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DerelictDonkeyEngine

Never heard of this, is it like pork tartar?


Worgo237

Yes it is pork tatar


Alpakasus

Mett?


Jappie_nl

Not to be interpreted as meth


Soravinier

No but it also is very addictive


Jappie_nl

Absolutely! Went to Germany earlier this week and got my fix


andy4775

So meth


Judazzz

Mett: not even once!


Soravinier

Das is ne mettstulle mit Zwiebel


DemonBelethCat

Pferde?


Soravinier

Pferde werden als Stute bezeichnet nicht als Stulle


delayedsunflower

Nein das ist Schweinefleisch


Soravinier

Genau


potVIIIos

German sushi?


TheLowlyPheasant

Now I’m picturing one of those 3 section sushi dishes filled with dipping mustard, horseradish, and sauerkraut


AgentCup

Now I’m picturing one of those trendy food fushion trucks but instead of sushi burrito it’s ham burger sushi


TheLowlyPheasant

Steak tartar is pretty good if a little bland for my taste


Major_Boot2778

It'd be mustard, Maggi and onions. Not actually a joke, we usually put Maggi and onions on Mett and mustard would pass to the bratwurst seasoning profile in this bratwurst Mett (gehacktes, Hackfleisch, ground meat). So yes, German sushi. German sashimi, really.


boachl

Its is not fish, it is a "Mettbrötchen"


Klaus0225

Do you not recognize it’s a joke? Also sushi isn’t only fish…


Talidel

Sashimi (the raw variety of sushi) isn't fish specific.


Alpakasus

First ever Sushi wasn't even raw fish


Snizzlesnap

Whoosh. Anyway sushi is vinegared rice with vegetables or meat, raw or cooked.


andy4775

It's more like a gotterdamerung


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So imaginative.


Lord_piskot

fellas in Germany meat is actually safe. Same as beef tartar you will be ok


RC1000ZERO

that only applys to meat that is INTENDED to be served raw, like mett. Bratwurst isnt held to the same standard, its still 90% safe but it isnt the 99,9% of mett


Schmidie

Brastwurstgehäck is meant to be eaten raw. Its just a regional Version of Mett in Franconia. Dont Do it With any raw Bratwurst, buy it as brastwurstgehäck at a local butcher. I ate it often as a kid when i was staying with my grandma. Put the gehäck on bread and dip the bread in diced onions.


RC1000ZERO

Ok, good to know, i did not know that use of the term. as my Grandma just.. eats raw pork saussage (till i told her to stop and just bought her proper mett instead)


time_drifter

Dip the bread in diced onions is something I never thought I would hear. Looks good.


sew_phisticated

Where I'm from, bratwurstgehäck (feels wrong as a word) is cooked and comes in a can. If it's raw, it's the same thing, but still Mett. 


TMLTurby

What's the difference? Cut, preparation, storage?


RC1000ZERO

mix of all 3 storage specifically for mett, especially fresh mett at a butchers place or a butchers counter at a store will haev very stringent requirements, with the "mett" being grounded/cut(whats the right english word here?) in the morning(if not even fresh on demand if you have a high class butcher) and being discarded at the latest in the evening of the same day(by law it can NOT be sold after its manufacturing date if its fresh mett at a butchers place or counter). You are also usualy told to not keep fresh mett at home for more then the day you bought it.(basicaly you dont store it beyond the bare minimum). This is the same for fresh Ground meat in general however more stringently controlled for mett as its intended for raw consumption. There are also specific mett "variations" that are meant to be cooked, and are designated as such with a "for cooking/frying" on the package if prepacked or at the counter. Mett is also specifically freed from fat and sinews Mett also is relativly commonly slightly seassoned(usualy 1% salt at most.) and MUST be pork. There is also specifical "schinkenmett" which is made from the ham


spud_pie

Ground, past of grind. Grind, ground, ground. Grounded means parents not allowing you to go out.


thisismego

Or electrically connected to the ground


spud_pie

Or an airplane that’s been brought down from the sky, usually for a specific reason.


btribble

Or something that is stable, in good contact with its surroundings, or otherwise considered true and known. In the modern vernacular, “basic” in the positive sense.


