Käsekrainer is a type of lightly smoked Brühwurst containing roughly torn bits of pork and 10% to 20%

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(for example

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) cut into small cubes. They are sold all over Austria at Würstelstand outlets. It is a variety of Carniolan sausage. Käsekrainer was invented by two people from Upper Austria, chef Herbert Schuch from

Buchkirchen Buchkirchen is a municipality in the district of Wels-Land in the Austrian state of Upper Austria. Geography Buchkirchen lies in the Hausruckviertel The Hausruckviertel (literally German for the ''Hausruck'' quarter or district) is an Austr ...

and Franz Thalhammer in the late 1960s.

Preparation and variants

Käsekrainer can be cooked, roasted or grilled. The original Käsekrainer is served with mustard and freshly cut horseradish, other varieties with mustard and ketchup, optionally sprinkled with curry powder. A popular dish is the Käsekrainer hot dog, where a Käsekrainer is served in a hollow piece of white bread with mustard and/or ketchup. The Käsekrainer Bosna sandwich, resembling a sandwich, is known as a "Kafka" in the Linz area. Käsekrainer should not be confused with the Berner sausage, a Vienna sausage (Austrian: ''Frankfurter'') cut lengthways, filled with Emmentaler cheese and wrapped in roast

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Controversy about name

In April 2012 Slovenia announced it would seek to have the product name "Krainer" (after Krain, the German name for the Slovenian area of

Carniola Carniola ( sl, Kranjska; , german: Krain; it, Carniola; hu, Krajna) is a historical region that comprised parts of present-day Slovenia. Although as a whole it does not exist anymore, Slovenes living within the former borders of the region sti ...

) to be protected by the EU. This would have caused this Austrian sausage to be renamed. On 15 June 2012 Austria and Slovenia reached a compromise. Slovenia could have the term " Kranjska Klobasa" protected by the EU. The same sausages could still be called "Krainer Wurst" or "Käsekrainer" in Austria.

Use in the Viennese dialect

In Vienna, where Käsekrainer is a very popular dish, according to urban legend,Winter, Christoph
Die Eitrige. Der gute Benimm am Würstelstand
'' Der Standard'' 11 July 2006. Accessed on 29 August 2012. it is customary to give an order at a Würstelstand outlet as: ''"a Eitrige mit an Schoafn, an Bugel und an 16er-Blech"'' (Viennese dialect German for: "a Käsekrainer with strong mustard, a bread loaf edge and a glass of

Ottakringer Ottakringer () is the last large brewery remaining in Vienna, Austria, and is located in Ottakring, the 16th district of Vienna. History The Ottakringer brewery was opened in 1837 by the master miller Heinrich Plank under the name of ''Planksch ...

beer"), where the use of this phrase, in reality uncommon in actual Viennese parlance, inspired by its frequent utterance in tourist guides and television as the typical Viennese expression, can quickly mark its user as an inexperienced tourist. In modern times, the addition ''"owa Tschenifer"'' ("and quickly"), a cacography of the name of the singer Jennifer Rush (''"Tschenifer"'' being the German pronunciation of the name Jennifer, corresponding to the similarity between the surname Rush and the

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word ''rasch'', meaning "quickly") has appeared. Sedlaczek, Robert:
Das 16er Blech macht Karriere
', ''Sedlaczek am Mittwoch'', '' Wiener Zeitung'' 13 March 2007, accessed on 29 August 2012.

References

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* {{commonscat-inline Cooked sausages Austrian cuisine