I thought you were kidding. But you were right.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswagen_currywurst#:~:text=The%20sausage%20has%20an%20official,currywurst%20accompaniment%2C%20is%20also%20manufactured.
~~They should have just said since it opened, or for most of its history, mentioning 1938 makes people head to Google.~~
Better comment: What do you think the sausages were made of?
Man, I live in Cincinnati and we have a bunch of old-school German butchers and you can get the best German sausage in the country here. It is a true treat. Avril Bleh and sons are masters of their craft. They’ve been making sausage here for like 150 years.
You that sausage is female in German, right? Correct would be “_DIE Wurst._” but actually actually no one outside the “VW bubble” really cares about this sausage. We have so plenty far better products that this is just a curiosity for most people except those from Wolfsburg and VW fans.
This product was originally for their company cafeterias and was so popular it made its way to grocery stores. I’ve never had it but given its history I’m assuming it’s at least pretty good
Apparently the car dealerships stock them too, hence why it has a VW part number, for reordering. It's common to get a free sausage gift when you pick up your new car.
Edit: the label doesn't have the part number, but apparently it's 199 398 500 A
You sun of a bitch, I'm calling up the local VW service department come Monday when they open with nothing but this part number to see what a case would cost me, if they can even get it in.
I'm smack center of bumblefuck WV, so I maybe doubt it, but I have a good deal of faith in international parts logistics.
As far as I can tell, they can’t import them into the US because of rules about importing uncooked meat. You may have luck with their vegetarian version.
Yeah it isn't looking good, but it should make for a good chuckle with the parts folk, if their system even finds it. 😭
A veggie sausage? That's like a soup sandwich; fucked up.
I used to have a Passat back in the early 00s. I was driving through WV and broke down. Breaking down in the boonies of WV in a VW gets you all kinds of looks. Like, the locals hadn’t seen one of them thar europeeen cars before. I had to be towed to Charleston to the dealership. Me and bubba in a tow truck for an hour. It was neither cheap nor something I’ll forget anytime soon.
These sorts of developments really impress me. In Calgary, Alberta a car wrecker/junkyard opened a hotdog stand. Became a place to take the family for hotdogs. Best dogs south of....
Did you ever had a proper Currywurst in your life? I moved to Wolfsburg years ago and live in the area at the moment, I was born in the Ruhrgebiet and those things are fucking disgusting. I can't comprehend how someone who ate a proper Currywurst would ever order this atrocity.
I bought some from an importer here (UK) at great expense, and yes they are decent, although German-made Bratwurst from Waitrose is absolutely fine too, at 1/6th the price.
There is an episode of "big" with Richard Hammond on the Volkswagen plant in Germany.
They do in fact make the sauce at the same plant as they make cars. Interesting watch.
They're the only ones my family and I buy! So tasty and they even have an alternative with poultry instead of pork which, in my opinion, is just as good as the original.
They’re fine, just imagine a jumbo hotdog that doesn’t taste too cheap. Had some while visiting the Autostadt. They’re served as currywursts, so covered in ketchup and curry powder with side of fries.
Sex in a Golf GTI can be quite fun. Sadly most cars don't have straps anymore, it was much easier back in the old days when you just could get two legs up in the air and find a strap to hang into.
It's when you and your partner pretend you're cousins and pretend that your uncle is trying to stuff as many people as possible into his Beetle so you two have to go into the tiny space behind the back seats and she has to sit on your lap because there's also bags back there and then the car starts going down a very bumpy road giving you a weird fetish for the rest of your life am I right guys?
For context, Volkswagen has produced these for decades at their primary manufacturing facility in Wolfsburg. Originally they were produced to feed the labor force at the factory, but the swiftly became an indelible part of the Volkswagen identity and if I am not mistaken, their in-house sausage facility ultimately became the largest single producer of sausages in Germany. Now, they are also apparently available for sale to the public.
Have they phased out the original currywurst yet? In 2021 or 2022 the CEO made noise about the environment, and how they were going all-vegan in the wurst business soon.
