• One of the most important traditions of Oktoberfest is the food. If you're planning an Oktoberfeast start the menu off with bratwurst, potato dumplings, sauerkraut and strudel. Be sure to include an amber-gold lager to wash it all down, but only if you're of legal drinking age!Real Gourmet: Oktoberfest

• 1. First Oktoberfest held October 12, 1810The Pittsburgh Tribune: Oktoberfest excites appetites for German Food
  2. Hot potato salads are popularFood Network: Plan an Oktoberfest Party
  3. Sausages are stuffed with veal, pork, oxThe Local: Oktoberfest—TheFood
  4. Oktoberfest is known as the worlds largest fairMuenchen.de: The History of Oktoberfest
  5. Oktoberfest also the name of a special beer brewed under specific conditionsReal Gourmet: Oktoberfest

• Traditional Oktoberfest Dishes

  • Bratwurst
  • Hot Bavarian Potato SaladFood Network: Plan an Oktoberfest Party
  • Spit-roasted ChickenReal Gourmet: Oktoberfest
  • German Chocolate CakeThe Pittsburgh Tribune: Oktoberfest excites appetites for German Food
  • Wienerschnitzel The Pittsburgh Tribune: Oktoberfest excites appetites for German Food

• Celebrating Oktoberfest in America

  Just because you don't live in Munich, doesn't mean you can't have your own Oktobefest celebration. Get creative in the kitchen and try braising your sausage and sauerkraut in a rich, amber ale.Epicurious: Beer-Braised Sauerkraut and Sausage

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