"Imbs"

"Imbs" is the Rheinhessen expression for a snack, deriving from the German expression for snack ("Imbiss"). It refers to a rustic meal in the vineyard aroud noon. The winemaker brough it in a handle basket, and had it sitting on the floor or sitting on an upside down bucket. IT consists of homemade sausage (liver sausage, black pudding), jacket potatoes ("Gequellte", "source men") and » Soft cheeses, which lay on a tablecloth laid out on the ground.