Pinkel

thumb|Sliced pinkel thumb|Grünkohl with (sweet) [[roast potatoes, Pinkel, Kochwurst, Kassler, and bacon]] Pinkel is a smoked Kaszanka (), which is a type of sausage. It is eaten mainly in northwest Germany, especially the region around Oldenburg, Bremen and Osnabrück as well as in East Frisia and Friesland.

== Etymology == The word pinkel is East Frisian. The sausage name is thought to derive from pinkelt, meaning "little finger". Alternatively, the name could refer to the homonymous verb which means "to drip", referring to the manner in which fat drips from the sausage during smoking.