r/mildyinteresting • • 9h ago

humankind hiccups 😅 Germans love their meat raw

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u/veculus 6h ago

Yeah the thing is in Germany raw meat is heavily regulated and therefore we need to eat it on the same day, in general we're really careful with our productions like meat or eggs.

But Mettbrötchen (Mett-Bread) is absolutely sick, with a nice layer of salt, petter and ringed onions. The AI generated picture looks terrible btw.

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u/FlounderStrict2692 5h ago

Your pic also is terrible. 1 Pfund Mett is barely enough for 3 Brötchen. You Show barely any real Mett on your Schrippen.

Anyways, with a licher and those Zwiebelringen, it's quite a delicious dinner, my dear Gourmet 😍

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u/Kharzani 3h ago

*Semmeln

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u/CoIdHeat 1h ago

It’s not a southern dish. Of course it’s called Brötchen

From a Bavarian living in northern exile

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u/moonlitkiwier 5h ago

My breath stinks just looking at this photo

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u/vadeka 4h ago

Only an issue for the ones not partaking in the meal really

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u/klobbenropper 4h ago

At my last job, we had this every first Wednesday of the month. Team building. People called it Mettwoch (German pun combining Mittwoch [Wednesday] and Mett). It always took until Tuesday for the smell to disappear from the office kitchen.

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u/moonlitkiwier 4h ago

Thank you for telling me germans have their own version of taco Tuesday. I really needed to know that

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u/c0ats 4h ago

There is also the Dönerstag. A combination of Donnerstag (Thursday) and Döner. 

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u/FeuerLohe 3h ago

But … everyday is Dönertag!

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u/srekar-trebor 41m ago

And after that Friesday.

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u/altergraf 38m ago

Don’t forget Mitt-wok for ordering Chinese food on Wednesdays

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u/Gorilla_from_Manila 23m ago

If you want to eat Mett every day and not only on Mettwoch, just call it Monthack, Diensthack, Donnersthack and so on.

(explanation: Hackepeter is another word for Mett)

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u/veculus 5h ago

Good sacrifice for what you get back

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u/No-Psychology9892 4h ago

As is the case with most good things.

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u/deviant324 5h ago

The closer you get to a 1:1 meat:onion ratio the better it gets tbh

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u/MillyQ3 4h ago

You can trade the onions for all kidns of greens, coriander, spring onion etc.

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u/Motchiko 3h ago

Worth it.

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u/isdeasdeusde 5h ago

That's why you wash it down with beer

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u/hansHerrlich 6h ago

Schee mim licher

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u/mshevchuk 5h ago

You forgot butter under the meat.

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u/FirstAndOnlyDektarey 5h ago

Also, fresh chives mixed into the meat.

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u/moooootz 5h ago edited 4h ago

What does "same day" mean? If course there's no leftovers with Mettbroetchen but if you buy a Mettbroetchen at the local tennis club, I doubt the Mett came this morning from the Metzger. Side note: I love Mettbrötchen and had a lot of it after our weekly squash sessions.

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u/caligula421 5h ago

Between mincing the meat and consuming it. It is minced the day it is sold at the Metzger, and you should consume it the same day, and you local tennis club will get into deep trouble with the Gesundheitsamt of they sell Mett from yesterday. 

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u/SpinachSpinosaurus 4h ago

except it's packaged. but I don't like the packaged mett in the wurst roll.

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u/wirdnichts 2h ago

I think you're thinking of mettwurst, which is cured.

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u/duckducknuts 2h ago

There's also normal Mett that's kinda packaged like sausage, almost all stores have it. It's obviously with plastic instead of sausage skin tho

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u/moooootz 4h ago

Ah okay. Then that's probably what happens. Interesting. Thanks!

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u/NFZedd 3h ago

Most of the time the "Mett"brötchen is Zwiebelmett out of the supermarket not proper Mett so that can be a bit older

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u/Nir0star 5h ago

Why not? It at has to be minced the same day afaik. The pig is probably dead for longrr

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u/sorry_4u 5h ago

First its fresh meat - so only from the butcher, not from the supermarket
Then its eaten the day its been ground up much like a tartar Some butchers do preseason it with salt, pepper and garlic and thats only to be sold the day they made it - any later and they will cook meatballs and similar dishes

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u/deviant324 5h ago

For private households you just cook leftovers after dinner, I don’t think you’re even allowed to sell it as Mett if it’s same day

Doesn’t mean your tennis club couldn’t, but I’d not want to be in their shoes if a health inspector caught wind of that

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u/therealfurryfeline 5h ago

You can get it at the supermarket, but i personally don't trust that. So i go to my local butcher, who is mincing it fresh and infront of the customers. It's one i am comfortable eating the day after. If older it get's use as normal minced meat as it is practically the same just minced finer than the regular stuff.

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u/Thattwonerd 4h ago

You dont need to eat it the same day if its packaged. Unless you mean after you put it on your roll in which case.. thats kinda true for all toppings? You dont leave a slice of cheese out either

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u/anxiousoracles 4h ago

Knowing German food is so safe, I’d be very willing to try Mettbrötchen, especially if I could load up on onions. I love onions so much. And alliums in general.

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u/SunNo1920 4h ago

It’s awesome beyond believe

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u/gerbeli 3h ago

Na toll. Jetzt habe ich Hunger ...

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u/BenLeng 1h ago

Licher spotted! Guude!

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u/crossal 1h ago

Yes, it does look terrible

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u/ssgkraut 1h ago

Lecker! Und dazu ein Licher Pils!