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Drinking when in cologne. like mettbrötchen, which is minced raw pork with onions on a roll. or halve hahn, which is simply gouda cheese on rye. this is really good. >> heinz: by now you see how it goes, no? you'll get the kölsch without ordering. >> anthony: i don't like this custom, though. i don't want to know how many beers i've had. this is -- >> heinz: okay, but he has to know. >> anthony: yeah, that's fine. can't he do his own little system? somewhere around here, i'm thinking, "geez, i've got a problem." it's when the himmel uhn erde or heaven and earth hits the table that i start ge...

Person, i must admit there is a lot more taste in this beer than it is in kölsch. unfortunately, after three or four of these beers, i'm full. >> anthony: so as a utility everyday beer, kölsch has definitely got an edge, you could drink it all day. >> heinz: yes, but the dusseldorf people, they are accustomed to it, so i think they can do 10 or 15. >> anthony: pickled eggs. peel, cut in half, remove the yoke, add mustard and bit of oil and vinegar, return the yoke, and go. perfect for beer drinking. it's work, but it's worth the effort. you can do this yourself. i thought it was cologne that...

Person, i must admit there is a lot more taste in this beer than it is in kölsch. unfortunately, after three or four of these beers, i'm full. >> anthony: so as a utility everyday beer, kölsch has definitely got an edge, you could drink it all day. >> heinz: yes, but the dusseldorf people, they are accustomed to it, so i think they can do 10 or 15. >> anthony: pickled eggs. peel, cut in half, remove the yoke, add mustard and bit of oil and vinegar, return the yoke, and go. perfect for beer drinking. it's work, but it's worth the effort. you can do this yourself. i thought it was cologne that...

It was sweet, sweet memories of this stegosaurus sized shank of cured pork boiled and boiled until it literally falls away from the bone steaming and moist, a symphony of meat and gelatin and good, good stuff. god is hiding in there somewhere. >> heinz: cologne is a workers' town, you know? so the kitchen is definitely a workers' kitchen. >> anthony: and yet, it has a pretty liberal progressive worldview. where did that come from? >> heinz: it has something to do with the river. occupation here was trading, so the cologne people from the beginning were interested in other people, and they took...

I don't know, maybe it is because everybody's telling us that our city is ugly, and berlin is the big thing, and maybe we have to show with our hearts that we are good people and we are having fun and i think the kölsch is helping. >> tracey: for some reason every time i arrive here, i always feel like somehow the people are more open here to me being american and speaking german. and part of it is this carnival thing. >> anthony: really? >> tracey: maybe it's my own self-discovery of like being in another place and finally being accepted, maybe because i'm in costume and they don't know righ...