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Saumagen is minced pork in various grades, pork pieces, potatoes, spices an herbs stuffed in a cleaned out pigs stomached, which then is cooked. You then can eat it like a sausage or fry it. So the stomach is just the casing and there are a lot of variants here in Palatinate 😊

In March of 1982, I was 18 and on a high school trip. Heidelberg was our first stop. We had a small tour of the castle first then off to our hotel. We had a very interesting hotel and meal that night. But, I will still never ever forget that first view of the castle at night. Walking through the old town area, and at the end of the street maybe one of the most magical things I had ever seen... that castle up on a hill all lit up. Stole my breath... have always wanted to go back. Back then we didn't have camera phones and I didn't get that picture... but, I remember it very very fondly.... My dream.... to return... and yet... here I am...lol... all these later and haven't yet... but, still a bucket list and dream list stop!!!

Thank you for this video. I agree, Saumagen really isn't a common food in Baden-Württemberg (where I'm from). They eat it in Rheinland-Pfalz. Funny but true: there is no stomach in this dish! Traditionally it was cooked in a empty pig stomach just like a sausage is made in intestines. Nowadays Saumagen is mostly not even more made in a stomach. It's just a weird name for a really tasty Leberkäse with Potatoes in it.

The plum cake looks awesome. When I was working a a Renaissance Festival there was a food vendor right behind us that was run by a older gentleman who moved from Germany. He made the sausages, buns and pastries he sold. He had the best plum cake I ever had. Honestly everything he made was the best. Unsurprisingly he won best food vendor of the Renn Fest.

When I was stationed in Stuttgart, I went to Heidelberg every weekend to visit with friends and attend an American church.

I was born in Heidelberg and the food in baden wurttemberg is amazing. Saumagen really doesn't have much stomach anymore but the best ones have some potatoes etc in the stuffing and can be really amazing. Späetzle and sauerbraten are also really common and so much more amazing food!

I lived in Heidelberg in 1958 for 2 years. Loved it.

I lived in the Mannheim area for nearly 18 years. The last time I was in Heidelberg was in 2016 and I cannot explain how much I miss Germany. Heidelberg is spectacular-especially the Weihnachtsmarkt. You guys should have visited Mannheim, as well. It is a really nice city that I think is underrated and underappreciated. In fact, the entire area is wonderful.

First and so far only trip to Europe for work was 2008. Spent almost 2 weeks in Germany and over the weekend my coworker and I went to Heidelberg one day. Visited the castle and walked the bridge. I do not remember us having a meal there, but we may have had a small lunch or snack. I am American and most of my ancestors were German or from nearby areas with German ethnicity who came to the US in the 19th century. So, the entire time I was there, I found the food most enjoyable even if not always familiar. My coworker did not like anything with vinegar it it so he was not as happy! That meal at the end I was feeling hungry looking at it! I grew up on a farm and home-made sausage with intestine casings were something I got to help with as a child.

Thank you for the Saumagen. Bratkartoffeln, Sauerkraut and that kind of dark sauce also belong to my dishes, but Saumagen was new for me. I had to look up for it in the wikipedia. German wikipedia is better than the English one (the English wikipedia claims, that the pork stomach itself is important, whereas the German wikipedia clarifies, that the pork stomach is only used for being filled and then cooked/baked or whatever).

I grew up in Heidelberg, moved to Freiburg to study and now I'm living in Austria near Vienna. If the next one is in the Black Forest (Schwarzwald) or even in Freiburg I'm gonna die of being homesick 😭😍😂 Awesome Video ❤ I really enjoyed you guys enjoying the beauty of my home and heart :)

In central Pennsylvania, we have a lot of German ancestors. Pig Stomach (also called Hog maw) is a popular dish. Ours has more potatoes in it with the sausage meat, and is usually roasted rather than boiled and fried, but essentially the same dish.

Germany, in the summer, is the perfection of the beautiful,” he gushed. He was especially fond of Heidelberg, where he lived with his family in the summer of 1878. The city was “the last possibility of the beautiful,” he wrote, straining to surpass the superlative he had lavished on the country....Mark Twain

It makes me always happy, when people from other countries say, how good the german food tastes!

