In this part of Germany, most towns, no matter how small, have some sort of fest at least once a year. Most do them in the summer or fall. Generally, they are simply the locals selling very inexpensive food and beer and have a tent or gym open for people to socialize to music. A select few go the extra mile and have a theme to their fest. Queidersbach is one of them.
Queidersbach is about 10km away from where we live. Every year, they have a "Hahenfest," which roughly translates to a chicken fest. They offer beer, music, crepes, and rotisserie chicken...a LOT of rotisserie chicken!
We inadvertently arrived 3 hours after the start of it and missed the rush. We waited in line for 40 minutes, but apparently several hours earlier the line was over an hour wait. What's the wait for? Half of a rotisserie chicken, cooked to perfection.
As you can see, the place was packed. It was the best chicken I can ever recall having: very moist, just slightly salty, LOTS of meat (very little if any fat), and a great smoky flavor from the fire cooking.
How did those contraptions run? An electric motor turned the spits. To heat the boxes, they literally tossed in halved four foot by eight inch logs into the tops of the boxes periodically. Flames licked out the top of the boxes and the chicken patiently rolled on the outsides. They just stacked the chickens right on top of each other.
It was a bit of a wait, and to our surprise about two thirds of the people there were American, but it was worth every minute for that sumptuous bird. Oppa Deutschland Style!
2 comments:
I could get behind this type of festival. But why only half a chicken? I would have gotten a whole chicken and eaten it later.
we need to have a chicken race!
who can eat a whole chicken fastest!
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