Oktoberfest revolution?
Vegan white sausages keep driving Monika Gruber - now she's getting really devastating
Created: 09/21/2022, 12:46 p.m
By: Patrick Mayer
Cabaret artist Monika Gruber at the Oktoberfest.
© Ursula Düren/dpa
Monika Gruber will no longer be a fan of vegan white sausages.
She has now made that clear once again around the Oktoberfest.
Update September 21, 12:28 p.m .:
Monika Gruber doesn’t want to let it go.
The cabaret artist once again commented on the vegan white sausages, which will be available at the Oktoberfest for the first time this year.
In an initial reaction on the reporting date (see original report), Gruber stated: "It looks like pressed sawdust, I don't understand the approach."
Now it's getting a step more explicit.
The 54-year-old spoke to
Bild
about the taste of the new product.
"Vegan white sausages taste like assembly foam that was filled into a condom, with a slight lime note in the finish," Gruber rumbled.
Her devastating verdict: "Horrible".
Monika Gruber complains about vegan white sausages at the Wiesn
Original message:
Munich - The Wiesn is pure tradition.
But the Oktoberfest, which is making its comeback from this Saturday (September 17th) until October 3rd, keeps moving with the times.
This also applies to the eating habits of its visitors.
After all, vegetarian and vegan are trendy, especially among the younger generation.
The Schottenhamel festival tent also offers meatless alternatives.
Food at the Oktoberfest: Vegan and vegetarian alternatives at the Oktoberfest 2022
For example, there is a vegetarian snack board on the menu, with radish cream cheese, vegan tartar and Munich quinoa farmhouse bread.
Baked potato waffles with mushroom ragout and herbs are also specially marked as vegan.
Now the dishes without chicken, pork and beef are not for everyone in the otherwise well-known hearty Upper Bavarian cuisine.
Apparently, Monika Gruber is one of those gourmet friends who still appreciate a crispy roast pork and a juicy Leberkas.
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Monika Gruber: Vegan Oktoberfest white sausage is not well received by the Bavarian actress
The 51-year-old cabaret artist who lives in Erding was promptly faced with a real test of courage at the Wiesn tapping with Mayor Dieter Reiter (SPD) in the Schottenhamel marquee.
The BR moderators Sonja Weissensteiner and Michael Sporer, who attracted attention with a secret note on his hand, had prepared two plates with different white sausages for Gruber and the "Münchner Kindl" Viktoria Ostler.
"I was afraid we'd have to eat this.
It looks like pressed sawdust," Gruber said when she saw a white sausage that was more of a white-yellowish color - and no skin.
That struck her as visibly suspicious.
Is that vegetarian or vegan? She asked the two moderators, who initially didn't want to reveal anything.
I was afraid we'd have to eat this.
Cabaret artist Monika Gruber in the BR
Gruber and Ostler tried cautiously.” I have to admit, I'm surprised.
It's not as bad as I thought," the actress said. "I'm brave.
Mine wasn't that bad.
If someone doesn't know, someone who's already had a pint can do it as a real white sausage.
cheer.” What she didn't know herself: she had just eaten a piece of a real white sausage, as Weissensteiner and Sporer explained.
Ostler and Gruber finally agreed that the vegan version could not keep up with the original.
Vegan Weisswurst at the Oktoberfest: ingredients will not be revealed
Ostler said diplomatically: “The Wiesn is there for everyone.
That's why everyone can eat what they like." Gruber was more critical: "I don't understand the approach.
I mean, you don't order meaty kohlrabi either.
But everyone should eat what they like.” Incidentally, what the components of the vegan white sausage are was not resolved.
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