A thick ring of mild, garlicky boiled sausage eaten hot at a market counter with mustard and a roll. In Frankfurt this is a ritual with a queue, not a snack.
Where to eat it: 1 restaurant across 1 city.
Fleischwurst is the Rhineland-Hessen family of fine boiled sausage, sold warm at butcher counters across the region. Frankfurt gave it a temple: the Kleinmarkthalle, where Metzgerei Schreiber's stand serves hot Fleischwurst, Krakauer and Gelbwurst over the glass, with a queue that bends around the aisle every Saturday. The etiquette is fixed, cash ready, mustard yes or no, eat it standing at the rail, and the whole exchange takes less time than reading this history.
Tip from the editors. Eat it standing in the kitchen for authenticity; the casing peels away in one strip if the water never boiled.
Schreiber's sausage counter in the Kleinmarkthalle is Frankfurt's definitive cheap lunch, hot Fleischwurst handed over the glass for pocket change.
Try: Hot Fleischwurst with mustard and a roll
Tip: Cash ready, order fast, eat standing; the whole transaction takes ninety seconds once you reach the front.
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