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A Weisswurst (
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''Weißwurst'' , literally ''white sausage''; bar, Weißwuascht) is a traditional
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made from minced
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. It is usually flavored with
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, although there are some variations. Then the mixture is stuffed into pork casings and separated into individual sausages measuring about ten to twelve centimeters in length and three to four centimeters in thickness. As they are not smoked or otherwise preserved they are very perishable. ''Weißwürste'' were traditionally manufactured early in the morning and prepared and eaten as a snack between breakfast and lunch. There is a saying that the sausages should not be allowed to hear the noon chime of the
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s. Even today, most Bavarians never eat ''Weißwürste'' after lunchtime (though it is perfectly acceptable to have a lunch consisting of Weißwürste at, say, half past one). The sausages are heated in water—well short of boiling—for about ten minutes, which will turn them greyish-white because no color-preserving
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is used in Weisswurst preparation. ''Weißwürste'' are brought to the table in a big bowl together with the hot water used for preparation (so they do not cool down too much), then eaten without their skins. Ways of eating ''Weißwurst'' include the traditional way, called ''zuzeln'' (Bavarian for sucking), in which each end of the sausage is cut or bitten open, after which the meat is sucked out from the skin. Alternatively, the more popular and more discreet ways of consuming it are by cutting the sausage lengthwise and then "rolling out" the meat from the skin with a fork, or also to open it on one end and consume it very much like a banana, ever opening the peel further and dipping the sausage into the mustard. ''Weißwurst'' is commonly served with a Bavarian sweet mustard (''Süßer Senf'') and accompanied by Brezn (Bavarian ''
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''—often spelled ''Brezeln'' outside Bavaria) and '' Weißbier''. ''Weißwurst'', whose consumption traditionally is associated with Bavaria, helped in the coining of a humorous term, ''
Weißwurstäquator "" (; ''white sausage equator'') is a humorous term describing the supposed cultural boundary separating Southern Germany from the northern parts, especially Bavaria from Central Germany. It is named for the Weisswurst sausage of Bavaria, and ...
'' (literally, white sausage equator), that delineates a cultural boundary separating other linguistic and cultural areas from
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See also

* Bockwurst * Brühwurst * List of veal dishes * White hot


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Food from Bavaria
published by the ''Bavarian Dept. for agriculture and forests''
The correct treatment of a Weißwurst
- essay about preparing and eating Weißwurst properly (
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