Gallery Update: Goetta Hobo sandwich

Great name, right? Anyway, if you are like me and from Cincinnati, OH, which I bet many of you are not, then you probably know what goetta is. If not you are seriously missing out. Goetta is a German peasant  dish that apparently doesn’t really exist outside of Cincinnati anywhere. I asked people about it in Munich, Germany and they looked at me like I was crazy.

Well, as it turns out, goetta is about the best breakfast meat out there. Imagine sausage with oats. It has a very distinctive flavor and is fairly filling. Egg in the (a) basket, more entertainingly known as Hobo Toast, is a little more widely known than goetta. It is also shockingly easy to make, so long as you understand how you like your eggs and how to get them that way. Trial and error is probably the best way to go about this, but a knife to stab with and low heat will work just as well. It’s hard to cook a yolk once it’s running all over your plate (or chin).

The hobo toast is probably nothing new to most of you. I imagine in fact that the goetta though is a wholly new concept. Maybe a scary one. I personally think that ground, seasoned meat and oats sounds wonderful. I have also had the benefit of actually eating it. If it hasn’t been made abundantly clear yet, I am not a picky eater.

I also feel obligated to mention that this is not exactly a light sandwich in terms of grease or how filling it is. Goetta and eggs are very filling. To be honest, making a sandwich out of this dish is really just an attempt to make it more portable. As you can see by the yolk all over my plate, I more or less failed. Ah well. The point of cooking for yourself is to make something that is tasty.

When you’re cooking for guests or for customers, then maybe it is time to learn how to make things look good. Cooking for your friends in college does not count as a situation that would require extremely pretty food, by the way. Just a reminder for the people I regularly cook for.

I digress. If you are going to venture into the world of hobo sandwiches, please remember to cook your goetta all the way through and not to burn the egg. A burnt egg is a terrible waste of breakfast.

P.s.: I justified all of the updates, because I think I like them better that way. Thoughts? concerns?

Tags: Breakfast, Food, Gallery