This is canned wieners with little bits of congealed stuff stuck to them, kind of like the little girl in "Poltergeist" when she was finally pulled from the Closet of Satan and came out covered in gelatinous goo. I found one in which Nathan Jenkins, who pronounces them "Vie-een-ah" sausages, advises people to open the pop top carefully so as not to "flick the juice out" because "we don't want to waste that precious juice." Then he drinks the juice! From the can! I'm sorry, y'all, but this is not a Del Monte fruit cup.
VIENNA SAUSAGE HOW TO
Then there are the "tutorials" on YouTube that tell us how to eat them.
Nope, those folks are serious about their sausages and would never deign to have anything to do with a canned wiener made from separated chickens. Turns out, fisher-people don't even mind licking the Vienna sausage brine off their fingers after handling the bass because the combination is pretty yummy.Īmericans love Vie-eeny weenies so much, we can buy collectible wares such as "I (heart) Vienna Sausage" trucker caps ($18.95 from ), throw pillows featuring personified wieners ($22.54 from ), and even car tags ($11.90 from ).īut guess what? According to Viennese people who responded on a TripAdvisor forum, our kind of Vienna sausages are not eaten in Austria. They are also great to take when you go fishing, as I discovered on numerous online forums ( like this one) describing them as the perfect bass-fishing accompaniment. They are sometimes spiced up with hot sauce or ketchup, sliced for sandwiches (to prevent rolling), paired with saltine crackers, or served on toothpicks at parties – although no kind of parties I've ever attended. The canned versions are made largely with pork or "separated chicken."Īlthough Vienna sausages did not originate in the South, we Southerners apparently have a special place in our hearts and our language for them. In about 1903, at least in the U.S., "Vienna sausage" came to refer to tiny sausages similar to hot dogs, only disturbingly flesh colored. (Turns out, the word "wiener" is German for Viennese). but I decided to give it a whirl anyway.Ī couple of housekeeping details first: Vienna sausages apparently originated in Austria as actual sausages, parboiled meats in a casing. Obviously, this subject requires intellect and finesse. The subject of the pronunciation of these tiny fingers of meat byproducts came up not long ago and I realized it was high time someone waxed poetic on the subject of Vie-een-ah sausages. I even heard them referred to as Vie-een-er sausages, although maybe that was just because it rhymed with "wiener." If I'd run into anyone who pronounced it Vee-in-ah, I'd've reckoned they weren't from around these parts … and that they were feeling just a little too big for their britches. My Granddaddy Gray, a fan of the little fellers, called them Vie-een-ah sausages.
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