{"id":16995,"date":"2024-12-24T10:03:00","date_gmt":"2024-12-24T09:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/funkygermany.com\/?p=16995"},"modified":"2024-12-18T10:06:11","modified_gmt":"2024-12-18T09:06:11","slug":"christmas-eve-potato-salad-sausage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/funkygermany.com\/en\/christmas-eve-potato-salad-sausage\/","title":{"rendered":"What\u2019s the Deal with Potato Salad and Sausage for Christmas?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Whether goose, duck, fondue, raclette or something completely different: Christmas is always a feast for the palate. Among all the festive recipes in Germany, one stands out: potato salad with sausage. We took a look at what it&#8217;s all about.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-could-it-be-more-festive\">Could it be more festive?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Year after year, a festive meal is one of the main reasons we\u2019re excited for the holidays. But while many Germans feast in abundance on Christmas Eve, elsewhere a rather modest meal is served: <strong>potato salad with a sausage<\/strong>. If you are not familiar with the custom, you might not recognize anything Christmas-like about it at first glance. But where does the custom come from, which after all is observed by just over a third of Germans year after year?<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"inline-post clearfix\"><div class=\"see-also byline\">See Also<\/div><div id=\"block-wrap-11619\" class=\"block-wrap-native block-wrap block-wrap-23 block-css-11619 block-wrap-classic columns__m--1 elements-design-1 block-ani block-skin-0 tipi-box block-wrap-thumbnail ppl-m-1 clearfix\" data-id=\"11619\" data-base=\"0\"><div class=\"tipi-row-inner-style clearfix\"><div class=\"tipi-row-inner-box contents sticky--wrap\"><div class=\"block block-23 clearfix\"><article class=\"tipi-xs-12 clearfix with-fi ani-base tipi-xs-typo split-1 split-design-1 loop-0 preview-thumbnail preview-23 elements-design-1 post-15769 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-food-en category-inspirations tag-food-en tag-highlight-en\" style=\"--animation-order:0\"><div class=\"preview-mini-wrap clearfix\"><div class=\"mask\"><a href=\"https:\/\/funkygermany.com\/en\/german-specialties\/\" class=\"mask-img\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/funkygermany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/woman-food-table-c-Drazen-Zigic-shutterstock-100x100.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load  wp-post-image\" alt=\"Eine Frau isst an einem gedeckten Tisch genussvoll von einem Eiscreme-Sandwich ab\" srcset=\"https:\/\/funkygermany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/woman-food-table-c-Drazen-Zigic-shutterstock-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/funkygermany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/woman-food-table-c-Drazen-Zigic-shutterstock-293x293.jpg 293w, https:\/\/funkygermany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/woman-food-table-c-Drazen-Zigic-shutterstock-390x390.jpg 390w, https:\/\/funkygermany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/woman-food-table-c-Drazen-Zigic-shutterstock-585x585.jpg 585w, https:\/\/funkygermany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/woman-food-table-c-Drazen-Zigic-shutterstock-900x900.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/funkygermany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/woman-food-table-c-Drazen-Zigic-shutterstock-100x100.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load  wp-post-image\" alt=\"Eine Frau isst an einem gedeckten Tisch genussvoll von einem Eiscreme-Sandwich ab\" srcset=\"https:\/\/funkygermany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/woman-food-table-c-Drazen-Zigic-shutterstock-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/funkygermany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/woman-food-table-c-Drazen-Zigic-shutterstock-293x293.jpg 293w, https:\/\/funkygermany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/woman-food-table-c-Drazen-Zigic-shutterstock-390x390.jpg 390w, https:\/\/funkygermany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/woman-food-table-c-Drazen-Zigic-shutterstock-585x585.jpg 585w, https:\/\/funkygermany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/woman-food-table-c-Drazen-Zigic-shutterstock-900x900.