Leberwurst

German breakfast is different. I eat cereal every morning, but I couldn't help but to hear what everyone else has been eating with their host families.  Everyday, CBYXrs across Cologne wake up and eat bread with toppings. The toppings are different types of cheese, deli meat, some vegetables, jam, and Leberwurst.

Most of the breakfast conversation in the first days revolved around Leberwurst. One of my friends is an avid fan and talked it up a bit. He says, "delicious, spreadable meat- so good!"  Last week he woke up and there was no Leberwurst in his apartment. His reaction was caught on film:

It's about time I stop youtubing weverything I'm curious about.

Because of the salesmanship of this one Leberwurst fan, I looked past the ingredient list and spent 64 Euro cents to buy a "tube" of the German meat. Yes, "tube" as in "a tube of toothpaste" is how I've chosen to describe it.

Leberwurst (or at least the off-brand extremely cheap brand) is not my favorite thing to wake up to.  Imagine putting bologna and salt in a blender and then pouring it on your toast. By the way, "leber" means liver. Liver sausage- I should of seen this one coming.

There is silver lining to this though- leberwurst is great on sandwiches. The pictures below show the creation of my new sandwich, named "the breath-mint":

Step 1: Put a little squirt of Leberwurst on the bread.

Step 2: Add all of the onions you can.

Step 3-End: Add Schwarzwälder Schinken (Black Forrest ham, kind of. More smell power and waxy like prosciutto), Gouda, tomato, hot sauce and ranch dressing.

My classmate asked me not to eat this in class again. He wasn't a fan of the onions and interesting smells. If only he knew how good it tasted!