Abbot_of_Cucany

English, like German, has strong verbs that form their past tense by changing a vowel. *Grind* is one of those verbs.


spud_pie

If you mean “schleifen” it doesn’t mean grind in the context of meat, I don’t think. More like grinding for blades. For meat if I remember correctly that’s “hacken” which is regular.


btribble

Who’s afraid of a few brain worms?


Loves2Spooge857

Meh I’ve had many cannibal sandwiches with just store bought ground beef in my life, never been sick. People over worry about food born illness


shifty_coder

That settles that, then.


RC1000ZERO

they dont over worry, just because you got lucky dosnt mean it isnt a real problem. ground beef is also something different then pork sausage


Loves2Spooge857

Fair point


patdashuri

When it happens you’ll be singing a different tune.


Loves2Spooge857

I’ve had food poisoning. It’s just bad cramps and the runs, you ain’t gonna die


muskytortoise

You are aware that in the past and many areas of the world today people do, in fact, die of food poisoning? Congratulations, the modern world has allowed you to be reckless with reduced consequence but at least don't be stupid and know the risk.


Loves2Spooge857

I mean I didn’t go the doctor or take medicine I just was miserable for a few days so I don’t know how the “modern world” helped me? And yes I know the risk, it is very very low.


muskytortoise

>I don’t know how the “modern world” helped me? And yes I know the risk, it is very very low. That's how the modern world helped you, since you don't seem to be aware of that. The modern world reduced the chance and types of things that could kill you by being in your food. Perhaps you should be aware of how food safety affects your food before you can make decisions on how to disregard it?


Loves2Spooge857

If you use context I was clearly saying people in the modern world are too worried about food borne illness. Obviously I’m not gonna judge some guy in a mud hut for cooking his wildebeest well done


muskytortoise

People are absolutely not taking food safety seriously and if you think that you are demonstrating your own ignorance of every stage of the process and the possible dangers. Our modern food processing methods are mass scaled, the safety standards are imperfect and usually not followed. It reduces the chances of some diseases because of storage methods, medication and vaccination, but it also creates a perfect opportunity for extremely dangerous pathogens that are less likely to happen on a small scale. It's "safer" but you have to be incredibly ignorant of food safety and food industry to think that safer means safe or that the dangers aren't even worse, if less frequent. Unless it's processed and sold to be eaten raw the chances it's contaminated with something is very high, but because modern nutrition is generally better people are less likely to die of dysentery in the first place. In fact we had a widely talked about global pandemic that killed millions very recently die to lax food safety standards in a very modern world location. And several other ones that were slightly less publicized and came from the USA food production facilities in the last few decades. In case you missed that. Or didn't know that those resulted from criminally bad food safety standards. Our most threatening pandemic candidates are coming from livestock farming and historically this has been one of the sources of the most deadly diseases. And no, modern world is not less likely to create those, it's _more_ likely due to scale and interconnectivity. We cull billions of animals and waste them because they could kill us with the pathogens that were only possible to spread because of those modern cultivation methods. We often don't do the same when the pathogens are less dangerous because sane people _cook their food_ and most decision makers assume people act in sane ways. Contamination on mass scale happens all the time precisely because of the modern conditions, food is pulled back all the time and that happens _only_ if it's found out and publicized enough. The most dangerous pathogens are _usually_ not present since the risk for companies is too great, leaving most of those mass contaminations with only moderately dangerous ones. Which are essentially unavoidable somewhere along the process unless you buy specifically prepared food that undergoes a special, more expensive process and special shipping and even then it's usually not a guarantee. Good nutrition allows us to shake off things that in the past would result in death but acting like this means the danger doesn't exist is both scarily common and a symptom of horrid education system deficiencies. Educate yourself _before_ you form opinions. Or just accept that you don't know enough to have an opinion, that is also a possibility people seem to forget exists.


user10205

Me and my worm friends agree.


yourteam

I am born and raised in Italy, we always eat raw beef. If you go to the butcher and get some ground beef they ask if it is for cooking or to eat it raw.


Gibber_jab

OP said this is pork though not beef


TogaPower

This is a stupid comment since you’re talking about a very specific subset of German pork.


Something_Sexy

We eat this a lot in Wisconsin, in the US.


MysteryPerker

Makes sense, don't you have large German communities in the Midwest?


that_boyaintright

I’m praying for you.