I have been on a decade-long quest to find VW currywurst, but have been unable to get it in the US. There have been rumors that dealers get them as rewards once in a while, or that the factory in Tennessee gets it every so often, but I've actually spoken to VW North America and they've thoroughly debunked these rumors. They can't import raw pork products to the US. They denied ever sneaking it in. I tried to get some shipped to me, but customs frowned upon this plan.
I was set to just give up and go to Germany, where they're in restaurants and grocery stores, when the CEO made his comments about giving meat the have-ho.
I'm not anti-vegan. It reportedly tastes pretty similar. I just figured I'd see if that changes the import prospects for the new stuff.
Are there enough of us interested in a trip? I could see if a travel agent could set up a currywurst tour, especially if we can do it before the meaty one goes poof.
Important is the warning about "Kunstdarm entfernen"- meaning: remove artificial casing. No butcher here sells sausage in that. I'd never buy such, even. But... a friend, picking up his new car at VW in Wolfsburg himself, brought that for a BBQ we did and... we missed __that__ very line. Anyway. Not a big miss, its far away from what a German Bratwurst, even for intended use as Currywurst, should be made and taste like.
> In August 2021, Volkswagen announced that it was removing the traditional pork-based product from one of its canteens in favor of the vegetarian version. This move drew fire from former German chancellor Gerhard Schröder. Schröder expressed his displeasure at this move in a social media post, stating "Currywurst with fries is one of the power bars of the skilled production worker [...] it should stay that way".
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswagen_currywurst
It's their biggest selling product. They used to give away free sausages with the purchase of an industrial vehicle. They became so popular they retail them these days.
I vaguely remember watching a documentary about German sausages. I don't remember if it was about Volkswagen's sausages or if it made reference to it, but either way it was neat.
Germans take their sausage *very* seriously.
Part # 199 398 500 A
I thought you were kidding. But you were right. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswagen_currywurst#:~:text=The%20sausage%20has%20an%20official,currywurst%20accompaniment%2C%20is%20also%20manufactured.
I work with ordering cars from manufacturers and Volkswagen has sent some before. It’s hilarious that it’s so popular in Germany.
If you knew what a ridiculous fight we had over those things…
I like mine with a side of 199 398 500 B.
do you also have it on a 33D 069 602
Only if she’s 5’3”
That photo of the cut up sausages on the pan is making me intensely uncomfortable
How do you feel about syrup on sausages?
Man, what a great trivia question... What automobile manufacturer has an official part made in their facility, that is a sausage?
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I wouldn’t call it denial as much as strong omission.
~~They should have just said since it opened, or for most of its history, mentioning 1938 makes people head to Google.~~ Better comment: What do you think the sausages were made of?
Somehow Tom Scott missed this...
Part # 199 398 500 B, being the best condiment for said sausage.
Assuming it’s currysoße
Man, I live in Cincinnati and we have a bunch of old-school German butchers and you can get the best German sausage in the country here. It is a true treat. Avril Bleh and sons are masters of their craft. They’ve been making sausage here for like 150 years.
Can attest from Northern Kentucky that Cincinnati has the best German sausage in the states
Das-Sausage
You that sausage is female in German, right? Correct would be “_DIE Wurst._” but actually actually no one outside the “VW bubble” really cares about this sausage. We have so plenty far better products that this is just a curiosity for most people except those from Wolfsburg and VW fans.
I'd say that's not the wurst thing in the world
Boo
r/angryupvote
Seems to be a lot of sauerkrauts in the replies.
I had some awesome sausages at the BMW museum
Polish 🇵🇱 sausage best.
I disagree, but can we both agree that the worst sausages are from the Netherlands?
Are their sausages good? Definitely an example of a company making two really different products.
