Obersteiner “Filet Mignon”

Barbecue sparks fierce rivalries. In the sister towns of Idar-Oberstein, the grill-obsessed people in Idar believe their spiessbraten—onion-stuffed, spit-roasted pork to be vastly superior to what people in the neighboring town take off the grill. (The Obersteiners feel the same in reverse.) Rivalries require put-downs, and what better way to insult someone in this meat-loving part of Germany than to give the name of Obersteiner “Filet Mignon” to a