The World in Street Food

Käsekrainer – Vienna, Austria

Käsekrainer sausages are just one variety of sausage that’s served in street carts all over Vienna, but it may be the most dangerous choice. Käsekrainer is simply a regular sausage that has small pockets of cheese throughout, but if you’re eating it hot, watch out because that cheese gets steaming hot and has been known to squirt all over unsuspecting diners. Find it at any of Vienna’s many wurstelstands — the Bitzinger Wurstelstand, behind both the Albertina museum and the State Opera House is particularly popular, and you’ll often see well-dressed opera goes carefully yet enthusiastically enjoy their intermission wursts.

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