how do you prepare a brat?
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 Posted: 11/11/03 - 17:39 Post subject:
| TimRuns wrote: | What is a brat (food that is) ??  |
Are you serious?
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Posted: 11/11/03 - 17:41 Post subject:
Only one of the tastiest forms of nourishment (OK, nourishment might be pushin' it a bit but they ROCK!!) on the planet....they call it Wisconsin's soul food, my friend....
G-dawg---oh yeah! Makin' the move, right after graduation!! I'm using next year's Madtown race as an extended vacation to scope out UW, the surrounding areas, real estate, etc.....
Brie, Johnsonville's website has some tasty recipes: http://www.johnsonville.com/
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Posted: 11/11/03 - 17:41 Post subject:
| TimRuns wrote: | | What is a brat (food that is) ?? |
GROSS, that's what.
Brats: Summer-time, fun-time food (Brenda K. Fowler)
Germans settled the state of Wisconsin in the last century and their legacy is still alive and well there in many forms. Wisconsinites make and drink a lot of beer and they make and eat a lot of cheese. (Hence, the popular nickname cheesehead.) They also have the annoying custom, lifted right out of German syntax, of ending sentences with prepositions, as in: "Why don't you come with." But never mind that.
Among the second-string legacies is the bratwurst, known popularly as "brat." Made primarily of pork meat, a blend of spices that no self-respecting butcher will reveal and stuffed into small intestines, brats, which rhymes with lots, are part of Wisconsin cuisine all year long. But because a brat must be grilled, its true season is summer. In Sheboygan, Wisconsin, the self-proclaimed Bratwurst Capital of the World, a brat fry (Sheboyganites say "fry" instead of grill) is part of every summer celebration, from marriage receptions to Little League pot lucks. The experts disagree over the best way to prepare the brat, and the disagreement usually centers on -- what else? -- where the beer comes in.
A few people insist that brats have to be soaked for a few hours in beer before they are grilled. The Sheboygan Chamber of Commerce, for one, so adamantly opposes this method, that they have even written a press release about it. "You will notice no mention has been made here of par boiling, soaking in beer, or boiling in beer," it reads. "That is because there is no par boiling, soaking in beer, or boiling in beer. There is only frying. From the butcher shop to the grill. One step."
The beer, as it turns out, comes in later. After grilling for about 20 - 25 minutes, with frequent turning, the brats may be removed to a simmering mixture of beer, butter and onions. Or the brats -- it is customary to eat two at once -- may be loaded directly onto a hard roll, known locally as a "semmel" roll, and in other parts of the country as a kaiser roll. Another hard rule concerns what goes on top: a big yes to grainy mustard, sliced dill pickles and raw onions; a big no to lettuce, mayonnaise or tomatoes.
Of course, traditions are made to be flaunted, and even the Wisconsin manufacturers have experimented with the state meat. There are now cajun brats, turkey brats, veal brats and chicken brats. And out of all this has also emerged an inedible brat. In recent years, during televised Green Bay Packers games, the cameras have inevitably zoomed in on the few wild and crazy guys wearing hats with massive plastic wedges shaped like cheddar cheese. Cheeseheads, right? Well, now look for the brat hat, a sombrero that needs no description.
Johnsonville Mail Order (800-733-4438) ships 24 brats in a cooler for between $55-60, depending on weight. On the Internet, the Brat City Company will soon be offering information on bratwurst.
| runswithscissors wrote: | | Are you serious? |
He is Canadian, after all.
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Posted: 11/11/03 - 17:42 Post subject:
Is that another word for sausage?
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Posted: 11/11/03 - 17:46 Post subject:
| TimRuns wrote: | | Is that another word for sausage? |
It's actually short for Bratwurst.
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Posted: 11/11/03 - 17:46 Post subject:
| TimRuns wrote: | | Is that another word for sausage? |
No, it's different. Similar, but different.
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Posted: 11/11/03 - 17:47 Post subject:
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Posted: 11/11/03 - 17:48 Post subject:
Thanks for the warning. I'll be sure not to click that when googling things.
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Posted: 11/11/03 - 17:49 Post subject:
Just say no - you're wasting good beer on food STUFFED IN SMALL INTESTINE. 
