- Not a new invention: For almost 200 years, the first Sunday in Advent has also been called Bratwurst Sunday.
- The Advent season used to be considered a strict period of Lent, and people used this day to “go overboard” with culinary delights beforehand.
- In the cookery book “Vom Essen auf der Land” the author Franz Maier-Bruck says that the butchers of Linz sent their best customers fried sausages. Almost as a thank you and giveaway. This is how Bratwurst Sunday came about.
- The fact that many farmers were not able to feed their animals through the winter at the time is also a reason why the animals were slaughtered again at the beginning of December. Because the sausages did not keep long, they were eaten immediately.
- Bratwurst itself is much older than the tradition of Bratwurst Sunday: a recipe appeared in the first Roman cookbook as early as the first century BC.
- The Bratwurst is called “Bratwurst” because it is fried? Not correct. In truth, the old word “Brät” is in the name of the sausage.
- The so-called “Brät” consists of lean meat, some fat, salt and selected spices and is filled into sheep’s casings for the production of Bratwurst.
- On the first weekend in Advent, but also before Christmas in Upper Austria, sales of bratwurst are up to ten times higher than during the year – and even the little ones like it.
- Unfortunately, bratwurst are not low in calories: 100 grams, i.e. approx. one sausage, brings it to 300 calories on average.
Source: Nachrichten
