Kale and Pinkelwurst

A current Google search gets about 70 hits for Pinklewurst vs. over 1100 for Pinkelwurst (mostly auf Deutsch). Themes range all the way from lyrics to a song (Kale and Pinkelwurst, Kale and Pinkelwurst, my heart cries for Kale and Pinkelwurst....) to fictional characters (Otto von Pinkelwurst) to recipes and restaurant reviews.  There are also quite a few other sites where you may purchase the North German sausage. 

Only a few years ago I never heard of Pinkelwurst and for that matter neither did many of my friends of German extraction.  My introduction came in a form of a sit down dinner at the American Turners of New York (ATNY).  ATNY celebrated their 20th K & P February 3rd 2007.  The date has pretty much been established as the Sunday before the football Super Bowl.  You can be sure that it will be well attended next year.

Some say it's a traditional Christmas time dish.  Others say it was traditional fare during the hard times when the sausage contained more barley grain than meat.  Whatever the origin, the Kale and Pinkelwurst as featured at the ATNY is a festive event with emphasis on good food and Gemuetlichkeit.

Many thanks to Peter Sammer of ATNY for taking the photos on the right and sharing them with us.