Kottenbutter

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Kottenbutter is a hearty open-faced sandwich from the Bergisches Land region, made with buttered dark bread and topped with smoked sausage and other savory ingredients.The sandwich developed in the Bergisches Land among the Schleifer, the metal grinders who worked in water-powered workshops called Kotten along the Wupper River between Solingen, Remscheid, and Wuppertal, where they needed a quick, energy-dense meal to eat during short breaks while grinding steel. Preparation is straightforward: dense, dark bread is sliced, butter is spread on one or both slices, smoked sausage (usually either pork or pork-and-horse meat sausage) is placed on top, thin rings of raw onion are added, and spicy mustard may be spread beneath the sausage or on the bread, with no cooking required before eating. Common variations include using different types of smoked sausage, such as panhas or other coarse pork sausages, and spreading mustard more or less heavily, while the defining structure of buttered dark bread with smoked sausage and onion remains consistent. Kottenbutter is eaten cold and is served as a snack or lunch in homes, taverns, at local festivals, and at gatherings in the Bergisches Land, and it is commonly paired with a mug of strong coffee or a local beer.