Gritwurst or Gritzwurst or Gritwist
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Have any of you guys from ND, SD, MN, WI, maybe IA that have German heritage ever heard of this or eaten it? It is very similar to goetta from what I am reading. I grew up eating this for breakfast at my Grandparents house. It was a common food among German immigrant farming families. It was traditionally made from the pig head meat but also a lot from pork butt. It is a cooked down mixture of ground pork meat with the fat, steel cut oats, spices, and my Grandma always put dark raisins in it (which was a northern Germany thing from what I have read). It is then fried in a bit of oil and topped with maple syrup or karo syrup. It is sooo good. I haven’t had it in 20 years but I am going to remedy that. My Dad got his Grandmother’s recipe from his great aunt!
ND Mike You are lucky you still had access to the recipe, it is something I am doing research on in my family, going through old recipe books from my parents and grandparents, also some Aunts.
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ND Mike You are lucky you still had access to the recipe, it is something I am doing research on in my family, going through old recipe books from my parents and grandparents, also some Aunts.
bocephus yep for sure. I was also lucky that my aunt asked my Grandma to write some of her recipes down because she didn’t use any she cooked everything from memory! We then made a small cook book from it for our family. I should do that for my kids too because I hardly ever use a recipe for anything.
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bocephus yep for sure. I was also lucky that my aunt asked my Grandma to write some of her recipes down because she didn’t use any she cooked everything from memory! We then made a small cook book from it for our family. I should do that for my kids too because I hardly ever use a recipe for anything.
ND Mike I think it is important to keep family recipes going, I keep looking through my moms old cookbooks and hand written recipes and making a book of the ones I remember fondly .
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ND Mike I think it is important to keep family recipes going, I keep looking through my moms old cookbooks and hand written recipes and making a book of the ones I remember fondly .
bocephus yep I fully agree!
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Have any of you guys from ND, SD, MN, WI, maybe IA that have German heritage ever heard of this or eaten it? It is very similar to goetta from what I am reading. I grew up eating this for breakfast at my Grandparents house. It was a common food among German immigrant farming families. It was traditionally made from the pig head meat but also a lot from pork butt. It is a cooked down mixture of ground pork meat with the fat, steel cut oats, spices, and my Grandma always put dark raisins in it (which was a northern Germany thing from what I have read). It is then fried in a bit of oil and topped with maple syrup or karo syrup. It is sooo good. I haven’t had it in 20 years but I am going to remedy that. My Dad got his Grandmother’s recipe from his great aunt!
ND Mike Good luck working through the recipes to get it to gaetta’s cousin. I know of only one city to purchase it and that’s Cincinnati. I have a pound of it in my freezer from my connection there. Have fun with the process.
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ND Mike Good luck working through the recipes to get it to gaetta’s cousin. I know of only one city to purchase it and that’s Cincinnati. I have a pound of it in my freezer from my connection there. Have fun with the process.
zbigjeff thanks! It should be fun to do.
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Have any of you guys from ND, SD, MN, WI, maybe IA that have German heritage ever heard of this or eaten it? It is very similar to goetta from what I am reading. I grew up eating this for breakfast at my Grandparents house. It was a common food among German immigrant farming families. It was traditionally made from the pig head meat but also a lot from pork butt. It is a cooked down mixture of ground pork meat with the fat, steel cut oats, spices, and my Grandma always put dark raisins in it (which was a northern Germany thing from what I have read). It is then fried in a bit of oil and topped with maple syrup or karo syrup. It is sooo good. I haven’t had it in 20 years but I am going to remedy that. My Dad got his Grandmother’s recipe from his great aunt!
ND Mike first of all, I’m hurt that you didn’t mention us Buckeyes. I have some in my freezer as I type. Its a staple with my wife’s family. They just call it grits, not to be confused with the wonderful concoction from the south.
