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!
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hope it works out for you and post pics with the results
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bocephus Team Orange Power User Canning Masterbuilt Regular Contributors Veteran New Mexico Sous Vide Gardeningreplied to ND Mike on last edited by
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 Big Green Egg Team Blue Regular Contributors Cast Iron Power User North Dakotareplied to bocephus on last edited by
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 Team Orange Power User Canning Masterbuilt Regular Contributors Veteran New Mexico Sous Vide Gardeningreplied to ND Mike on last edited by
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 Big Green Egg Team Blue Regular Contributors Cast Iron Power User North Dakotareplied to bocephus on last edited by
bocephus yep I fully agree!
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zbigjeff Sous Vide Team Blue Power User Regular Contributors Cast Ironreplied to ND Mike on last edited by
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 Big Green Egg Team Blue Regular Contributors Cast Iron Power User North Dakotareplied to zbigjeff on last edited by
zbigjeff thanks! It should be fun to do.
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GWG8541 Regular Contributors Cast Iron Sous Vide Canning Team Blue Power User Military Veterans Ohioreplied to ND Mike on last edited by
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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GWG8541 Regular Contributors Cast Iron Sous Vide Canning Team Blue Power User Military Veterans Ohioreplied to ND Mike on last edited by
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 Big Green Egg Team Blue Regular Contributors Cast Iron Power User North Dakotareplied to GWG8541 on last edited by
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 Big Green Egg Team Blue Regular Contributors Cast Iron Power User North Dakotareplied to GWG8541 on last edited by
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 Regular Contributors Cast Iron Sous Vide Canning Team Blue Power User Military Veterans Ohioreplied to ND Mike on last edited by
ND Mike will do. My wife likes them thinned out and fried crispy. I like them anyway I can get them.
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ND Mike Big Green Egg Team Blue Regular Contributors Cast Iron Power User North Dakotareplied to GWG8541 on last edited by
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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wdaly Cast Iron Canning Green Mountain Grill Team Orange Masterbuilt Power User Military Veterans Regular Contributors Yearling Nebraskareplied to ND Mike on last edited by
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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processhead Power User Regular Contributors Smoker Build Expert Bowl Choppers Nebraska Veteran Team Camo
It sounds good. Had not heard of that and there are a lot of German descendants around here.
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ND Mike Big Green Egg Team Blue Regular Contributors Cast Iron Power User North Dakotareplied to wdaly on last edited by
wdaly thanks! Me too!!!
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ND Mike Big Green Egg Team Blue Regular Contributors Cast Iron Power User North Dakotareplied to processhead on last edited by
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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bocephus Team Orange Power User Canning Masterbuilt Regular Contributors Veteran New Mexico Sous Vide Gardeningreplied to ND Mike on last edited by
ND Mike Sounds interesting, let us know how it turns out.
