Weisswurst

right|thumb|Traditional -meal, served with sweet mustard () and a soft pretzel thumb| is brought to the table in a large bowl together with the cooking water. '''''' (, literally 'white sausage'; ; plural ) is a traditional Bavarian sausage made from minced veal and pork fatback. It is usually flavored with parsley, lemon, mace, onions, ginger and cardamom, although there are some variations. Then the mixture is stuffed into pork casings and separated into individual sausages measuring about in length and in diameter.

As they are not smoked or otherwise preserved they are very perishable. were traditionally manufactured early in the morning and prepared and eaten as a snack between breakfast and lunch. There is a saying that the sausages should not be allowed to hear the noon chime of the church bells. Even today, most Bavarians never eat after lunchtime (though it is perfectly acceptable to have a lunch consisting of ).