Word: mettwurst
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...remember the story about John Bohling and the seizure of his contraband Mettwurst by customs officials (TIME, March 17). Bohling had brought 8 Ibs. of the German pork sausage back with him from his first visit to his native Germany in 23 years. Because uncertified meat may not be imported from countries where there is foot-and-mouth disease, the sausage was confiscated by the Department of Agriculture...
Schehr explained that he first met Mettwurst as a boy when somebody handed him a grilled Mett sandwich at the annual turkey-shoot of the Low German Shooting Society. Years later, old feelings were stirred anew when he wandered into the butcher shop of William P. Schmidt in Reading, Ohio and smelled the teasing aroma of smoked Mettwurst. For the past five years he has been a twice-a-week customer at the shop, traveling two miles each way for his Monday and Thursday Mett. Schehr could understand how Bohling felt about his loss, and said...
...faraway voice, the shattered Bohling replied: "Mettwurst...
...dockworker tore the false bottom out. White reached into the trunk and pulled out 8 Ibs. of fine Mettwurst, a German pork boloney, homemade by Bohling's relatives. White ripped the sausages to shreds, looking for dope or diamonds. There was only Mettwurst. The Department of Agriculture man confiscated it all pursuant to Bureau of Animal Industry Order No. 373, which forbids the importing of uncertified meat from countries infested with foot-and-mouth disease...
Saddened John Bohling stood on the dock, a lonely figure of a man crushed by the pains of modern government. "I love Mettwurst" he whispered after the vanishing shreds...
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