A Taste Of Germany

Sometimes I eat things just to make people jealous.  I generally aim for making the masses jealous.  This time, I was able to appease Boy's love of all things hotdog and target my jealousy campaign at one friend in particular, who I will call Jealous Dude to protect his identity.   I've been making a ridiculously large number of batches of sauerkraut due to cabbage showing up in my CSA crate repeatedly.  Jealous Dude has repeatedly threatened me with needing a saukerkraut tasting due to his unhealthy obsession with sauerkraut.  Claims that he will bring the brats have not come to fruition and so, after a long day of kayaking, mini-golfing, salsa dancing, and parkour training, I decided it was time for my tribute to Germany.

I went to Balducci's on a whim.  Mostly because it was on the way home from the park and because I knew it was supposed to be a fancy grocery store.  Fancier and more outrageously expensive than Whole Foods.  But I knew that I needed to find a brat and buns worthy of my homemade sauerkraut.  Balducci's did not fail me. 

We chose Binkert's Bauernwurst on the recommendation of the meat counter guy, a beef and pork mixed brat which incorporates mustard into the seasoning mix.  The whole wheat buns were hearty and looked like they could stand up to the brats.  A dollop of spicy brown mustard and some grilled sweet corn from my CSA crate rounded out the meal and my plans for delicious, amazing, perfectly balanced German amazingness was complete.