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Posted: 11/11/03 - 17:49 Post subject:
| elkid wrote: | | TimRuns wrote: | | What is a brat (food that is) ?? |
GROSS, that's what.
Brats: Summer-time, fun-time food (Brenda K. Fowler)
Germans settled the state of Wisconsin in the last century and their legacy is still alive and well there in many forms. Wisconsinites make and drink a lot of beer and they make and eat a lot of cheese. (Hence, the popular nickname cheesehead.) They also have the annoying custom, lifted right out of German syntax, of ending sentences with prepositions, as in: "Why don't you come with." But never mind that.
Among the second-string legacies is the bratwurst, known popularly as "brat." Made primarily of pork meat, a blend of spices that no self-respecting butcher will reveal and stuffed into small intestines, brats, which rhymes with lots, are part of Wisconsin cuisine all year long. But because a brat must be grilled, its true season is summer. In Sheboygan, Wisconsin, the self-proclaimed Bratwurst Capital of the World, a brat fry (Sheboyganites say "fry" instead of grill) is part of every summer celebration, from marriage receptions to Little League pot lucks. The experts disagree over the best way to prepare the brat, and the disagreement usually centers on -- what else? -- where the beer comes in.
A few people insist that brats have to be soaked for a few hours in beer before they are grilled. The Sheboygan Chamber of Commerce, for one, so adamantly opposes this method, that they have even written a press release about it. "You will notice no mention has been made here of par boiling, soaking in beer, or boiling in beer," it reads. "That is because there is no par boiling, soaking in beer, or boiling in beer. There is only frying. From the butcher shop to the grill. One step."
The beer, as it turns out, comes in later. After grilling for about 20 - 25 minutes, with frequent turning, the brats may be removed to a simmering mixture of beer, butter and onions. Or the brats -- it is customary to eat two at once -- may be loaded directly onto a hard roll, known locally as a "semmel" roll, and in other parts of the country as a kaiser roll. Another hard rule concerns what goes on top: a big yes to grainy mustard, sliced dill pickles and raw onions; a big no to lettuce, mayonnaise or tomatoes.
Of course, traditions are made to be flaunted, and even the Wisconsin manufacturers have experimented with the state meat. There are now cajun brats, turkey brats, veal brats and chicken brats. And out of all this has also emerged an inedible brat. In recent years, during televised Green Bay Packers games, the cameras have inevitably zoomed in on the few wild and crazy guys wearing hats with massive plastic wedges shaped like cheddar cheese. Cheeseheads, right? Well, now look for the brat hat, a sombrero that needs no description.
Johnsonville Mail Order (800-733-4438) ships 24 brats in a cooler for between $55-60, depending on weight. On the Internet, the Brat City Company will soon be offering information on bratwurst.
| runswithscissors wrote: | | Are you serious? |
He is Canadian, after all. |
I'm not a big fan of hot dogs and sausages and yeah it does look gross from the pics...
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Posted: 11/11/03 - 17:51 Post subject:
Me --->  <---- elkid, tim, and Brat Hatahs everywhere....line up, folks!
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Posted: 11/11/03 - 17:55 Post subject:
Send him to the spiral staircase and tell him to spit on Dancer's friends.
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Posted: 11/11/03 - 17:57 Post subject:
| TimRuns wrote: | | I'm not a big fan of hot dogs and sausages and yeah it does look gross from the pics... |
People, we have to stop this NOW.
Obviously Tim is taking a turn for the wurst.
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Posted: 11/11/03 - 17:59 Post subject:
Don't hit me, g, just because YOU'RE delusional. 
I hate brats
They're the wurst
Use the beer instead
To quench your thirst
In intestine casings
They are cooked
You really wouldn't eat 'em
If you looked
At all the different meats
That went inside
This disgusting "food"
Where little nutrition hides
So just say no
To the uber gross brat
You'll thank me one day
For saying that!
Two elkid originals in one day ... you're so lucky!
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Posted: 11/11/03 - 18:02 Post subject:
I.just.can't.
I'm sorry. It looks to penile. If I want THAT..I want THAT.
sorry.
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