If you ascend the hill even higher from the Philosopher's Way (with the epic views), you will find the "Thingstätte", an amphitheater built by students in the 1940s. Right next to it are the ruins of an old monastery. It's a really beautiful place that is, unfortunately, missed out by many tourists. You'd probably need to save an extra day for the exhausting hike, especially if you plan to see the castle as well.

Did a Rhine Aflame tour in the early 80s. Visited the Schloss and saw the giant wine cask. As a teenaged boy into Dungeons and Dragons, it was amazing.

Though my 1st ancestors from Germany came to America in the 1760s, I've traced that paternal line back to 1507 in the village of Gammelsbach -- NE of where you were in this video.

When I lived in Friedberg (Hesse) in the 1970s, my favorite food before going drinking was a schinken platte. Have you ever had it.

Just a few remarks: (1) Strange that you fail to mention that the Heidelberger Schloss was in fact a ruin since the 17th century (one of the many visits of French troups to Germany). (2) Saumagen is a dish typical of the historical Palatinate region and commonly associated with the former Chancellor Kohl who came from Palatinate areas west of the Rhine (city of Ockersheim).

OMG I’m a pharmacist and I NEED to go to that cool pharmacy museum!! I LOVE all the old bottles and stuff!!

Saumagen is a typical dish of the Palatinate region in south-west Germany. It does not include stomach or other offal. Instead, a meat mixture with pieces of meat, potatoes and herbs is filled into a pig's stomach and cooked. Then it is usually cut into slices and fried in a pan. Thus, the pig's stomach is somewhat similar to the Scottish haggis, albeit with a different filling. By the way, you can serve it with either a white wine from the region or a beer. Red wine with Saumagen is rather unusual.

"Schwitzen wie ein Schwein"... 😂 pigs don't sweat, they can't.. that is why they love mud baths.."Memories of Heidelberg sind Memories vom Glück" - great vid!

I've been there twice and was completely charmed. We ate that round thing at Gundel but none of us were very impressed with it. I would go again!

How cool that you started your video on philosophers way! We loved that trek, and did it twice. Heidelberg is my mom’s hometown! My dad was an American soldier stationed there. It’s the town where everything (for our family) began. We visited in 2019 and fell in love with this fairytale city. We will be returning this year. Thanks for the tips.

For a delicious regional dish in the Saarland, you have to try the "Gefillde" mit Specksosse und sauerkaraut (potato dumplings filled with bratwurst filler with bacon gravy and sauerkraut)!

Oh my goodness, you two. We’re in Heidelberg right now. Thank you for this video. Sitting down right now having some wonderful kuchen from Gundel right now. Danke!

Almost all the damage on the castle was the result of the locals removing stones way back then and not some kind of failure or conflict. I also hated onions, red cabbage and sauerkraut, today I love that stuff....welcome to my home town.

Saumagen is originally from Rheinland-Pfalz and was the favorite dish of former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl. You can compare it with Scottish Haggis - but in this case I would prefer the German Saumagen.

My daughter was born in Heidelberg, wonderful city, we lived in Gauangelloch

I have lived in USA for over 30 years however I grew up 20 mile away from there. Took my American husband and he loved it. Thank you for posting this. ❤

Hallo ihr beiden ! Danke für den Rundgang hat wie immer Spass gemacht euch beim Futtern zu zusehen 😂 Das Krabbenbrötchen läst aus Hamburg Grüßen 🎉🎉

awesome vid ^^ my fiancée and me will travel to heidelberg this august too and your vid was really helpful to get an impression of the city. last year we traveled to bamberg. also a really beautitful city and definitely worth to see ^^ my tip for a next video ^^

Ahh love the video!!!! Jared’s always wanted to visit Heidelberg to visit the university

Greetings from Heidelberg, my hometown. I live rather at the beginning of the Hauptstraße, but in the past, our fam lived in the old town and during this time, I went up to the castle a lot more often than nowadays 😂 Was def an interesting watch to see you exploring Heidelberg 😁 Heidelberg is also known as Studentenstadt. Our university is the oldest in Germany and one of the best 👍 Have you guys already been to Schwetzingen and its Schlosspark? It's not that far away from Heidelberg and really worth a visit ❤

Phil, sauerkraut is so good. I've loved since I was a child and I'm 55 now. I really hope you come to enjoy it. Like Deanna I love fermented foods too. Kimchee, Yum! Thanks for the video!

