Word: weisswurst
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...winched myself into the tiny garment and immediately felt sleeker. I ran to admire myself in a mirror. Not bad! But stuffed into that white tank top, I looked like a giant Weisswurst. So I slipped on a shirt and sashayed in front of my spouse, hoping she'd notice my smaller belly. "You shaved a month off the last trimester," she said, in that hard way of women who have been married for 21 years...
...Wednesday. In Munich, the capital of Fasching, the farewell involves a series of masquerades, formal balls and street parades, which lead to, among other effects, an increase in illegitimate births every autumn. Fasching also breeds business. Hotels are sold out; consumption of champagne, caviar and Munich's famous Weisswurst triples. Following a record season in 1977, Munich promoters looked forward to an even better one this year -until they consulted the calendar...
...back room of their neighborhood meat market on Chicago's North Side, the Bavarian Mayer brothers-Oscar, Gottfried and Max-worked hard stuffing sausages. Oscar's wife Louise helped, and their son Oscar G. stood on a butter tub behind the counter to take orders. Weisswurst, Bockwurst, Leberwurst were packed into wicker baskets and piled on horse-drawn wagons to make the rounds. They sold well-enough to send Oscar G. to Harvard, which he left with a Phi Beta Kappa key and ambitions to expand the family business...
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