A Vienna sausage (german: Wiener Würstchen, Wiener;

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/ Austrian German: ''Frankfurter Würstel'' or ''Würstl'';

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: ''Wienerli''; Swabian: ''Wienerle'' or ''Saitenwurst'') is a thin parboiled sausage traditionally made of

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and

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in a casing of

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's intestine, then given a low temperature

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. The word ''Wiener'' is German for ''

''. In Austria, the term "Wiener" is uncommon for this food item, which instead is usually called ''Frankfurter Würstl''.

Europe

In some European countries, cooked and often smoked wiener sausages bought fresh from

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s and

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may be called by a name (such as in German or French) which translates in English as "Vienna sausage." Traditionally, they are made from cured pork, but in Eastern and Southern Europe, sausages made from chicken or turkey are more common; these are also sold in places with a significant population of people who do not eat pork for religious reasons. Wieners sold in Europe have a taste and texture very much like North American hot dogs, but are usually longer and somewhat thinner, with a very light, edible casing. European Vienna sausages served hot in a long bun with condiments are often called "hot dogs," referring to the long sandwich as a whole. A spiced, paprika-rich look-alike of Vienna sausage is known as

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North America

After having been brought to North America by European immigrants, "Vienna sausage" came to mean only smaller and much shorter

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and canned wieners, rather than link sausage, beginning about 1903. However, they have no federal standard of identity. North American vienna sausages are made similarly to pork wieners, finely ground to a paste consistency and mixed with salt and various spices, such as

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and finely ground, dry red pepper. The sausages are stuffed into a long casing, sometimes smoked, always thoroughly cooked and beginning in the 1950s, the casings were removed. The sausages are cut into short segments for canning and cooking. They are available plain (in gelatin, similar to aspic) or with a variety of flavorings, such as smoke, mustard, chili, or barbecue sauces. Consumption of Vienna sausages peaked in the 1940s to 1970s but has declined since then.

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