It is true that Heidelberg was one of very few German cities during WWII that was not bombed. The reason for this is very simple: General Eisenhower wanted to set up his HQ in Heidelberg after the conquest of southern Germany and did not want to do this in a destroyed city where the entire infrastructure would first have to be rebuilt. However, this did not happen: Eisenhower remained at his HQ in Paris until the end of the war.

Re : the stomach. Any natural casing sausage is made from intestines of pig, sheep, etc. The stomach is utilized in the same way. They outer surface is lacy white fat. I stuff it or use it the wrap meat for constant basting. It is called CAUL fat, and is highly prized. By the way cow stomach is called Tripe. To me the texture is somewhat like Calamari.

My sons wedding was in Heidelberg this past October it was such a beautiful town! And his wedding and reception were at the castle!

Ich hab′ mein ❤️ in Heidelberg verloren In einer lauen Sommernacht... Oder Memories of Heidelberg are memory's of you... Look up the lyrics! Or watch the old movie of Heidelberg! Love my hometown ❤Heidelberg❤ Nice Video 👍🏻👍🏻thx

Fond memories of the Heidelberg Castle.We took the funicular train up to the castle instead of hiking.

Great video, you guys! - And I have to compliment the editing!

Hi, just found your videos - love them!! I’m was born in Germany - in Idar-Oberstein. Have you every visited there? They have the Church in the Rocks and they are the gem stone center of the world. My great uncle was a stone cutter. It’s a very neat place. I haven’t been back since 1967!! At my age and health, I doubt I’ll see it again. Wish y’all would do a video from there sometime. Thank you!

My family is from waldorf. It is close to heidelberg. The 13 bus took you into heidelberg via heidleberger strasse. Nothing but beautiful memories of heidelburg. At the foot of the hauptstasse, was a wonderful toy store. It had a slide you could slide down from the third floor. We use to visit the dungeon which is off limits now but barbaric items down there. The old bridge was blown up by the nazis as they left for the redoubt. Finally, General Patton died in heidelburg after his car accident. A section of the military base was called Patton baracks. I was in Patton's room where he passed there was a plague. We use to get paddle boats on necker. The goal was not to get hit by the river barges. The world is getting smaller. The heidelberg cement company operated out of Lieman. Now the own all the quarries in wrightstown, bucks county, pa. Great video. Tom o

Eure Videos, ob in den USA oder in der EU gedreht, sind großartig. Vielen Dank dafür und macht gerne weiter so. - Your videos, whether shot in the US or in the EU, are great. Thank you for that and please keep it up.❤👍

Heidelberg!!! My city!! One of the friendliest places in the world. Very Beautiful too. Love you guys!!!! The Irish Bar is mega for food btw!!!!

The pig's stomach is mainly used as sausage casing with Pfälzer Saumagen, similar to the Swabian Schwartenmagen, a kind of brawn. Pfälzer Saumagen is a very regional speciality, but it was one of the favorite dishes of former chancellor Helmut Kohl, who let it serve to Margaret Thatcher, Michail Gorbachev, Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton and many other visitors - so are in illustrious company...

Not a bad job guys. Got a like from me Explore Chiemsee and the casle on the island. Great day trip

The Saumagen does not contain pig stomach, it is just the outer hull of the stomach wich is filled with various ingrediens. The ingrediens and recipe also change from town to town. The hull of many sausages is also made of colon, but before processing, they specialy cleaned and processed, at the end they constist only of a clean collagen version.

Love Heidelberg!! Visited 2 times while we lived in Germany. Lived in Over wild flecked near the Fulda gap.

Loved Hiedlberg, most memorable for was the beautiful view and in the castle the kings toilet shaft on the side of the wall

Great video, the pastries look yummy 😊

You guys are such a vibe!

Heidelberg ist einfach meine absolute Lieblingsstadt hier in der kompletten Umgebung!

