In Tirschenreuth, a kebab shop owner recently came out as a big Leberkäs fan. It was worth its own contribution to Bayerischer Rundfunkthat in addition to turkey and beef, the said snack bar has also been successfully offering meat loaf on a skewer for some time now. Yes, outed. The fact that you can still come out for anything these days, when everyone is smearing their own two cents on Instagram tiles every minute, is one of the irresolvable contradictions of our time.
In any case, between the lines of the BR report you can practically feel the relief that there can still be peaceful coexistence – at least when it comes to meat dishes in the distant northern Upper Palatinate.
But apart from the fact that liver cheese on a skewer is a much better idea than making a turkey into a kebab was ever acceptable, the more surprising news is something completely different. In the aforementioned media report, a butcher was also interviewed, who said something astonishing, if not downright shocking: The lady described by the BR as the “real Leberkäse authority from Tirschenreuth” has positive comments about the rotating Leberkäse. The only thing she doesn’t care about is mustard. He can’t eat a liver loaf roll or a sausage with her.
The Tirschenreuth butcher is completely in line with her colleagues in Turkey, where no honorable kebab maker would add his two cents to the meat. Unfortunately, the verputization (that comes from Turkey, not Putin!) has already taken hold there, but the kebab is still served on the street without any sauces. The Tirschenreuther Leberkäs kebab, on the other hand, is served with sweet mustard and sour pickles and follows the Berlin school, where the German kebab with sauce and other additions was invented. Anyone whose stomach is churning from all the sauces, mustard and sour things can at least take comfort in the fact that this feeling is completely in keeping with the spirit of the times.
Also comforting (or sobering) is the argument about adding mustard to Leberkäs – do you add it at all and if so, which one? Sweet, spicy or nasty? – is as old as humanity. And since today’s times are already strongly influenced by the passing on of one’s own mustard, not only with Leberkäs, but with almost everything that one has no idea about, no recommendation is made here and no rule is laid down. Suffice it to say: definitely not ketchup!