r/mildyinteresting • u/mfbane • 9h ago

humankind hiccups 😅 Germans love their meat raw

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u/Esava 8h ago

Is it regional? Which area doesn't have it? Obviously not everyone likes it or eats it regular but afaik it's a thing everywhere in the country.

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u/Successful-Return-78 7h ago

Which area doesn't have it? 

South. You can't get fresh Mett at the butcher in most of them

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u/MaldonadoMVP 6h ago

I‘m from the south and you can get it basically at every butcher shop where I live. It not called Mett though, it’s usually called “BratwurstgehĂ€ck”

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u/WarmEarth8 5h ago

It’s called Handwerker-Brötchen at my local bakery. (North Germany.)

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u/RandomBoxOfCables 5h ago

Hackepeter in Brandenburg, it’s delicious

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u/Gliese832 5h ago

I occasionally eat Mettbrötchen at a local bakery chain in the Stuttgart area.

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u/casce 3h ago edited 3h ago

BratwurstgehÀck is not the same thing as Mett. Mett is typically only seasoned with salt and pepper while "BratwurstgehÀck" is seasoned to taste like... Bratwurst (which makes sense because it literally is the raw Bratwurst).

It's both raw pork and they taste kind of similar but they're not exactly the same.

I'm also from the South (lived in both Lower Frankonia as as well as Upper Bavaria) and you will not find BratwurstgehÀck everywhere either.

Some butchers will have it, most won't. It's just not as popular in the South and you have to sell it the same day you make it so it makes little sense to have this ready-made. Especially when you can make it on-demand.

Any proper butcher will just make it for you if you order it. It's not difficult to make, it's just minced pork with seasoning.

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u/Esava 1h ago edited 1h ago

It's just a different type of Mett then. Just like not all Mett is Zwiebelmett etc..

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u/Esava 7h ago

Oh I am surprised by that. Well they are definitely missing out. The rest of the country has it though.

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u/Assumption-Weary 6h ago

In my experience it’s fairly common in Bavaria(Oberbayern). I’ve never seen Rewe or Edeka not have them at their food counter.

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u/EstablishmentFar7029 6h ago

Mettbrötchen? Are you sure its not just regular minced meat? In 25 years here i never saw it, but maybe i just didnt pay enough attention

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u/Assumption-Weary 6h ago

I’m confused, maybe I need to do some research. Ich meine das, was man kriegt, wenn man an der Frischetheke im Supermarkt “Zwiebelmettwurst” bestellt (Schwein oder Rind)

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u/ipreuss 5h ago

Zwiebelmettwurst ist hÀufig gerÀuchert, getrocknet und / oder durch Salzen haltbarer gemacht. Mett ist immer frisch und muss schnell verzehrt werden.

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u/Assumption-Weary 6h ago

I just found out that Mett and Zwiebelmett is something completely different, my bad. At least I know what I’ll try out sometime

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u/StrollingJhereg 6h ago

That's simply not true Greetings from Franconia ;)

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u/Celindor 5h ago

I'm living so deep in the south, you'd end up in Switzerland if you were to go a metre more to the south. And we have Mett in every store and at every butcher shop.

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u/PlatformZestyclose67 7h ago

You need butchers, I think people stopped buying it where they don’t have or frequent butchers any more.

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u/New-Glass-3228 5h ago

Growing up in Baden I only knew from the TV. Also in WĂŒrttemberg it is not a thing.

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u/Snotlout_G_Jorgenson 4h ago

Well, I know that it's common in Lower-Saxony.

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u/medizynisch 4h ago

I am from Northern Germany, and it’s a thing. You can get mett/mettbrötchen not just at every butcher, it’s available at every bakery.