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Re: Volkswagen Originalteil

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Post by johannes1234321 »

Bewelge wrote: post #50
pflenker wrote: post #36

Fun 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).

Had 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.

To be precise: One of three or four canteens on the main site was affected. So there still was alternative.

Re: Volkswagen Originalteil

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Post by HPsquared »

joezydeco wrote: post #46
HPsquared wrote: post #42

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Not at equilibrium, sausages are cooler then the (steamy) air.

In 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.

Steam heated by boiling water at sea level can't exceed 100C, but if you further heat the gaseous steam (e.g. against a hot metal surface of some kind) you can heat it further. This is called superheating. Once it's superheated, it behaves just like any other gas - can be as hot as you like (until it chemically breaks down at extreme temperatures).

In an oven at 200C, for example, with a little bit of water, the water would evaporate/boil and the resulting steam would be heated to whatever temperature the oven is at. The oven would be full of superheated (dry) steam. It's a matter of heat transfer, if you drip only a small amount of water slowly into the oven, it won't cool down much but the atmosphere can still be entirely steam.

Re: Volkswagen Originalteil

#53

Post by lm28469 »

peter_l_downs wrote: post #29

Car 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... https://jalopnik.com/volvo-once-released-an-entire-album-of-... https://www.discogs.com/release/11949117-Various-Sound-CD-Vo...

Peugeot also makes all kind of kitchenware: https://fr.peugeot-saveurs.com

And bicycles: https://cycles.peugeot.fr

Re: Volkswagen Originalteil

#55

Post by lm28469 »

bowsamic wrote: post #12

Currywurst is something that I find kinda meh every time I eat it and yet I am always craving it

A 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

Re: Volkswagen Originalteil

#56

Post by ad404b8a372f2b9 »

johannes1234321 wrote: post #51
Bewelge wrote: post #50

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Had 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.

To be precise: One of three or four canteens on the main site was affected. So there still was alternative.

Assuming 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.

Re: Volkswagen Originalteil

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Post by lm28469 »

martin_a wrote: post #30
bowsamic wrote: post #12

Currywurst is something that I find kinda meh every time I eat it and yet I am always craving it

Where 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...

I 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

Re: Volkswagen Originalteil

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Post by tcmb »

haunter wrote: post #23
marban wrote: post #21

Fact of the day: Wiener are strictly called Frankfurter in Vienna because their inventor was a German who moved to Austria.

Bologna sausage is Lyoner (from Lyon) [0] in german, and parizer (from Paris) [1] in hungarian 0, https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyoner 1, https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parizer

And a 'Pariser' is a condom in German.

Re: Volkswagen Originalteil

#59

Post by tpmx »

netrus wrote: post #47
CaptainZapp wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's the basis for the world famous Berliner Currywurst. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Currywurst

"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 ;)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Invention_of_Curried_Sausa... - it's fiction :)

Re: Volkswagen Originalteil

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Post by hef19898 »

lm28469 wrote: post #53
peter_l_downs wrote: post #29

Car 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... https://jalopnik.com/volvo-once-released-an-entire-album-of-... https://www.discogs.com/release/11949117-Various-Sound-CD-Vo...

Peugeot also makes all kind of kitchenware: https://fr.peugeot-saveurs.com And bicycles: https://cycles.peugeot.fr

Both of which are great!
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