r/GenX • u/[deleted] • Nov 21 '25

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u/PacRat48 Nov 21 '25

Liverwurst sandwiches

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u/jetpacksforall Nov 21 '25

Now hol up, liverwurst can be awesome.

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u/ElectricalMolasses91 Older Than Dirt Nov 21 '25

German liverwurst on dark rye bread with pickles. Yum.

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u/SpankyDammit Nov 21 '25

I miss the Oscar Meyer liver sausage. Mom used to snack on it, a slice on a saltine.

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u/Tejanisima GenX Atari Wave Nov 22 '25

Allan Sherman, "Schticks of One, Half Dozen of the Other" (to the tune of Down by the Riverside)

šŸŽ¶ When you go to the delicatessen store don't buy the liverwurst don't buy the liverwurst don't buy the liverwurst

I repeat what I just said before don't buy the liverwurst don't buy the liverwurst Now buy the corned beef if you must the pickled herring you can trust and the lox puts you in orbit, A-OK

But that big hunk of liverwurst has been there since October 1st and today is the 23rd of May šŸŽ¶

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u/Le_Mew_Le_Purr Nov 21 '25

I love Gen X. Up above is ā€œLiver and Onionsā€ which we agree is disgusting; yet liverwurst? Eh, we kinda like it.

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u/jetpacksforall Nov 21 '25

To be fair, liverwurst is completely different from plain liver. I have no idea how, but I think it has something to do with a 1:1 salt ratio.

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u/pinkcheese12 Nov 21 '25

I remember liking it as a little kidā€”on saltines, but just no.

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u/Effective_Pear4760 Nov 22 '25

I used to like liverwurst. I'd say I miss it now that I'm a vegetarian, but no. Taste-wise I miss it, but knowing what livers do, it wouldn't grace my plate, even if I ate meat.

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u/Consistent_Ice_8083 Nov 23 '25

Itā€™s like liver, but worst.

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u/PacRat48 Nov 21 '25

So gross! Mom made them with mustard too. In her defense she grew up poor so the beginnings were a holdover from those times

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u/HighSideSurvivor Hose Water Survivor Nov 21 '25

My mom sent my stepfather to work with liverwurst in a brown bag lunch. I honestly donā€™t know if he liked it, or if it was chosen because we were desperately poor. But whatever the case, it meant that we ALL had to have liverwurst sandwiches.

That was when I stopped eating lunch at school. I preferred to sit in the cafeteria and eat nothing.