled way, in order to _trigger_ the squeaks and rattles the customer laments during regular usage; it's not actually a recording of squeaks and rattles. "Another 100% correct hot take"? Way to miss the point entirely.
- lm28469 4y agoPeugeot also makes all kind of kitchenware: https://fr.peugeot-saveurs.com https://fr.peugeot-saveurs.com And bicycles: https://cycles.peugeot.fr https://cycles.peugeot.fr
- hef19898 4y agoBoth of which are great!
- WalterBright 4y agoBoeing used to make furniture and canoes in order to keep their skilled wood and metal workers from being laid off during slow times.
- sitkack 4y agoThey should do that again.
- cemoktra 4y agoIts one of the best currywurst available in germany
- pflenker 4y agoFun Trivia: When Volkswagen announced that their canteen would offer vegetarian and vegan alternatives, Germany's ex chancellor Schröder made the headlines with deriding this decision and calling the sausage the "Kraftriegel der Arbeiter" (worker's power bar).
- rqtwteye 4y agoSchröder makes every possible effort to make himself look stupid. He probably should have some currywurst with his buddy Putin.
- Bewelge 4y agoHad to check this and it turns out that what you're saying is not quite correct: The canteen stopped serving meat altogether which meant that the famous "VW-Currywurst" wouldn't be available anymore. That's what Schröder complained about, not the availability of vegan alternatives. He actually praised those in the same sentence.
- johannes1234321 4y agoTo be precise: One of three or four canteens on the main site was affected. So there still was alternative.
- ad404b8a372f2b9 4y agoAssuming 90:10 meat eaters to vegetarians, and a reduction of 25% of the capacity, 15% of workers who are meat eaters will have to eat at the vegetarian canteen.
- googlryas 4y agoYes, but meat eaters may choose to eat a vegetarian meal on any given day. 15% seems like a plausible figure - meat eaters choosing 1 day a week to eat a vegetarian meal.
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- rjmunro 4y agoRichard Hammond visited the factory: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5h24Fw23kRs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5h24Fw23kRs
- dang 4y agoRelated: Volkswagen Originalteil Sausages - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19611673 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19611673 - April 2019 (22 comments) I feel like there have been other threads about this...anyone?
- adjagu 4y agoFrom Sept 1, 2021 there was "Volkswagen to stop making its best-selling product: VW-branded sausages" from the Register -- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28379815 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28379815 -- 0 Comments at the time.
- WalterBright 4y agoWhen I worked at Boeing, the coffee machine had a MIL SPEC taped to it that properly explained the procedure in making regulation milspec coffee. (Mil specs are analogous to a having a standard library of subroutines. Engineers don't have to re-invent how to lubricate a bearing or tighten a bolt or cad plate a part, they just specify the relevant mil spec.)
- dhosek 4y agoOne of my first jobs included typesetting MSDSes¹ from a database. One of the things we had an MSDS for was water. ⸻ 1. Material Safety Data Sheet. These are most commonly provided for the assorted potentially hazardous chemicals in industrial use.
- wolrah 4y agoHey now, that dihydrogen monoxide is dangerous stuff. Extended contact with the solid form can cause severe injury, and the gaseous form in significant quantities doesn't even need extended contact, it does its damage almost immediately. Even the relatively safe and stable liquid form can be deadly if drank in significant quantity or inhaled in even small quantities, and a person submerged in it for even a few minutes without special equipment is in a bad spot.
- toast0 4y agoNot to mention it's made with rocket fuel. And they put this stuff in our schools! For shame.
- mhh__ 4y agoThere's an ISO standard for tea, too
- jet_32951 4y agoAnd an ANSI standard (ANSI K100.1-1974) for dry martinis.
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