Why is Leberkäse actually called Leberkäse? As nouns written together, the words 'liver' and 'cheese' often cause confusion. It's called Leberkäse - or Leberkas - but it doesn't contain liver or cheese?
The search for the origin of the name takes us to the year 1776. At that time, the butcher of Wittelsbach Elector Karl Theodor is said to have brought a sausage product from Mannheim to Munich, which he called "Lääb Kees" or "loaf of cheese".
The word "loaf" was probably chosen because the sausage product was baked in a bread pan. The second part of the name comes from the word "Kas", which at that time stood for compact edible mass or shaped clot.
It's funny that no one complains about the name of the Leberkäse - even though there is no cheese on the list of ingredients. It's always the vegan sausages that have to stand up for their name.