You Have to visit a "Besen" Wirtschaft which is mostly located in the southwestern Area, 40km far from Heidelberg in the Heilbronner Area ! This locations are traditionally runned by Farmers and they aren't opened the whole year, Just for a few weeks. So you Have to watch Out in the local press for opening days. 😎👍

Maisel's Hefe Wiezen was always my fave, but the Kristal I believe was promoted as Kristalklar if that means any difference to you? I liked both types.

I studied abroad in Heidelberg back in the fall of 2008. Love that city and really want to go back someday! Never had the food that you tried though. Hope you saw the monkey as you went across the bridge.

3:50 there has to be some fresh wipped cream on there ... on the Pflaumenkuchen 4 sure ! xD Rhabarberkuchen is in season right now , an Strawberry season started

My grandparents tell, that there was written "Heidelberg wollen wir schonen, darin wollen wir wohnen.", which basically means, that Heidelberg should be a base for the Americans and should therefore not be destroyed. So it's not by chance, that it was not bombed. Mannheim on the other hand was almost completely destroyed. You should totally have gone to the Vetter just around the corner from where you were. They have great craft beer. What you had was not a regional beer. Still it was fun to see your reaction to my hometown

Thanks for the tip. We will make a pitstop when we go to Poland on our vacation next year

Schön zu sehen das ihr Spaß hattet. Nice to see you had fun :)

FYI: the castle of heidelbergis _the_ scholastic example in the studies of cultural heritage preservation, since it is the focal point of a scholarly debate of two schools of thought of how to treat such heritage: restoration vs. conservation -- obviously school conservation under Georg Dehio won here. In sigh view, one has to conserve _all_ of the history of a building, and even destroyed aspects tell a story, like canon or gun shot holes do, so restoring would remove that aspect of the building. in the same way as it removes time, to feel the weight of years something has persisted is a valuable aspect in his eyes and nothing to expell by making the object look like it was built yesterday. furthermore the question, is a building really still the original building if it consists of more modern material than its original one -- in the worst case also built with modern building techniques instead of the ones used back then? this would make the object impure and unauthentic in his eyes (welll if done as such improperly it would undeniably -- but if one studies the object and applies all the knowledge it gives in its raw state, one can restore it without changing anything, so even future generations can by observing deduce this exact knowledge all the same without any wrong implications)

Saumagen is very typical of the Pfalz around Kaiserslautern. Is is basically a Wurst product stuffed into a pigs stomach. Nothing fancy.

you can serve every wheat beer as a crystal just by leaving out the yeast at the bottom of the bottle. Normally you stuff a pig's intestine to get sausage. If you stuff a stomach, you get a sausage like thing, only larger.

That ball dessert looks so interesting! There are so many layers.

Great videotography! I almost felt like I was with you.

The funniest memory I have of Heidelberg is when at my first visit, up at the castle I saw "Bratwurst 5€" (it's probably 7€ now). And my mind was going: Wait! I saw Bratwurst 2,50€ downside. So if I take the cable train 1,30€ up+down, I am saving 20 cent by getting the Bratwurst down there AND get to enjoy the ride? Still the best demonstration fo the principle "location, location, location" I ever had.

I really appreciate y’all 2 both. Thanks… 💜💜!!

Love your videos! That’s my birthplace and last time I was there was 1991. My Father was stationed in Karlsruhe at the time. I really miss Germany. I’ll be back soon. September and October.

13:54 die suppe ist französisch das brot wird mit käse überbacken (hatte ich während der schulzeit in hauswitschaftslehre) :)

I live in the USA Pennsylvania to be exact. We have something called hog maw around my area and it's pig stomache filled with potatoes onions garlic sausage and sometimes beef. I put pepperoni in mine for a little more flavor. But it's a variation of food brought here from our German ancestors who migrated and settled in this area.

I was here in 2017 and I loved it. It is so beautiful and the castle was amazing. Yes we walked all through it. The food was delicious.

I love Heidelberg! I was there a while back during Spargelzeit. The creativity around this amazing ingredient was delicious! Took the funicular to the castle and got stuck in a hail storm. Such a great place ❤

The Schnookeloch is one of my go-to restaurants in Heidelberg. But it seems you missed the inside which is full of traditional student items, coats of arms and pictures from different centuries and often of course students wearing their traditional colour stripes and hats themselves. I can only recommend. Same for Mensurstube!

