Is it really supposed to be this shrivelled? I ask myself as we look at the produce at Die Barossa Wurst Haus & Bakery.

This little store is a new addition to the Tanunda landscape and plays on the tourist theme now well entrenched in my former stomping ground.

So back to the mettwurst and its wrinkles. Yes, it is traditional to hang mettwurst and allow it to shrivel and get hard over time. Nothing like the vacuum-bagged mettwurst you see at Coles or Woolworths. This is the real deal, wrinkles and all!

Photo: Robert Rath, ‘366 Days of 2012, Day 43 – Meat The Wurst’. 1/15 secs at 58mm f/4.0, ISO 500