Kate Hudson: ‘I can’t be in Germany and not eat the bratwurst. I love it’

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Kate Hudson is still promoting her book, Pretty Happy: Healthy Ways to Love Your Body, which was out earlier this year, and she’s also shilling her fitness line, Fabletics. Fabletics is a subscription-based service and I have heard mostly negative things about it. So Kate is on the cover of Shape for these things, since Mother’s Day has already come and gone, and she gives a lot of quotes we’ve kind-of heard from her before about fitness, diet and wellness. In terms of celebrity health advice, I really like how no-nonsense and practical Kate is. She admits that she works hard for her physique and says that there’s no “secret.” She’s said several times that she counts calories and fits indulgences in, which is the way to go in my opinion. I guess you can’t sell matter-of-fact advice other than in a book, which she’s already done. Here’s some of what she told Shape:

On why she loves her shape:
“I love my shape because I work really hard at it. I honor my body by working out and seeing what it can do.”

On finding the workout her body craves:
“Some people need structure and a regimen, but I’m not a planner. When I exercise, I need to connect to myself and see how I’m feeling at the moment, because my mood is constantly changing.”

On how her mom taught her discipline:
“I was three years old when my mom [Goldie Hawn] enrolled me in dance class, and I practiced intensely until I was about 14. I was not a big fan of ballet, but she made me do it. Now I’m so grateful that she didn’t allow me to quit. It was the best thing she could have done for me. In dance, you’re constantly competing with yourself, and you’re only as good as your practice. It taught me discipline.”

On her body breakthrough:
“I was 19 when I discovered Pilates, and I’m still doing it. It’s the workout my body really responds to. It’s all about alignment, elongating your spine, and strengthening your core. It makes me feel my strongest.”

On her love for the outdoors:
“I’m a nature girl. I grew up in Colorado and was always outside. I still am, even when I’m in the city. If I’m in Amsterdam, I get on a bike, ride everywhere, and really see the place. I love that freedom, which you can’t get in a car. In New York City, if I’m staying downtown and have a meeting uptown, I’ll put on my earphones, listen to great music, and just walk. There’s nothing better than walking in Manhattan.”

On finding balance in her diet and eating bratwurst:
“Enjoying good food is a huge part of being healthy and happy. When I was growing up, everybody came to our place for dinner on Sundays. It was a joyful house. Food was very important; there was always something good cooking. Mom went to India a lot in the seventies, so she made curries and dal. She cooks Southern food too—her dad was from Arkansas. She makes a mean biscuits and gravy and chicken and dumplings.

My mom has always been healthy, but she’s not a health nut. I’m the same way. I absolutely believe in enjoying my food, especially when I travel. I don’t eat a lot of meat when I’m home, but I can’t be in Germany and not eat the bratwurst. I just love it so much.”

[From Shape]

Kate talked about bratwurst, one of my favorite topics. I want to emphasize this point for all of you who may travel to Germany: all bratwurst is not the same! The Thuringer bratwurst is the best in the world and you can’t get it everywhere. There are many places in Germany where you are better off getting a local speciality. If you’re in Berlin get the currywurst, that’s incredible, and if you want a bratwurst look for the words “Thuringer bratwurst.” Even then, you may have mixed results and it may not be a true Thuringer bratwurst. For that you have to go to Thuringia, which is well worth the trip for the food alone. Go to the capital, Erfurt, you will not be disappointed. This is your bratwurst PSA of the day.

In terms of what she said about exercise, I can relate. If I’m working out at home I decide at the time what I’m going to do and I love that there are so many choices on YouTube, along with the DVDs and exercise games I have. Often I end up doing the same routines but I like the fact that I get to pick what I’m in the mood for. Kate does pilates, TRX and something called Sworkit. You can read more about her workout routine on Shape.com. They also have a behind the scenes video of her photoshoot.

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  1. Alix says:

    Famous for being famous at this point. She bores me.

    • Skins says:

      Me too. I guess the rom-com business is drying up. Doesn’t seem to be doing many movies nowadays

  2. nicole says:

    I think Kate has said in the past she uses My Fitness Pal for calorie tracking. I can’t rave about it enough. It sounds so dumb because it’s just a calorie counter but it has so much food listed that it’s so so easy. Really wakes you up to the reality of what you’re eating. For me, it was a lifestyle change.

    All that being said, different things work for different people, obviously wouldn’t work across the board.

  3. Patricia says:

    Absolutely boring. Who cares what this chic eats in Germany, or anywhere else?! Yawn.

  4. Sixer says:

    Haha. Celebitchy is a German sausage aficionado. There’s a boom boom joke in there, I am sure.

