Today's cook off blog sees the Americans pitch their national dish against the Germans, as we take a look at how national dishes would play out on a football pitch in the most ludicrous of hypothetical matches. Today we see the mighty Hamburger face the classic German street dish - The Currywurst.
The recipes feature in The Sixty6 Unofficial World Cup Cookbook which is an Ebook available from http://www.worldcupcookbook.co.uk/apps/webstore/ or http://www.worldcupcookbook.co.uk/apps/webstore/
The Line Ups - USA
To be honest we are onto a winner for both dishes for the football fan today. The hamburger being the most common sight of a culinary delight at UK football grounds, surpassing the pie. There's nothing quite like a dodgy rat burger from a burger stall outside the ground, dripping with grease, onions, sauce and mustard - a match day tradition now if you like, complete with heartburn the day after.
The Line Ups - Germany
The German equivalent of the burger or hot dog match day treat is the currywurst - sliced up German bratwurst or rotwurst sausage, smeared in a combination of tomato sauce, curry powder, onions and the like. British forces personnel past and present will testify to its superb taste, often served with crusty bread and frites mit mayo and the stein of German beer obviously.
The Cook Off
The two teams are evenly matched, as kick off gets underway, meat lines the pitch as the two favourites of this group flex their beef, or pork for that matter. Both dishes give 100% in the battle on the pitch, yet a breakthrough can not be found by either side. Both have bread to back up the attacking meat formation, both have a portion of fries to call up from the subs bench, should they require them and both are just about equal in calories, cancelling each other out for 90 minutes in what was a tasty affair.
Verdict: Goalless Draw
Headlines: "Stalemeat!"
For more World Cup culinary delights - see the Sixty6 Unofficial World Cup Cookbook
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The recipes feature in The Sixty6 Unofficial World Cup Cookbook which is an Ebook available from http://www.worldcupcookbook.co.uk/apps/webstore/ or http://www.worldcupcookbook.co.uk/apps/webstore/
COOK OFF NO.4 - THE HAMBURGER V CURRYWURST
To be honest we are onto a winner for both dishes for the football fan today. The hamburger being the most common sight of a culinary delight at UK football grounds, surpassing the pie. There's nothing quite like a dodgy rat burger from a burger stall outside the ground, dripping with grease, onions, sauce and mustard - a match day tradition now if you like, complete with heartburn the day after.
The Line Ups - Germany
The German equivalent of the burger or hot dog match day treat is the currywurst - sliced up German bratwurst or rotwurst sausage, smeared in a combination of tomato sauce, curry powder, onions and the like. British forces personnel past and present will testify to its superb taste, often served with crusty bread and frites mit mayo and the stein of German beer obviously.
The Cook Off
The two teams are evenly matched, as kick off gets underway, meat lines the pitch as the two favourites of this group flex their beef, or pork for that matter. Both dishes give 100% in the battle on the pitch, yet a breakthrough can not be found by either side. Both have bread to back up the attacking meat formation, both have a portion of fries to call up from the subs bench, should they require them and both are just about equal in calories, cancelling each other out for 90 minutes in what was a tasty affair.
Verdict: Goalless Draw
Headlines: "Stalemeat!"
www.sixty6magazine.co.uk
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