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“I tried to be as inconspicuous as possible as I lay the sausage against my ear. Abruptly, my cell phone went dead. A drop of grease dribbled into the dead center of my ear, creeping like a worm down onto my neck and below the collar of my shirt. A group of men and women in business suits walked by, swerving to avoid me. Across the street, a homeless-looking guy was staring at me, curious. Yep, this was pretty much rock bottom. As I was about to reach for a napkin and at least get my money's worth by eating the bratwurst while still hot, I heard it. "Dave? Can you hear me?”
― David Wong, John Dies at the End

“I had gotten hungry for bratwurst and had been walking toward the entrance of one of the four McDonald's franchises in Undisclosed (if you think it's weird getting a bratwurst from a McDonald's, then you're not from the Midwest). I glanced at the cartoon clown logo in the window and let out a scream.

Just a little scream, and a manly one. But I still frightened one little girl on the sidewalk so badly that she screamed, too.”
― David Wong, John Dies at the End

“It’s like milking a cow. The table gets antsy if it goes too long without feeding people. And we’ll have to touch it anyway, to clean it.â€� Anjali lifted the lid of a dish. A savory smell, heavy on cabbage, filled the room. “Want to start with the sausages or the potatoes?â€�

“Sausages, definitely,� said Marc.
“Okay . . .� She lifted more lids and poked around with a fork. “You can have blutwurst, zervelatwurst, bockwurst, plockwurst, leberwurst, knackwurst, and, of course, bratwurst. And what’s this? Weisswurst, I think.�

“Some of each, please,� said Marc.
Anjali handed him a plate piled with wursts. “What about you, Elizabeth?�
“Um, I’m not crazy about sausage—maybe just some potatoes?�

“Okay,â€� said Anjali. â€�°­²¹°ù³Ù´Ç´Ú´Ú±ð±ô²úä±ô±ô³¦³ó±ð²Ô, kartoffeltopf, kartoffelkroketten, kartoffelbrei, °ì²¹°ù³Ù´Ç´Ú´Ú±ð±ô°ì²Ôö»å±ð±ô, kartoffelkrusteln, kartoffelnocken, kartoffelpuffer, °ì²¹°ù³Ù´Ç´Ú´Ú±ð±ô°ì±ôö²õ²õ±ð, or kartoffelschnitz? Or maybe some schmorkartoffeln? Or just plain fries?â€�

“I don’t know—surprise me.�
“H±ð°ù±ð. Ãœberbackene käsekartoffeln, my favorite. It has cheese.â€�
“Thanks.� It was delicious and very rich—tender potato slices, with a creamy cheese sauce. “How do you know all those names?� I asked.
“I looked them up. I wanted to know what we were eating.� Anjali peered under more lids.
“You know Anjali—she loves to look things up. Any ²õ±èä³Ù³ú±ô±ð?â€� asked Marc.
“W³ó²¹³Ù’s ²õ±èä³Ù³ú±ô±ð?â€�
“Sort of a cross between homemade pasta and dumplings,� said Anjali. “Oh, here’s hasenpfeffer! I love hasenpfeffer!�
“W³ó²¹³Ù’s hasenpfeffer?â€�
“Stewed rabbit with black pepper.â€� She dished herself a plate. “Mmmm! Don’t tell my parents—we’re vegetarians at home.”
― Polly Shulman, The Grimm Legacy