Metworst


 * This article is about the Dutch sausage, for the similarly named German sausage see Mettwurst



Metworst or droge worst is a type of traditional sausage. The sausages have a very strong flavour and are made from raw minced which is then.

Droge worst simply means dry sausage, referring to drying process and texture of the product. The name metworst (meaning 'With sausage') is similar to the German Mettwurst, though only in name; as the taste and preparation of both sausage types is very different.

Metworst is traditionally found throughout and, though it is most produced in the northern provinces of the Netherlands (,  and ) as the wind conditions there are more suitable for quickly drying the sausages in open air.

Originally metworst, thanks to its preservability, served as an emergency meat supply to poor farmers in times of need or lack of fresh meat. As meat production gradually rose, the sausage began to be used as lunch for s.

The sausage is the direct ancestor of the better known droë wors which is near identical in its way of production; though not so much in terms of the meat used, as naturally the  have markedly different  when compared to.