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'It's A Food For Everyone': What German Currywurst Reveals About Berlin

Chicago has deep-dish pizza. New York has bagels. Philadelphia the cheesesteak. Many cities have a dish they’re most celebrated for, but not all of them have a museum devoted to the cuisine.

Kassandra Sundt (@KassandraSundt) from member station WBUR was in Berlin recently and visited the Currywurst Museum — devoted to the pork sausage slathered in a special sauce.

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A woman looks at various currywurst dishes at the Deutsches Currywurst Museum in Berlin, Germany, in 2009. (Michael Sohn/AP)
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A woman looks at various currywurst dishes at the Deutsches Currywurst Museum in Berlin, Germany, in 2009. (Michael Sohn/AP)