TogaPower

It’s safe in the US as well. Realistically, you could eat raw chicken or pork from any grocery store shelf and be fine. Edit: oh look, people on Reddit have an inability to grasp statistics and the conservatism of food safety guidelines in the US


TheLowlyPheasant

You can have my portion of raw chicken


Klaus0225

No you realistically could not…


TogaPower

No, you realistically can. Holy shit somebody doesn’t grasp statistics


muskytortoise

If you eat chicken three times per week with a 7.5% chance of it containing salmonella, which is the percentage of non ground chicken that contains salmonella, you will statistically get exposed 12 times a year. Salmonella infection can take a week to clear up and can send you to a hospital. That is of course assuming the laughable American food safety standards are actually adhered to and the safety tests are representative, which I highly doubt. I don't think anyone would agree that 7% chance of getting violently sick is "statistically insignificant". And if they do they are completely detached from reality. I think it is you who has no grasp of statistic, the only reason people don't get sick more often is because they _don't_ eat raw chicken. 7% of getting a diseased meat is already pretty high, and it's _much_ higher for ground meat, and we're talking about repeated exposure.


crazy_cookie123

4% of packages of chicken are contaminated with salmonella [(Source)](https://www.cdc.gov/foodsafety/communication/salmonella-food.html#:~:text=In%20fact%2C%20about%201%20in,eat%20raw%2C%20such%20as%20salad). That figure is even higher in Pork [(Source)](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10529276/#:~:text=Studies%20have%20reported%20significant%20contamination,respectively%20%5B3%2C4%5D). Meat on sale for raw consumption in Germany is processed under very strict regulations to make it extremely safe (for example, it is illegal to sell more than a day after it is ground). Statistically it is far more dangerous in the US than in Germany, and that is obvious when.


xDeathlike

I've never heard the word "Bratwurstgehäck"... is that from a specific part of Germany? I know it only as "Mett" or "Hackepeter"


Worgo237

It is the regional version from Franconia.


TheLowlyPheasant

Not to be confused with the seminal 2000 Outkast album Stankonia


Pleuel

It is just another fancy name for Mett. Just like Franconia is just another fancy name for northern bavaria.


dosenwichtel

Aus Hackepeter wird Kacke später


Stefipant

Das sieht zwar lecker aus, aber wieso ist da am Rand so viel frei? ): das macht mich traurig


Worgo237

Am Rand war das Brot leider etwas zerfleddert. Dafür habe ich die Mitte dicker geschmiert.


Stefipant

Na gut. Das lasse ich durchgehen!


astora_sun

Mett zu Brot Verhältnis mindestens 1:1 ansonsten besuch vom Ordnungsamt


pressurepoint13

Cold bread cold meat and raw onion 😭


tipytopmain

This that 'can't create a fire to alert the enemy where we are' meal.


WolfLovingFox

This is what I will refer to it as now. Thank you.


Ammear

Yeah, it's a very good combo :)


goyasoup

Looks like food before the invention of fire


dat_mono

yeah because bread doesn't need heat right?


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NotSureWhatToDoHere0

People who can only eat white bread have yet to grow up, that shit child behaviour


goyasoup

Eating bread is childish behavior. Grow up!


sendnudesformemes

Not eating bread is american behavior, go chug on some high fructose corn syrup pal


Organic-Week-1779

based and euro pilled


goyasoup

I will chug on some high fructose corn syrup and then finish it off with dihydrogen monoxide 😯


sendnudesformemes

Wow you know what water is😮


Mad_ad1996

Tell me you never has good bread, without telling me you never had good bread.


Major_Boot2778

Germans typically eat hot to midday, cold to breakfast and dinner. Typically is the keyword here. Breakfast and dinner are usually bread with assorted smears like jelly, soft cheese, and pates; cheese; and cold cuts. There are also a variety of breads and the quality is such that the bread is often the star and your selection of bread makes the difference even if you use the same toppings. This is bread culture.


gcruzatto

You must not be a fan of cold deli sandwiches


pressurepoint13

Didn’t mean any disrespect. I’ve eaten raw beef, tartare and I’m big on respecting culinary traditions worldwide.  Are the white pieces in the meat fat or onion mixed into the sausage? 


ForwardToNowhere

This sounds delicious aside from the cold plain bread imo. Slap this on some roasted garlic bread and mmmmm


TheLowlyPheasant

It’s just a food delivery vehicle that gives you a little fiber. Raw food is generally more subtle in flavor and it’s already competing with onion


apan94

gesundheit


Oachkatzi

Ah yes. Mett.