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/div><div class=\"meta\"><div class=\"byline byline-2 byline-cats-design-1\"><div class=\"byline-part cats\"><a href=\"https:\/\/funkygermany.com\/en\/food-en\/\" class=\"cat\">Food<\/a><\/div><span class=\"byline-part separator separator-date\">&middot;<\/span><span class=\"byline-part date\"><time class=\"entry-date published dateCreated flipboard-date\" datetime=\"2024-07-09T10:01:03+02:00\">9. July 2024<\/time><\/span><\/div><div class=\"title-wrap\"><h3 class=\"title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/funkygermany.com\/en\/german-specialties\/\">Four German specialties that taste better than they look<\/a><\/h3><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/article><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>The obvious answer lies in the Christian nature of the festival. The liturgical year provides for a period of <strong>fasting <\/strong>not only before Easter, but also before Christmas. And that doesn&#8217;t end until Christmas, not on Christmas Eve. So it&#8217;s not a big feast, but a simple meal. This also explains the tradition of eating carp on Christmas Eve, because fish is allowed during Lent. Besides, potato salad \u2013 whether it&#8217;s the northern or southern German variety \u2013 is perfect for preparing in advance, which makes for a little breathing space during the hectic days before the festivities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/funkygermany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/christmas-potato-salad-sausage-c-kzenon-shutterstock.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/funkygermany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/christmas-potato-salad-sausage-c-kzenon-shutterstock-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"On a Christmas-decorated table, there is a plate of sausages and a bowl of potato salad.\" class=\"wp-image-16902\" srcset=\"https:\/\/funkygermany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/christmas-potato-salad-sausage-c-kzenon-shutterstock-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/funkygermany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/christmas-potato-salad-sausage-c-kzenon-shutterstock-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/funkygermany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/christmas-potato-salad-sausage-c-kzenon-shutterstock-883x589.jpg 883w, https:\/\/funkygermany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/christmas-potato-salad-sausage-c-kzenon-shutterstock-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/funkygermany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/christmas-potato-salad-sausage-c-kzenon-shutterstock-1155x770.jpg 1155w, https:\/\/funkygermany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/christmas-potato-salad-sausage-c-kzenon-shutterstock-370x247.jpg 370w, https:\/\/funkygermany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/christmas-potato-salad-sausage-c-kzenon-shutterstock-770x513.jpg 770w, https:\/\/funkygermany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/christmas-potato-salad-sausage-c-kzenon-shutterstock-293x195.jpg 293w, https:\/\/funkygermany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/christmas-potato-salad-sausage-c-kzenon-shutterstock-1400x934.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/funkygermany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/christmas-potato-salad-sausage-c-kzenon-shutterstock.jpg 1750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/funkygermany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/christmas-potato-salad-sausage-c-kzenon-shutterstock-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"On a Christmas-decorated table, there is a plate of sausages and a bowl of potato salad.\" class=\"wp-image-16902\" srcset=\"https:\/\/funkygermany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/christmas-potato-salad-sausage-c-kzenon-shutterstock-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/funkygermany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/christmas-potato-salad-sausage-c-kzenon-shutterstock-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/funkygermany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/christmas-potato-salad-sausage-c-kzenon-shutterstock-883x589.jpg 883w, https:\/\/funkygermany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/christmas-potato-salad-sausage-c-kzenon-shutterstock-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/funkygermany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/christmas-potato-salad-sausage-c-kzenon-shutterstock-1155x770.jpg 1155w, https:\/\/funkygermany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/christmas-potato-salad-sausage-c-kzenon-shutterstock-370x247.jpg 370w, https:\/\/funkygermany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/christmas-potato-salad-sausage-c-kzenon-shutterstock-770x513.jpg 770w, https:\/\/funkygermany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/christmas-potato-salad-sausage-c-kzenon-shutterstock-293x195.jpg 293w, https:\/\/funkygermany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/christmas-potato-salad-sausage-c-kzenon-shutterstock-1400x934.