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{{Short description|German pork spread}}
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'''Teewurst''' ({{IPA|de|ˈteːˌvʊʁst|lang|De-Teewurst.ogg}}) is a German [[sausage]] made from two parts raw [[pork]] (and sometimes [[beef]])<ref name=field>{{Harvnb|Green|2005|p=276}}</ref> and one part [[bacon]]; they are minced, seasoned and packed in [[casing (sausage)|casings]] (mostly porous artificial casings) before being [[Smoking (cooking)|smoked]] over [[beech]] wood. The sausage then has to mature for seven to ten days in order to develop its typical taste. Teewurst contains 30 to 40 percent fat, which makes it particularly easy to spread.<ref>[https://www.yazio.com/de/kalorientabelle/teewurst.html calories]</ref>
[[File:Teewurstplate.jpg|thumb|185px|left|Fine ''Rügenwalder Teewurst'' and bread]]

Teewurst was invented in [[Pomerania]], probably in the small [[Baltic Sea|Baltic]] town of [[Darłowo|Rügenwalde]] (now [[Darłowo]], Poland), in the middle of the 19th century. The name, which means ''tea sausage'', is said to derive from the habit of serving it in sandwiches at teatime.

Up to 1945, the sausage industry in Rügenwalde was well established, and Teewurst was its best-known product. In 1927, the term ''Rügenwalder Teewurst'' was declared a [[protected designation of origin]]. After [[World War II]], sausage makers from Rügenwalde fled or were expelled to the [[West Germany|Federal Republic of Germany]], where they established new companies and resumed the production of Teewurst. They established an association of former Rügenwald sausage makers, which registered the trademark ''Rügenwalder Teewurst'' in 1957.<ref>[https://dejure.org/dienste/vernetzung/rechtsprechung?Text=I%20ZR%20197/92 BGH GRUR 1995, S. 354 (356) (de)]</ref> Teewurst was also made in [[East Germany]], but the brand ''Rügenwalder Teewurst'' was never used there. Today, only companies that once had their headquarters in Rügenwalde are allowed to use the term ''Rügenwalder Teewurst''. All others use the terms ''Teewurst'' or ''Rügenwalde-style Teewurst''.<ref>[http://www.ruegenwalder.de/english/about-us/our-family-history/ History]</ref>

== See also ==
* [[Ham sausage]]
* [[List of smoked foods]]
* {{portal-inline|Food}}

== References ==
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<ref name=field>{{Harvnb|Green|2005|p=276}}</ref>
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== Bibliography ==
*{{citation
|title=Field guide to meat: how to identify, select, and prepare virtually every meat, poultry, and game cut
|last=Green
|first=Aliza
|publisher=Quirk Books
|year=2005
|isbn=978-1-59474-017-6
| access-date = 15 March 2011
| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=qf2l--rO3JIC&q=teewurst&pg=PA276
}}

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[[Category:German sausages]]
[[Category:Smoked meat]]
[[Category:Raw sausages]]


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