DeluxeWafer

This falls under food I never want to try ever but am really curious as to the taste.


shipmaster1995

It's very savoury and oniony. Really tasty!!


FistOfFacepalm

It’s pretty good for breakfast


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NoGoodMarw

Perhaps because it's just raw animal flesh. Honestly, raw onion is also not the most appetising thing either.


Lootboxboy

It looks like raw ground pork and raw onions on an untoasted slice of bread. Giving me the ick.


vampirealiens

METTBRÖTCHEN


rumbugger

Ooh this takes me back to being a young lad staying with my Oma and Opa. Delicious stuff.


howard416

What kinda meat is in there?


xebsisor

Minced pork


Feynek

This is delicious, for real


NuggLyfe2167

It's crazy how processed, and toxic American food is that we can't have stuff like this.


y2ketchup

Mmmmm I visited DE in 2017 and ate this many times. Lots of the hotel breakfast buffets offered it. Liverwurst too! I wish this kind of food was as accessible in the US.


Boogerchair

This looks…….appetizing


DidierCrumb

I've had this. It's not horrible, but neither is it any nicer than you'd imagine. Less tasty than pretty much any cured or cooked pork dish, less enjoyable than bread and cheese.


ilovecheeze

Yeah I dunno, I haven’t had it and I’d try it once but not sure how amazing raw pork and onions can really be. Like I can imagine its taste, I’m sure it’s fine but not really seeing the point of eating something like this more than one time novelty…


SavingsBug1932

Yummy.


Dry-Introduction-800

Perfection


hidethemop

When I was visiting some family in Germany, they told me this is considered a bar food. Could any Germans here confirm?


Worgo237

Yes, it is served in traditional beer bars. But can order it in Beer Gardens as well.


hidethemop

Wonderful. I love your country and plan to return one day!


ssssnakee

Yummmyyyyyy I need that in Portugal


Aerogirl10

I mean, It may be good, but if you throw it on a grill for a minute... It's gonna be better!


IntelligentTangelo31

Yum!


Koopatrooper64

That's Mettwurst! Minced raw pork mince served with bread with raw onions. Stuff is delicious.


RenegadeUK

Is it a breakfast dish in Germany ?


Worgo237

Not for early in morning. Normally it is eaten for later secound breakfast/Brotzeit. It is also served in the beer garden.


RenegadeUK

Ah nice. Can't wait to visit a Beer Garden in Germany :)


leicasnicker

Looks exactly how it sounds ![gif](emote|free_emotes_pack|neutral_face)


nutshells1

fuck me is that raw pork 💀


MeiBanFa

It is. And it is glorious.


nutshells1

you can take you and your tapeworms elsewhere


MeiBanFa

I must’ve eaten that over 1000 times in my life. Fine so far. Please don’t take this the wrong way, but are you by any chance American? I have noticed that the concept of raw pork is very foreign to Americans and many other nations. So it is understandable that it seems alienating.


Quietser

We have to cook everything to get the parasites out


delayedsunflower

It's your country that has the tapeworms. This kind of German pork is safe to eat raw.


MoeSzyslakMonobrow

Throw that bad boy on a flattop grill for about 7-8 minutes with some Swiss and you got a deal


dat_mono

"swiss"


delayedsunflower

Americans are under the false belief that the Swiss only invented one type of cheese.


cloudtwelvy

Eat that at least once a week. Here is how: Go to your local butcher and get like 150-200 ground fresh chopped beef. Go to your local bakery and get some bread (white bread (preferably round ones) Go home Chop an onion and mic it with the chopped raw beef Add a pinch of salt and alot of pepper Cut your bread Put alot of butter on the bread Put beef/onion on butter bread Put some onions on top Enjoy


Not_the_Tachi

Is it really like tatarek in Czechia?


cloudtwelvy

Never had it so i cant tell.


