‖ mettwurst
(ˈmɛtvuːrst)
[G.]
A type of smoked German sausage.
| 1895 Army & Navy Co-op. Soc. Price List 104/2 Mettwurst. 1911 [see blutwurst]. 1966 W. S. Ramson Austral. Eng. 161 Some unrecorded borrowings from German may be in local use in parts of South Australia. Price noted that..mettwurst,..‘sausage’,..had ‘penetrated to the English colonists’. 1971 Sunday Times (Colour Suppl.) 27 June 50/1 Mettwurst can be found in the form of a small sausage (‘ends’) or a horseshoe-shaped ‘Westphalian’ ring. Very heavily smoked; lightly spiced, no garlic. Mettwurst is eaten cold, sliced, but is also very good poached, sliced fairly thickly and served with boiled potatoes and cabbage. |