Metworst () or droge worst (; "

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") is a type of traditional

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. The sausages have a strong flavor, and are made from raw minced pork which is then air dried. ''Droge worst'' simply means "dry sausage", referring to drying process and texture of the product. The name ''metworst'' (''Met'' from Low German word ''mett'', "minced pork without bacon") is similar to the German ''

Mettwurst Mettwurst () is a strongly flavored German sausage made from raw minced pork preserved by curing and smoking, often with garlic. The southern German variety is soft and similar to Teewurst. Braunschweiger mettwurst is partially smoked but stil ...

'', though only in name, as the taste and preparation of both sausage types is very different. ''Metworst'' is traditionally found throughout the

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and

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. Most of the production is the northern provinces of the Netherlands, Groningen,

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and Drenthe, where wind conditions are most suitable for rapidly air drying the sausages.

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''meetvursti'' resembles the Dutch metworst or

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: it is dry, hard, strong-flavored, dense, usually made of pork and eaten as a cold cut on bread. Some recipes, typically those sold as 'Russian style', include horse meat. Meetvursti sold in supermarkets will often say "may contain horse meat" as a precaution due to this. In Sweden, sliced ''medwurst'' sausage (boiled or smoked) is typically used on bread for breakfast. Originally ''metworst'', thanks to its preservability, served as an emergency meat supply to poor farmers in times of need or lack of fresh meat. As meat production gradually rose, the sausage began to be used as lunch for field laborers. The sausage is the direct ancestor of the better-known

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n '' droë wors'', which is near identical in its way of production, though the meat used is beef and mutton rather than pork.

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