# Boerewors
Type: Trivia Card | Deck: Sexy Sausages | Rarity: Rare
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# Boerewors
Type: Trivia Card | Deck: Sexy Sausages | Rarity: Rare

Boerewors is a traditional South African coiled beef sausage with origins in 17th-century Dutch and Huguenot settler communities. The name translates to "farmer's sausage" in Afrikaans. It features a distinctive coriander-forward spice blend and is central to South African braai (barbecue) culture.

Key facts:
- Legally protected since 1997: must contain minimum 90% meat, maximum 30% fat, no mechanically recovered meat, natural casing only
- Traditional spices include coriander, cloves, nutmeg, and allspice; developed for meat preservation during veldt treks
- Cooked in continuous spiral over open flame; never pricked to retain juices
- Served as "boerie roll" with grilled onions and chakalaka (spicy tomato relish)
- 2019 world record: 1,500-meter-long boerewors made in Stellenbosch

## Trivia Questions

Q1: What does the name 'boerewors' literally translate to in English?
A: Farmer's sausage

Q2: In what year did South Africa pass legal regulations defining authentic boerewors?
A: 1994

Q3: According to South African law, what is the minimum meat content required for authentic boerewors?
A: 80%

Q4: Which European settlers brought the original sausage-making traditions that evolved into boerewors?
A: German and French

Q5: What is the dominant spice that gives boerewors its unmistakable flavor profile?
A: Nutmeg

Q6: What happens to a sausage that doesn't meet South Africa's legal standards for boerewors?
A: It's banned from sale

Q7: What world record was set by a Stellenbosch butcher in 2019?
A: Heaviest single boerewors

Q8: Why is pricking the casing while cooking boerewors considered sacrilege by South Africans?
A: It changes the meat texture

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