Pinkel

Pinkel is a smoked Kaszanka (German:Grützwurst), a type of sausage which is eaten with (Grünkohl) in Northwest, especially in the region around ,  and  as well as in  and. The word Pinkel is and derives from pink = 'little finger'.

Another explanation for the origin of the name is that this fatty sausage drips (German:pinkelt) with fat for a long time during smoking. The so-called Kohl-und-Pinkel-Touren ("kale and pinkel trips") or Kohlfahrten ("kale trips") by family, friends and acquaintances as well as employees and clubs are al winter excursions to country inns. Grünkohl mit Pinkel ("kale and pinkel") is a nourishing food which, in the form of a kale, has belly pork and other sausages added to it.

Ingredients
Pinkel consists mainly of, of  or , , , s, ,  and other. The exact composition of the recipe is guarded as a trade secret by the different butchers and therefore varies from village to village. Pinkel with a high meat content is also described as Fleisch-Pinkel ("meat pinkel") or Oldenburger Pinkel. Traditionally Pinkel is filled into in the edible small intestines of pigs, although today edible artificial casings are also used.