Francfort

Francfort is the plain, familiar frankfurter-style sausage for quick hot-dog meals, simple lunches, and people who want a cooked sausage with a soft bite. By our assessment, its best feature is that it is instantly legible: heat it, split it into bread, pair it with mustard, and the job is done. The downside is the same one most frankfurter sausages carry, which is a fairly uniform texture and a mild flavor that can feel processed if you expect more character. In practice it is dependable rather than exciting, a supermarket staple that lives on speed and familiarity. It sits beside hot dogs, vienna sausages, and other emulsified or finely ground sausages rather than artisanal charcuterie. The catalogue calls it Saucisses de Francfort, and that is exactly the category it belongs to.