    Mr Sixer is also one of these, thanks to his years in Germany. His favourite is bockwurst. The only one I recall him disliking is weisswurst. Everything mit musik if possible!

    • Celebitchy says:

      Weisswurst takes some getting used to but it’s good with mustard, it’s a Bavarian specialty and they serve it in a little cup of hot water then you have to peel the skin off. It’s called weiss because it’s soft. Bockwurst is closer to a hotdog and it’s good it’s just not my thing.

      • Sixer says:

        See? You’re the Wikipedia of German sausage. I love it when people know all about unexpected things! Mr Sixer was stationed in Germany for a long time while in the army, which is why he too knows all about sausage.

      • tracking says:

        Enjoy a bite or two of Weisswurst, but so.rich.

      • Wurstbonbon says:

        Weiss means white. What you maybe think of is “weich” – which means soft. Weichwurst would be a funny word…
        But then again, what do I know… I hate sausages. Try german beer instead. Much better.
        Greetings from germanland!

      • Liberty says:

        Weisswurst in Bavaria….fabulous. Enjoyed it there for years. Remember the King Leopold cut to eat it? (cutting at a slant, forward slant then back, inch by inch — a very neat pristine way to eat it out of its case). Learned that during Fasching my first year!

        Currywurst w friends, at a place not far from the Berlin Zoo…Bratwurst and beer and radish in the summer in local gardens. Stuff I never knew I’d love.

    • GoodNamesAllTaken says:

      I always wanted to do a vacation through the Black Forrest. I will make a note about the wurst if I ever do it. I didn’t know there were so many kinds.

      • Celebitchy says:

        You can’t get good bratwurst in the Black Forest unless you’re in a city but try the wurstsalat in Bavaria holy crap it is delicious. Also go to Switzerland when you’re there because it’s not far and is really pretty. Their specialties are like raclette and fondue so if you like cheese and bread it’s excellent. I could talk food for some time.

      • GoodNamesAllTaken says:

        Yum. I am writing this down. Food is my life.

      • lenje says:

        Raclette is my favorite!!!

        I’ll be going to Switzerland in a few days, and am excited that a friend there has already bought me the Cafe de Paris’ steak sauce. Yum!

    • ladysussex says:

      I came here to say this! Once I was in the Lake District of Bavaria and ordered bratwurst. Silly, silly me. The waitress seemed outraged (or is that just the German way of speaking?) and said “NOO! Ve have weisswurst!” But it was delicious, and Bavaria is like heaven.

    • Jauet says:

      My personal favourite is the Krakauer. The wonderful thing about Germany though is you have a sausage for every mood. And they all come with Mustard.

    • TotallyBiased says:

      Give me my Bayern food! From spaetzle to the gingerbread (can’t remember the word, but there is a special nme for the stuff from Nuremberg and it is AMAZING!)
      Plus stollen…those brats from the north of the province…I just love everything about the food there. Well, except weisswurst–too weirdly soft AND too rich.
      Man. This thread made me hungry and completely uninterested in Kate and her workout clothes line (except some of those stories about charging people another seventy dollars the next month are pretty horrific.)

  5. GoodNamesAllTaken says:

    I like her, and I don’t understand the hostility she gets on here. Maybe you’re all just jealous? Ha, just kidding. I know that’s not it. I mean, I don’t find her objectionable. At least she admits she works hard to look like that. Maybe I just like her because I’ve always liked Goldie.

    • nicole says:

      I like that she says she works hard at it. Much better than – I just run after my kids and eat burgers and doritos.

    • Susan says:

      I agree. She’s one of the least offensive stars out there in my opinion. And I adore her honesty about working out, no secret, calorie counting, finding balance, etc.

    • bondbabe says:

      I agree; I’ve always liked her. She seems pretty harmless and is living life. Although some say she is boring, I guess I would ask what would they have Kate do to make her not boring for them? Vivre et laisser vivre.

    • Birdie says:

      I can only describe my dislike for her as disappointed. She was nominated for an Oscar, had everything and a bright acting future. She chose bad romantic comedies and dates teens now. She downgraded. Used to love her, now find her annoying and attention seeking.

  6. Megan says:

    Booking the tickets now. I need that Thuringer bratwurst.

  7. KC7 says:

    I came to see what Hudson had to say about wurst and left with a newfound adoration for Celebitchy! Thüringer is hands down my favorite wurst also, what I wouldn’t give for a thüringer with a crispy brötchen right about now!

  8. Winterberry says:

    I appreciated your take on the merits of various German meat products and I am a vegetarian Jew. Actually more interesting than the Kate Hudson part of the post.

  9. tschic says:

    For me, as a german, is it quite funny to read about it.
    What does the US eat if they don`t have Bratwurst?