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Have any of you guys from ND, SD, MN, WI, maybe IA that have German heritage ever heard of this or eaten it? It is very similar to goetta from what I am reading. I grew up eating this for breakfast at my Grandparents house. It was a common food among German immigrant farming families. It was traditionally made from the pig head meat but also a lot from pork butt. It is a cooked down mixture of ground pork meat with the fat, steel cut oats, spices, and my Grandma always put dark raisins in it (which was a northern Germany thing from what I have read). It is then fried in a bit of oil and topped with maple syrup or karo syrup. It is sooo good. I haven’t had it in 20 years but I am going to remedy that. My Dad got his Grandmother’s recipe from his great aunt!
ND Mike In fact, I’m going to get them out of the freezer and have a good breakfast this weekend. Thanks for bringing this up. It will be time to make another batch after this. It would be interesting to compare our recipes. Its pretty simple and straightforward.
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ND Mike first of all, I’m hurt that you didn’t mention us Buckeyes. I have some in my freezer as I type. Its a staple with my wife’s family. They just call it grits, not to be confused with the wonderful concoction from the south.
GWG8541 yeah, sorry about that! I have seen where it was called that too while I was doing g some research.
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ND Mike In fact, I’m going to get them out of the freezer and have a good breakfast this weekend. Thanks for bringing this up. It will be time to make another batch after this. It would be interesting to compare our recipes. Its pretty simple and straightforward.
GWG8541 that sounds like a plan. I’m actually pretty jealous that you have some. Post a pic to this thread after you fry some up!!!
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GWG8541 that sounds like a plan. I’m actually pretty jealous that you have some. Post a pic to this thread after you fry some up!!!
ND Mike will do. My wife likes them thinned out and fried crispy. I like them anyway I can get them.
“You never really die until you end up on the wall at a Cracker Barrel”
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ND Mike will do. My wife likes them thinned out and fried crispy. I like them anyway I can get them.
GWG8541 I like them the way you do!
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That is a very interesting concoction for sure, that is for sure a well this is all we have let’s mix it together! Then it amazingly turned out good enough to keep making!!!
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ND Mike Never heard of these. A camping friend started fixing goetta for us a couple years ago. I really like that. Hope it turns out.
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It sounds good. Had not heard of that and there are a lot of German descendants around here.
Paul
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ND Mike Never heard of these. A camping friend started fixing goetta for us a couple years ago. I really like that. Hope it turns out.
wdaly thanks! Me too!!!
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It sounds good. Had not heard of that and there are a lot of German descendants around here.
processhead it is one of the foods that I crave most. Now that my Grandparents are no longer with us I crave it more!
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Have any of you guys from ND, SD, MN, WI, maybe IA that have German heritage ever heard of this or eaten it? It is very similar to goetta from what I am reading. I grew up eating this for breakfast at my Grandparents house. It was a common food among German immigrant farming families. It was traditionally made from the pig head meat but also a lot from pork butt. It is a cooked down mixture of ground pork meat with the fat, steel cut oats, spices, and my Grandma always put dark raisins in it (which was a northern Germany thing from what I have read). It is then fried in a bit of oil and topped with maple syrup or karo syrup. It is sooo good. I haven’t had it in 20 years but I am going to remedy that. My Dad got his Grandmother’s recipe from his great aunt!
ND Mike Sounds interesting, let us know how it turns out.
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It sounds good. Had not heard of that and there are a lot of German descendants around here.
processhead I’m not sure if its a regional thing or what. I have German ancestry and never heard of them growing up. My wife also has German roots and is from the mid east part of Ohio farm country. It is a big thing with her Dad’s side of the family. They are simple, but delicious and versatile.
“You never really die until you end up on the wall at a Cracker Barrel”
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processhead I’m not sure if its a regional thing or what. I have German ancestry and never heard of them growing up. My wife also has German roots and is from the mid east part of Ohio farm country. It is a big thing with her Dad’s side of the family. They are simple, but delicious and versatile.
GWG8541 I know it is pretty regional. That is why I didn’t include you Buckeyes! Lol. Is your wife’s family originally from somewhere else?
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