Sauköppe Im Regen

11 Jan

Immer gut für eine gute Geschichte / Always good for good press
Foto : Dieter Gölzenleuchter

Pigheads boiling up

Pigheads coming up

Pigheads cutting up

January 2011

The traditional pig heads lunch held first Sunday in January in a forest near Frankfurt Airport organized by the NABU – the Nature Association and planned by our friend Bernhard.

86 whole pig heads were boiled and 172 rations were offered – many came to take the traditional dish home to be enjoyed there for lunch, prices being really old fashioned cheap.

Pighead here is mainly boiled and the cheeks are the best part. Last year they were divine, this year I went for the sausages.

The nickname for them pigheads here is “Steckdosen” which is German for “plug” or “socket” ( meaning the nose ).

There’s a report on the yearly traditional pighead lunch in last Monday’s local paper which explains things and why they are so tasty and why the Glühwein is perfect and how the tradition evolved from the local hunters, etc. etc.

http://www.echo-online.de/region/gross-gerau/buettelborn/-bdquo-Steckdosen-ldquo-als-deftiger-Schmaus;art1235,1490710

Here’s a picture from the paper of the old guys cleaning up the pigheads for our lunch

Foto : Dieter Gölzenleuchter
Echo Online

Great fun as always, we arrived early to find “signs” emerging after the big thaw that there had been some “action” in the forest before the snow began to fall …

Again – the boiled pig head portion going at 3 € apiece was a steal but I chose to have the traditional Bratwurst ( OK, make it 3 of them ) and we had lots of Glühwein (spiced up boiled red wine with spices) and excellent Schnaps courtesy of Gottfried that we shared with Stefanie, the lovely maid that serviced us with charm and wit.

We had a great morning and after lunch we retired to our wives for coffee and cake – what better way to enjoy a gray and rainy Sunday ??

Next day, Monday, we held our regular ANS and Reiner was kind enough to provide us with a Thai stomach liqueur that helped us back on our feet.

All in all, a very pleasant week-end in the line of duty – fun, food, cigars and booze.

Nino