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/funkygermany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/christmas-potato-salad-sausage-c-kzenon-shutterstock.jpg 1750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Kzenon \/ shutterstock<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">It&#8217;s all about the sausage<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>But what about the <strong>sausage<\/strong>? It is definitely not a fish, no matter how you look at it! This is probably, as they say, for technical reasons related to its production. In the past, people always slaughtered animals that could not have been fed in the coming winter. And many Germans were no more papist than the Pope, so the sausage was added to the Christmas dinner.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"inline-post clearfix\"><div class=\"see-also byline\">See Also<\/div><div id=\"block-wrap-67777\" class=\"block-wrap-native block-wrap block-wrap-23 block-css-67777 block-wrap-classic columns__m--1 elements-design-1 block-ani block-skin-0 tipi-box block-wrap-thumbnail ppl-m-1 clearfix\" data-id=\"67777\" data-base=\"0\"><div class=\"tipi-row-inner-style clearfix\"><div class=\"tipi-row-inner-box contents sticky--wrap\"><div class=\"block block-23 clearfix\"><article class=\"tipi-xs-12 clearfix with-fi ani-base tipi-xs-typo split-1 split-design-1 loop-0 preview-thumbnail preview-23 elements-design-1 post-16874 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-berlin-cities category-food-en tag-berlin-en tag-christmas tag-culinary tag-east tag-food-en\" style=\"--animation-order:0\"><div class=\"preview-mini-wrap clearfix\"><div class=\"mask\"><a href=\"https:\/\/funkygermany.com\/en\/berlin-christmas-holiday-menus\/\" class=\"mask-img\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/funkygermany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Ganymed-Brasserie_Gans-c-SelinaSchrader-1-100x100.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load  wp-post-image\" alt=\"Gebratene Gans in der Ganymed Brasserie in Berlin\" srcset=\"https:\/\/funkygermany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Ganymed-Brasserie_Gans-c-SelinaSchrader-1-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/funkygermany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Ganymed-Brasserie_Gans-c-SelinaSchrader-1-293x293.jpg 293w, https:\/\/funkygermany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Ganymed-Brasserie_Gans-c-SelinaSchrader-1-390x390.jpg 390w, https:\/\/funkygermany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Ganymed-Brasserie_Gans-c-SelinaSchrader-1-585x585.jpg 585w, https:\/\/funkygermany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Ganymed-Brasserie_Gans-c-SelinaSchrader-1-900x900.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/funkygermany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Ganymed-Brasserie_Gans-c-SelinaSchrader-1-100x100.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load  wp-post-image\" alt=\"Gebratene Gans in der Ganymed Brasserie in Berlin\" srcset=\"https:\/\/funkygermany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Ganymed-Brasserie_Gans-c-SelinaSchrader-1-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/funkygermany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Ganymed-Brasserie_Gans-c-SelinaSchrader-1-293x293.jpg 293w, https:\/\/funkygermany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Ganymed-Brasserie_Gans-c-SelinaSchrader-1-390x390.jpg 390w, https:\/\/funkygermany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Ganymed-Brasserie_Gans-c-SelinaSchrader-1-585x585.jpg 585w, https:\/\/funkygermany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Ganymed-Brasserie_Gans-c-SelinaSchrader-1-900x900.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/div><div class=\"meta\"><div class=\"byline byline-2 byline-cats-design-1\"><div class=\"byline-part cats\"><a href=\"https:\/\/funkygermany.com\/en\/cities\/berlin-cities\/\" class=\"cat\">Berlin<\/a><\/div><span class=\"byline-part separator separator-date\">&middot;<\/span><span class=\"byline-part date\"><time class=\"entry-date published dateCreated flipboard-date\" datetime=\"2024-12-10T08:12:00+01:00\">10. December 2024<\/time><\/span><\/div><div class=\"title-wrap\"><h3 class=\"title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/funkygermany.com\/en\/berlin-christmas-holiday-menus\/\">These are the Restaurants in Berlin you should eat at during Christmas<\/a><\/h3><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/article><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>And as is so often the case with traditions, they sometimes outlive their original purpose. The pre-Christmas period of fasting is hardly observed anymore, but potato salad with sausage remains. Thanks to <strong>meat-free substitutes<\/strong>, it is now even completely in line with the Lenten fast.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some Germans like to eat potato salad with sausage on Christmas Eve. 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