The Food Monologues

On my recent business trip to Germany, I got to try some traditional food from the region we were staying in North Rhine Westphalia. One dish was fried pork liver and onions with apple fritters. Which tastes very different to the English liver and onions. Then there were the open topped sandwiches with raw ground beef on top - known as tartare. I don't eat beef, so I abstained from that delicacy. Finally, on a visit to a supplier, we were offered lunch of cold horse meat sausages and before anyone could refuse, the MD's wife came in with a plate of these giant sausages and a bag of crusty bread rolls and some mustard. Each one of these sausages was the size of about 6 Herta frankfurters rolled into one. So did they taste horsey? Its hard to say, having never eaten horse before, but they were a bit chewy, smokey (as they had been smoked) and a bit gamey. It had a similar texture to normal frankfurters. I managed to eat a small quantity as I did not find it that appealing a meal - I am not too keen on cold meats from unknown origins... Too many cases of food disagreeing with me not be careful.