TWO German air force sergeants are facing courts martial after drawing their own blood to make traditional sausage.
The two men, based at a fighter squadron base near Munich, were photographed siphoning off their blood to mix with onions, bacon, spices and breadcrumbs according to the recipe of a grandmother of one of them.
The men had plans to mass-produce the
sausages using the blood of comrades and family members they wanted to let in on their scheme.
But their commanding officers scuppered their catering sideline when one of their fellow soldiers complained: "I have been asked to give blood for sausage-making and I want to know if this is against regulations."
The men, aged 25 and 29 and identified only as B and G, were suspended immediately last December, the German defence ministry confirmed yesterday.
The recipe for the sausage was found in the belongings of one of the men after they were arrested. It read: "Make sure the blood is fresh and the bacon cubes diced finely with a nice proportion of fat to lean. Do not use too many breadcrumbs but if the blood starts to curdle stir in a teaspoon of wine vinegar."
The men have told investigators they both had an "interest in cookery".
