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''Bierschinken'' (in Austria and Switzerland ''Krakauer'') or ''Schinkenwurst'' ("ham wurst", literally "ham sausage") is a form of
''Bierschinken'' (in Austria and Switzerland ''Krakauer'') or ''Schinkenwurst'' ("ham wurst", literally "ham sausage") is a form of sausage
A sausage is a type of meat product usually made from ground meat—often pork, beef, or poultry—along with salt, spices and other flavourings. Other ingredients, such as grains or breadcrumbs, may be included as fillers or extenders.
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or cold cut
Lunch meats—also known as cold cuts, luncheon meats, cooked meats, sliced meats, cold meats, sandwich meats, delicatessens, and deli meats—are precooked or cured meats that are sliced and served cold or hot. They are typically served in ...
particularly common in German-speaking countries.
It is a fine ''Brühwurst
''Brühwurst'' ("scalded sausage" or "parboiled sausage") is the collective name for several types of sausages according to the German classification. They are a cooked sausage that are scalded (parboiled), as opposed to being raw. They are ty ...
'' of cured pork, beef or poultry meat (and sometimes mixed), plus bacon and spices with a coarse deposit of pork pieces or cooked ham. It may be slightly smoked. It is usually sold sliced in delicatessens
A delicatessen or deli is a grocery that sells a selection of fine, exotic, or foreign prepared foods. Delicatessens originated in Germany (contemporary spelling: ) during the 18th century and spread to the United States in the mid-19th centur ...
, but it can also be found preserved in cans.
Contrary to the name, ''Bierschinken'' (literally "beer ham") does not contain any beer, but rather, is eaten as a snack with beer.
See also
*List of sausages
This is a list of notable sausages. Sausage is a food and usually made from ground meat with a skin around it. Typically, a sausage is formed in a casing (sausage), casing traditionally made from intestine, but sometimes synthetic. Some sausa ...
* Swiss sausages and cured meats
Sausages and cured meats are widely consumed in Switzerland. Meat in general is consumed on a daily basis, pork being particularly ubiquitous in Swiss cuisine. Preserving meat by smoking it or by adding salt has been done for millennia in Switzerl ...
References
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