It's a banger of a half-time meal.
And as we watch on in glee – or horror – in the weeks to come, it won’t just be the players dribbling this year, as one meat-loving football fan has come up with a banger of a half-time snack.
Julia Boebel, the 11th Bavarian weisswurst queen, is making white sausages shaped like footballers at her family butcher near Rittersbach,When it comes to sausages, Julia knows the score The result is a footballer-shaped sausage kicking a Franconian bratwurst ball, all held together with a green cocktail stick. To make the sporty sausages, Julia – decked out in a tiara, weisswurst queen sash and food hygiene gear – pipes weisswurst pulp into footballer-shaped moulds, laid out on a tray decorated to look like a pitch.
Then, it’s over to the kettle where the meat is steamed. Once cooked through, Julia spears the footballer’s foot with the cocktail stick and attaches the all-important ball.
Then, it’s grilling time. Julia cooks the footballers over indirect heat for about seven minutes and says they pair perfectly with a ‘pretzel stick topped with butter’. Houseboat sets alight and cars damaged after dozens of mysterious flares fall on LondonThe Bavarian weisswurst queen is chosen each year to reign over the region’s famous veal and pork sausage, named for its pale colour.
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