I had something similar when I visited Munich: Hacker-Pschorr beer (although the locals said Augustiner is better) and Spanferkel (sucking piglet). Nothing extreme compared to what ancient Romans used to eat, e.g. cow udders or pig uterus.

You probably didn't have any pig stomach in your saumagen dish. It get's prepared inside of it and some people like to eat the skin (the stomach and that imo tastes pretty disgusting), but it seems to me you were only served the filling which consists of totally normal meat.

Very beautiful German Town. German food just looks so good to me. I think I could eat it everyday. I think German food and Polish food are my favorite foods I even liked it more than Italian food. Please keep showing us some German food

You had Saumagen and this is where things are going south. Or you are going south? :D One could argue about the Preis Leistungs Verhältnis of cake vs ball- I would assume that marzipan and nougat are more expensive than plums.

Actually, Saumagen has no parts of a pig's stomach in the dish when it's served. It is potatoes, herbs, onions, cabbage, plus some pork meat mixed together and processed by a grinder, then stuffed into a thoroughly cleaned pig's stomach and cooked in there. Before it will be served, the stomach (which is an encasement only) is cut away and the stuffing is cut into slices. It tastes very good, and one can make slight comparisons with Leber- or Fleischkäse, although there are differences, of course.

There's a Heidelberg in Melbourne Australia! It's one suburb.

In the "Saumagen" you don't actually eat the stomach. The stomach is used as a casing for the sausage.

The Pfluaumen Kuchen looks so good. Reminds me of my mother's cake. She made very similar to the one you had. Delicious!!!

The last time I visited Fulda, we made it a point to dine at the Traditionsgaststtate Bratwurstglockle to try the Pferdeklops. While not the best thing I ever ate in Germany, it was quite good. It's not so easy to find a restaurant willing to serve horse meat these days.

I was thinking it was going to be pig testicles. They actually eat that in the northern states in the U.S. they call them rock mountain oysters. This isnt as gross as I thought it would be. An No, I have never eaten rocky mountain oysters, but I know some people who do

I love your videos andcas I am living in Heidelberg it really makes me proud, that you liked it. As Heidelberg is a SUniversity City, the Nightlive an culturell Events are really nice as well Greetings from Heidelberg ❤❤

Love your show. Have you ever been to Kassel Germany? Very beautiful lots to see, good food.

Pig stomach has always been used as a sausage casing. Beef stomach is called tripe and completly different

Was in Heidelburg about 3 weeks ago definitely will go back again very friendly people

Good for you two Heidelberg is beautiful

The city where I was born! I can't deny, that I feel kind of proud. :)

Saumagen was the favourite dish of the late german chancellor Helmut Kohl who originated in the Pfalz (as in Rheinland-Pfalz). To germans it's more lika a sausage - which usually was minced meat filled guts. The onion soup is kind of a ripp-off of french onion soup which also has a slice of bread on top with scalloped cheese. And the best beer in Germany is Pils without any doubt! 😉

Found your channel just a while ago. A nice comparison of cultures.

Visit neckarzimmern while your down there. Hornberg castle is worth a visit.

Grew up outside of Pennsylvania Dutch country (Germans not Dutch) and Hogsmaw is a popular dish in the area which is stuffed pigs stomach. I've admittedly never had it because of how it sounded, but watching you try something similar I may not shy away next time I'm in Pennsylvania.

Phil, have you ever seen the burning of the castle in Heidelberg? I forget the story behind it but it was cool to see.

Heidelberg is beautiful. Loved that city. Was in Germany in 2010. The little barrels in that castle had Frohlich on them, my last name.

Heidelberg is one of my top favourite German cities. Absolutely beautiful. Loved the Student Prison at the University.

Have been to Heidelberg in November 2019 and 2022. Have to go back this year and try the plum cake! Tho NOT the pig stomach .

Fun fact, when I used to go to the Heidelberg castle there use to be a Torture Museum it was great. Not sure why they removed it but the exhibits were great.

You forgot to purchase and try some Neckarkiesel (sweets looking like pebbles from the Neckar). And also, didn't you see the Rittersprung on the balcony? And don't you know the big barrel is empty because Perkeo drank it all?