    I think it`s always strange to go to a supermarket in the US – there are no 100 of different kind of sausage, no 100 of different kind of bread…. how can you survive?

    • GoodNamesAllTaken says:

      Lol, I’m starting to wonder! Now I want some good German food and I have no way to get it!

      • JudyK says:

        Love good German food. Like me, you may have to wait for Oktoberfest. (Food is my life, too, GNAT.)

    • Starkiller says:

      We don’t eat that. We subsist entirely on McDonald’s, coke, and freedom fries.

    • Sixer says:

      Their tea aisles are all wrong, too!

    • siri says:

      Well, if I HAVE to make a choice, I’ll take the delicious bread over a Bratwurst any day. But the best is a Thüringer AND the bread with it. And lots of the equally delicious mustard.

    • susanne says:

      We are a sausage-poor country in the US. Even our best grocery stores (I live by Wegman’s- yay!) don’t have much.
      Locally, we have Zweigle’s hot dogs, which are mighty fine, but no comparison to what I”m reading about here. We have a German market/restaurant, and now I’ve got to take my list of sausages-to-sample there to see what they have!
      I’m nearly vegetarian, too- except when it comes to cured, smoked pork in a casing.

      • JJ says:

        It sounds like you are from Rochester! Swan Market in the city has some super delish German food. Also, McCann’s recently opened a retail location which locally sources meat — I’ve never been but I’ve heard great things!

  10. Annaloo. says:

    I’ve been watching her Snapchat for a few weeks and now I hate to say it, but I’m not so sure I like her so much now. She may just be on a busy run right now, but over three weeks she’s been home in Cali with her boys a total of 5 days, and out at night so much.. My Judgy McJudgington is coming out, and I hate myself for it, but I am now seeing how old fashioned I am. She’s also terribly narcissistic, but this is an actress…. Snapchat is terrible!😭

  11. Christin says:

    Sunday dinner sounds Southern, and viola, I discover Goldie’s dad was from Arkansas.

  12. Birdie says:

    Currywurst! The best! Not only in Berlin.

  13. elns says:

    Yay for all the sausage talk!! I am going to Germany to visit my mother this summer. She’s in Stuttgart but we will be visiting Munich and Bavaria, Berchtesgaden. My husband and The Kid are super excited for all things sausage. I have been scratching down the celebitchy notes on an index card from the comments as well. Thanks Everyone!

    I’m here for any and all sausage talk. I consider myself an International sausage lover. I may not be an expert but I have an appreciation. I often have to season my own pork for sage sausage rolls since most of the fresh sausage on the West Coast is Italian dominated (think oregano and fennel). But I love all sausages, Kielbasa, Portuguese Linguica, Spanish Chorizo. ..

  14. Alan Haimes says:

    Currywurst – ‘incredible’

    okay..

  15. hey-ya says:

    …in all my years I’ve never read of any nutrional advice that has anything good to say about sausages…any sausages..basically clogged arteries & the big c waiting to happen…

  16. TotallyBiased says:

    Sadly, it is impossible to buy even remotely decent brotchen in the US. Years ago I lived walking distance from a German bakery that could make anything, even the gingerbread I mention upthread (it has a special name and is an official culinary treasure from Nuremberg–I should just Google it) But they informed me even they could not make proper brotchen in the States, although they had no idea why. They tried, but it just wouldn’t come out right.
    Water, yeast, wild yeast in the air, who knows. They would go back to Germany and buy all of their supplies there. Didn’t matter. Everything else came out authentically, but never the brotchen. Since then I’ve looked all over the US, without success.
    Sigh.
    I miss brotchen.

    • Finny says:

      I’m originally from southern Bavaria and living in the US for the last 17 years. What I miss most over here is the bread. You just can’t find a good bread here. I just have an aversion to bread that sticks to the roof of your mouth and doesn’t spoil. As for sausages… I was visiting my family in Jan/Feb. (Faschingseason) and spoiled myself to all kinds goodies from sausages to breads to diff. cheeses. I didn’t hold back.. Afterall it was the first time after 3 years and had to last me for the coming 3 years. 🙂

      @TotallyBiased: Do you mean Nuernberger Lebkuchen??

      • tschic says:

        when I lived abroad it was the same. And I hear it over and over from expats – they miss the bread. But it is really delicious… dark crusty bread with salty butter…. mmmmh.
        One time I found a german bakery in Amsterdam and I went there …and then there was the usual fluffy bread with no crust at all and nothing else…

  17. Finny says:

    When I really get bratwurst cravings I order it from this website. http://www.stiglmeier.com/

    Not cheap but the products are as close to original as possible and when Octoberfest time hits i don’t mind spending the money to get my bratwurst fix.