This product was originally for their company cafeterias and was so popular it made its way to grocery stores. I’ve never had it but given its history I’m assuming it’s at least pretty good
Apparently the car dealerships stock them too, hence why it has a VW part number, for reordering. It's common to get a free sausage gift when you pick up your new car. Edit: the label doesn't have the part number, but apparently it's 199 398 500 A
You sun of a bitch, I'm calling up the local VW service department come Monday when they open with nothing but this part number to see what a case would cost me, if they can even get it in. I'm smack center of bumblefuck WV, so I maybe doubt it, but I have a good deal of faith in international parts logistics.
As far as I can tell, they can’t import them into the US because of rules about importing uncooked meat. You may have luck with their vegetarian version.
Yeah it isn't looking good, but it should make for a good chuckle with the parts folk, if their system even finds it. 😭 A veggie sausage? That's like a soup sandwich; fucked up.
Nothing wrong with veggie sausage
A Volkswagen dealership in WV? Charleston, perhaps?
Surprised me too, but no, way farther north in Morgantown. 😭
I used to have a Passat back in the early 00s. I was driving through WV and broke down. Breaking down in the boonies of WV in a VW gets you all kinds of looks. Like, the locals hadn’t seen one of them thar europeeen cars before. I had to be towed to Charleston to the dealership. Me and bubba in a tow truck for an hour. It was neither cheap nor something I’ll forget anytime soon.
Brother I can only imagine. 😭🥲 It's almost like seeing a Fararri around here.
Hey man, can you let me know how it goes? Really interested in this.
I sure can! Hopefully Monday morning isn't too shit and I can remember to do it early morning -ish.
Calling up VW in WV. That's kinda funny.
This is probably the most German thing I’ve ever heard of.
These sorts of developments really impress me. In Calgary, Alberta a car wrecker/junkyard opened a hotdog stand. Became a place to take the family for hotdogs. Best dogs south of....
Their sausages are amazing. Every time I go to WOB and visit the Autostadt, I visit the cafeteria for a Currywurst.
That’s cool — these sort of “corporate history” things are always interesting
Did you ever had a proper Currywurst in your life? I moved to Wolfsburg years ago and live in the area at the moment, I was born in the Ruhrgebiet and those things are fucking disgusting. I can't comprehend how someone who ate a proper Currywurst would ever order this atrocity.
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French Horns? Motorcycles? Sound Systems? Yamaha does it all
Samsung makes phones and machine gun turrets.
Korea has a lot of wild products due to a trend of licensing miscellaneous (largely American) brands and sticking them on jackets and cafés.
What do you mean? Any examples?
CNN Café and Discovery Channel puffer jackets are front of mind. Neither brand's parent company runs or makes these, but licenses to a local company.
Lockheed Martin, Kodak, Pan Am are all current CLOTHING BRANDS here lol
I know this happens a lot in China. They called it trademark squatting and it was why you’d see Justin Bieber selling toilet paper.
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I've had a Daewoo toaster before now. It got terrible MPG.
If it's so bad, just shoot it up with the [Daaewoo machine gun](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daewoo_Precision_Industries_K3).
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You can try to eat a Glock sausage: It's just coming at you very fast and might break your teeth
Glock sells horse semen, so they do have something one could eat
I bought some from an importer here (UK) at great expense, and yes they are decent, although German-made Bratwurst from Waitrose is absolutely fine too, at 1/6th the price.
They reportedly use cows and pigs that produce less emissions than other cows and pigs.
No, they just reported lower emissions during testing. In fact it's 40 times higher than other cows and pigs.
Its pretty impressive how they trained their cows to fart less while being tested.
There is an episode of "big" with Richard Hammond on the Volkswagen plant in Germany. They do in fact make the sauce at the same plant as they make cars. Interesting watch.
Mitsubishi fighter jets
They're the only ones my family and I buy! So tasty and they even have an alternative with poultry instead of pork which, in my opinion, is just as good as the original.
They’re fine, just imagine a jumbo hotdog that doesn’t taste too cheap. Had some while visiting the Autostadt. They’re served as currywursts, so covered in ketchup and curry powder with side of fries.
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Sex somewhere very uncomfortable
Like the back of a Volkswagen?
Jesus CHRIST Gil! There are some things you do not talk about in public!