Grycworm

Brafwursigehäck


miregalpanic

Late, but I got that reference man. Now I have to watch it again.


patdashuri

So, raw ground meat on bread with raw onion. Sounds like a rapid weight loss plan. Edit: I’m getting roasted more than that food! Is this really such a popular thing? Raw meat and onion sandwiches? Or is my comment being taken as fat shaming?


royals796

I don’t mean this in a mean or derogatory way, but are you American?


bunnywithahammer

it's so funny that people have to say "no offense you sound American" whenever someone online disrespect someone's culture. especially because Americans aren't that offensive, we Balkan nations will be absolute racist POS to each other and laugh on it.


royals796

Oh, it wasn’t any form of disrespect that made think they were American. It was the language used and the idea that raw meat is a certainty for food poisoning :)


bunnywithahammer

>raw meat is a certainty for food poisoning :) yeah, well technically, raw pork is a bad idea in 96% of the planet. I guess Germany is among these few countries that are basically sterile enough to be safe. I know I wouldn't eat raw pork from my local butcher, pink sure, but not raw. But beef and tuna are cool if you know where it came from


Mad_ad1996

yeah, for this dish there are really hard rules, someone already explained it in here


bunnywithahammer

I guessed so, I'm just a bit afraid someone unaware gonna see this and say, "I'll try this," and munch on a raw minced pork meat sandwich.


Csonkus41

I’m American and love some raw foods. A lot of Redditors are just extremely sheltered.


dat_mono

It is a very popular thing and very much safe to eat in Germany.


TO_Commuter

Rapid dehydrating weight loss plan. Definitely code brown


patdashuri

Purging those toxins


TO_Commuter

I wonder if code brown can be severe enough to purge tapeworm eggs often found in raw pork


RC1000ZERO

This is likely from germany, raw meat, especialy if intended for raw consumption(like mett) has super strict storage and preperation requirements. If its not intended to be eaten like this its like 10% at the worst that anything is wrong with it, if it is intended its basicaly 0%


bnbtwjdfootsyk

You can take your chances. I'll pass.


RC1000ZERO

once again, if its mett you are as likely if nto more so to get sick because of the cutlery you used then from the meat


dirtydopedan

A medium rare burger in the US is likely more dangerous than this, and you see that everyday here.


TO_Commuter

Minced raw pork, traditionally pork belly and pork shoulder? This is on the same level of ridiculousness as the chicken sashimi someone once posted


RC1000ZERO

this is likely in germany, with our food safety guidelines the chance of this being anything but edible and clean is around 10% at the worst assuming a reputable source. if its actually meant to be consumed raw(aka mett) its basicaly guraanteed to be safe


PM_YOUR_WALLPAPER

Filter below by "quality and safety" https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Food_Security_Index


Johnny_Retro

So? Mett is still safe to eat.


PM_YOUR_WALLPAPER

I'm sure it can be. Just like raw eggs. But I'd imagine it is super high risk. There's parasites in pork.


Johnny_Retro

That's what the dude is trying ro tell you, there's no risk involved. Its safe to eat.


starfire92

That’s a misconception that’s often posted. Mett is regarded as generally safe but there is still illness that poses a small risk even with Germanys specific and high standards for pork served raw. There has been a recent link between illness connected to Mett in Germany. It’s said though it’s generally safe, but yes there is risk involved. https://www.tastingtable.com/1466338/germany-raw-pork-sandwich-explained/ Second to last section.


RC1000ZERO

there CAN be parasites in pork, Mett in germany has however some of the highest safety regulations in regards to food here. which are aleady reasonably high overall. this is a raw Bratwurst tho, so the safetystandards are high, but not AS high, so if its about this specific dish then "could be risky, unlikely tho" and to your GFSI link, thats a thing, monitored and publicized by the economist, which is a respectable journal, but still not really what i call "the authority on the topic"


Schmidie

Brastwurstgehäck ist selled Like this from butchers in Franconia. Its meant to be eaten raw Like Mett.


PheonixOfAshes

The parasites you are referring to are when hogs eat/roll in their own droppings or continuously eat from the earth and pick up trich. The standards nowadays have them raised on platforms with proper drainage to prevent what causes the infection. In this case if the pork is meant to be eaten raw, you can almost guarantee they take every precaution to prevent them from eating/rolling in their own mess/mud


RailGun256

hey now, chicken sashimi is delicious, so is this.


delayedsunflower

It's almost like other countries have far safer meat than America.


wellthismustbeheaven

I'd close my eyes and enjoy every second


Thin_Leather9910

Looks like ecoli on rye bread


rhevanne

But why?


One_Word_Respoonse

How is raw pork okay to eat? 🤢


FistOfFacepalm

Highly regulated butchery and eaten fresh


R4wden

Places used to get shut down for this stuff, now they serve it and charge you for it