Appetizer and side dish for German sausage

[Anonymous]

Hi,

I volunteered to bring an appetizer and hopefully I'll bring a side dish also. The hosts are making German sausage, asparagus, and dessert.

Any suggestions for something I can make this afternoon?

[Anonymous]

Potato salad. Buy it at Heidelberg

[Anonymous]

Sauerkraut is an obvious side dish. As well as the German style cole slaw or Herring Salad.

For an appetizer? If you mean something like an hors d'oeuvre then I would bring a cheese board including Beer Cheese (Obatzda sp?) and crackers and rye bread and pumpernickel read Squares. I would even put some liverwurst on there! To jazz it up a little, you could do a Beer Cheese Fondue with all sorts of bread for dips, especially big pretzels (Bavarian-style) and even little pickles.

If you mean something like a starter course then German Potato Pancakes with Sour Cream would be yummy.

[Anonymous]

Lots of different kinds of mustard

[Anonymous]

I'd bring potato salad and a pickle plate.

Mix of red/yukon potatoes (boiled with skin, small chunks or whatever size you like) tossed with thinly sliced red onion (I soak it in white vinegar for a bit to lessen the sting...throw in a few tsps of the vinegar mixture to make the dressing), lots of fresh dill, whole grain mustard, a little mayo, salt, pepper, and maybe some additional add ins you like such as tiny pieces of celery or chopped parsley. No bacon, so there's something vegetarian. (Or serve with bacon crumbles on the side if you must have bacon flavor.)

A small plate with kosher dills, baby gherkins or dills, bread and butter chips, pickled beets (jar is fine), maybe an small bowl of sauerkraut if the hosts don't plan to have it, and something else fun like pickled okra or carrots or green beans. Like a charcuterie board...but pickles.

[Anonymous]

Damn. Now I want German sausage and sides.

[Anonymous]

This is perhaps off track but I wanted to share because it was sooooo good! My grandmother used to make a side dish that was a little irregular but absolutely delicious. She did baked apples (a real German treat, especially for dessert) and would stuff them with something savory. She served them when we barbecued out with brats. Most of the time when she served them as a side dish, she made a simple bread and German pretzel stuffing with different types of raisins. She would bring the baked apples and her potato salad when she came over to our house. The dishes traveled well and were a cinch to prepare.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'd bring potato salad and a pickle plate.

Mix of red/yukon potatoes (boiled with skin, small chunks or whatever size you like) tossed with thinly sliced red onion (I soak it in white vinegar for a bit to lessen the sting...throw in a few tsps of the vinegar mixture to make the dressing), lots of fresh dill, whole grain mustard, a little mayo, salt, pepper, and maybe some additional add ins you like such as tiny pieces of celery or chopped parsley. No bacon, so there's something vegetarian. (Or serve with bacon crumbles on the side if you must have bacon flavor.)

A small plate with kosher dills, baby gherkins or dills, bread and butter chips, pickled beets (jar is fine), maybe an small bowl of sauerkraut if the hosts don't plan to have it, and something else fun like pickled okra or carrots or green beans. Like a charcuterie board...but pickles.

Love the idea of the pickle plate!

[Anonymous]

Braised red cabbage (make sure to use wine in it)!

[Anonymous]

Oh, and spaetzle, and cucumber salad are both also good options.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Oh, and spaetzle, and cucumber salad are both also good options.

OMG, I forgot about cucumber salad. Ours is the one with the vinegar but some people make it creamy with dill. Either way it sure is nice and refreshing, and a great option with sausage.

[Anonymous]

I love spaetzle so much! Although you would need to reheat it. I like this German potato salad recipe: https://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/bobby-flay/german-potato-salad-recipe-1915379.amp

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Damn. Now I want German sausage and sides.

Ja! Ich, auch!

[Anonymous]

Lefse!!!

But you wouldn’t be able to make it this afternoon. It’s hard to make and requires special tools.

[Anonymous]

Sauerkraut.