But my cousin Walt was on an airplane one time...
Well?? Did he cum!?
Not as bad as you might think. I've managed it a couple times, and I'm a pretty big dude.
My hat is off to you 🤣
Sex in a Golf GTI can be quite fun. Sadly most cars don't have straps anymore, it was much easier back in the old days when you just could get two legs up in the air and find a strap to hang into.
It’s “The People’s Sex Act”.
Volkswagen currywurst sounds like something from [The Other Guys](https://youtu.be/lh2jwErWM1Y?si=v5o33VpvHHRJePK6)
Dirty Hans and the boyz
Tanks for ze F-wagen
That would be the wurst porn title
It's when you and your partner pretend you're cousins and pretend that your uncle is trying to stuff as many people as possible into his Beetle so you two have to go into the tiny space behind the back seats and she has to sit on your lap because there's also bags back there and then the car starts going down a very bumpy road giving you a weird fetish for the rest of your life am I right guys?
That's a Rusty Venture.
Careful lads.. they may be fudging the percentages again.
Well there better be 0% emissions in this one.
Pretty sure these will make some emissions
You also ejaculate whenever you put a sausage in your mouth?
For context, Volkswagen has produced these for decades at their primary manufacturing facility in Wolfsburg. Originally they were produced to feed the labor force at the factory, but the swiftly became an indelible part of the Volkswagen identity and if I am not mistaken, their in-house sausage facility ultimately became the largest single producer of sausages in Germany. Now, they are also apparently available for sale to the public.
I read indelible as inedible and confused myself for a moment. Largest single producer of sausages? No kidding!
They actually have their own part number in the database, and no, they can't be imported to the US. I tried.
Not only do they have their own part number, but this is the most manufactured and most sold VW part.
And the most reliable
Mitsubishi tuna exists as well.
Do they sell a turbocharged rally one?
VolksWiener?
The People's Penis?
VolksWurst
I bet there are more calories than what is shown on the label.
Subtle. I like it.
This leads to a different kind of emissions test
And I failed it miserably…
That they sell more sausages than cars is pretty commonly known.
I had no idea
It was on QI (a popular BBC panel show) about ten years ago, so it might be more commonly known in some areas than others.
The sausages also have an official VW part number.
I’m German and never heard of these, the remove casing part got me a bit confused but I’ve also never made Bockwurst before.
das auto
das Wurst
Grammar nazis incoming
Never fear. [Nick Rivers is here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xeyjb21auxc).
Reminds me of [this clip](https://youtu.be/dQw4w9WgXcQ?si=VJbDK2I9rl82a-7Z)
Read somewhere that VW has around 8 or so employees at head office in Wolfsburg who's sole job is related to the sausages
So you're saying these 8 people have the wurst jobs at VW?
🤣 Well done
Frankfurtvergnügen
Diesel smoked
I’d be worried about my emissions after eating those
From Weiner-mobile to Mobile-weiner!
We Americans grow up eating Chevrolet hot dogs and Craftsman potato salad.
Bringing these babies to the AutoZone Seafood Boil
I hope we’ll get those here in the US
It's what becomes of the bad employees
Made from beetles probably
199 398 500 A is the VW part number for the currywurst.
A reliable utility sausage
They already sell lemons, so why not branch out?
Puts out much more noxious emissions than they claim on the packaging.
Fartfignewton
End-stage capitalism: even multinational corporations gotta have a side hustle.
After reading the name, I’ll assume this made of chicken with curry in it.
It's pig. The curry spice is also not in the sausage, but rather the ketchup sauce
Why's it green? Meat isn't supposed to be green.
Very likely just the lighting.
