Frankfurters

Frankfurters. From the first day, we noticed a gastronomic phenomenon which was interesting for us: the popularity of “Frankfurter bars”. Seeing Vietnamese, Chinese, Japanese, or even Turkish restaurants would not have been such a surprise. But why exactly Bockwurst? In the majority of the bars we experienced almost perfect German menu, just as if we were in Berlin. There were some places where the spelling had slightly transformed, but we had to appoint that in Catalonia but at least in Mataró the German sausage is as much a national food as at the Bavaria. In Mataró we saw no end of sausage grill bars but we saw the same type of bars in Calaf, Manresa or Barcelona, too. We asked about the reason of their popularity as many people as we could. Some of them said it was in fashion, others came up with its cheapness: there can be something in this. As a significant part of the inhabitants are not really wealthy, so a relatively cheap form of entertainment and nutrition is drinking beer and eating sausages, combining them sometimes with watching a football match.