Other forms: liverwursts
Liverwurst is a savory spread or sliceable sausage made of meat and spices. Your grandpa's favorite sandwich might be liverwurst and onion on white bread, while you prefer peanut butter and jelly on whole wheat.
It's common for liverwurst to be a pâté-like paste that you spread on crackers or bread, but this meaty treat is actually a kind of sausage. Made from the livers of pigs or calves, liverwurst is much more popular in European countries than the U.S. You might have guessed this from its German-sounding name, a partial translation of Leberwurst, "liver sausage." In fact, Germans are especially enthusiastic about liverwurst and claim many distinct variations on the basic recipe.