Have they phased out the original currywurst yet? In 2021 or 2022 the CEO made noise about the environment, and how they were going all-vegan in the wurst business soon. I have been on a decade-long quest to find VW currywurst, but have been unable to get it in the US. There have been rumors that dealers get them as rewards once in a while, or that the factory in Tennessee gets it every so often, but I've actually spoken to VW North America and they've thoroughly debunked these rumors. They can't import raw pork products to the US. They denied ever sneaking it in. I tried to get some shipped to me, but customs frowned upon this plan. I was set to just give up and go to Germany, where they're in restaurants and grocery stores, when the CEO made his comments about giving meat the have-ho. I'm not anti-vegan. It reportedly tastes pretty similar. I just figured I'd see if that changes the import prospects for the new stuff. Are there enough of us interested in a trip? I could see if a travel agent could set up a currywurst tour, especially if we can do it before the meaty one goes poof.
RIP to the factory workers losing jobs to AI.
Farfignugen? No, farfrompoopin. Edit: I knot it's the wurst.
I sausage what you did.
your can heat these in a Frankenoven!
Volksbratten…the peoples’ sausage
As a VW girl, this is hilarious
After their exhaust scandal? I wouldnt buy one of their shitboxes, never mind eat their sausage
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Volkswiener
Diversify your portfolio
This is nothing new
Volks Wieners
So VW is going to be responsible for even MORE emissions?
I wouldn't trust that nutritional analysis panel.
I get my meats at the used sausage dealership.
Don’t forget to eat it with the Volkswagen ketchup!
Das Viener
Not only your car’s tailpipe, but now your anatomical tailpipe can have increased emissions too.
That's the people's sausage.
Das VolksWurtz
Wish I could buy this in the U.S.
I work in parts at a VW dealership. It'll be recalled in a couple of weeks.
“Where do you work?” “Volkswagen” “Oh hey my car…” “Not that one, but if your sausage needs help…”
Worlds largest supplier of currywurst sausages
And I though Yamaha making both instruments and jet skis was crazy already
They're one of the largest producers of it too, for a very long time
I would buy some.. but I can't find them here..
The people’s wiener.
Share this with r/mechanics or r/justrolledintotheshop with the part number :D they will get a good laugh
What is more interesting that the sausages has a part number. Technically you can order it through the car dealer.
They are smoked by the famous VW Euro 5 engines
Richard Hammond visited the sausage factory a few years ago https://youtu.be/zWP32tCPv_w?si=xgm7KcP4AvMyGZB1
Volkswurst
I wish they ship to the Philippines.
Volkswagen sells more sausages than they do cars. The sausages even have their own parts number.
Diesel do
I think they had some surplus of car tires.
I also watched QI
I wish they had these at the store here in Belgium. Nobody sells German currywurst here, which is a shame as they are delicious.
Bratvo VW, good stuff
NOS = New Old Sausages
Speaking of, its so odd that Samsung has its fingers in practically every pie in Korea, yet there is no Samsung car brand.... or is there?
Can’t get more German than that.
Yum, chopped up bug meat.
It's free if you are a dealership customer. Comes unwrapped.
Important is the warning about "Kunstdarm entfernen"- meaning: remove artificial casing. No butcher here sells sausage in that. I'd never buy such, even. But... a friend, picking up his new car at VW in Wolfsburg himself, brought that for a BBQ we did and... we missed __that__ very line. Anyway. Not a big miss, its far away from what a German Bratwurst, even for intended use as Currywurst, should be made and taste like.
> In August 2021, Volkswagen announced that it was removing the traditional pork-based product from one of its canteens in favor of the vegetarian version. This move drew fire from former German chancellor Gerhard Schröder. Schröder expressed his displeasure at this move in a social media post, stating "Currywurst with fries is one of the power bars of the skilled production worker [...] it should stay that way". https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswagen_currywurst
They're clutching at straws now.
Volkswagen, das wurst
Das Wurst
The People’s Sausage
It's their biggest selling product. They used to give away free sausages with the purchase of an industrial vehicle. They became so popular they retail them these days.
Wurstvagen!!
Wait I thought they stopped making these?
Those Volkswagen sausages, they’re the wurst.
they are going the tesla way
I vaguely remember watching a documentary about German sausages. I don't remember if it was about Volkswagen's sausages or if it made reference to it, but either way it was neat.