Currywurst

Currywurst Berlin style, cut into chunks in a paper tray with a little plastic fork stuck in, the way German snack stands hand it over. It is a grilled pork sausage drowned in curry-spiked ketchup and dusted with curry powder. A Berlin plaque credits Herta Heuwer with inventing the sauce at her snack stand on Kantstraße in September 1949, and it has been a standard order at German snack counters ever since. It is simple food done hot and fast, so the stand matters more than the recipe: pick one with a queue and a busy grill. Eat it standing at the counter, with fries on the side to mop up the sauce.