A Good Brat

[LadyLocust]

We have a recipe we like once in a while called Delta Supper. I used German sausage this evening that is supposedly a good brand. It was little more than a hotdog in my opinion. Do any of you know of a good brat?
(Hubby actually said, "Do you think anyone on the forum would know of a brat?")

 

[Terri9630]

Yes but it's at a local meat market and they don't ship.

 

[backlash]

There are 2 great meat markets in Yakima if you're ever in the area.
Snyder's Meats and Matterhorn meats.
Matterhorn Meats & Sausages - Yakima, WA

 

[Amish Heart]

Johnsonville is pretty tasty

 

[user 2656]

"Sheboygan Brats" made by Klements. Usinger's Brats are the best however, hands down. And their summer sausage.

 

[Bacpacker]

Ekrich is the best around here.

 

[LadyLocust]

Ah, I sense a brats taste off in the near future.

 

[Bacpacker]

I'd like to have some GOOD German Brats. Had some back in 1999, never found a y as good since.. Those were in Vienna Austria.

 

[JustMe]

We have a recipe we like once in a while called Delta Supper. I used German sausage this evening that is supposedly a good brand. It was little more than a hotdog in my opinion. Do any of you know of a good brat?
(Hubby actually said, "Do you think anyone on the forum would know of a brat?")

Sausage was not was I thinking when I first read the title........

 

[Caribou]

I used to buy brats from a butcher at one of our grocery stores. I'm quite sure he has retired by now. I'd start looking at meat markets till I found one that had a product I liked. If you go into Seattle I'd check out Farmers Market. they have some really fine products coming out of there. I used to buy cream cheese from there, as well as bread and other products.

 

[Peanut]

I like a sausage from south Alabama, Conecuh Sausage... near the little town of Evergreen, in between the communities of Nymph and Burnt Corn. (I'm not joking)

Unless it's a national brand we don't get German style Brats around here. Mobile was settled by the French before New Orleans... Most sausages in the deep south are very similar to andouille sausage of Cajun fame.

Conecuh comes in different levels of spice... the hot is getting just a bit to warm for me. It's great on grill and a ball game favorite from little league to college tail gate parties.

 

[user 2656]

Usinger's ships great knackwurst and true German sausages. Not cheap but good.

I worked in a famous German restaurant for 4-5 years with actual "reformed Nazis" (found out only right before I left) who picked all the meats, smoked them, best Kassler Ripchen I ever had (smoked pork chops).
I figured it out when someone ordered a beer I was unfamiliar with then (my DH's fav as he got to tour the brewery ouside Prague), PILSNER URQUIL. Made in the now Czech Republic; then Czechoslovakia.
The Chef poured me one and in all seriousness said "please serve them our "suburban German" beer"
I then asked around and sure enough, both of these really nice owners had served for years as Nazis. Milwaukee in the 1950s and up until I was working in the late 1970s had tons and tons of Germans and we just didn't ask.

 

[goshengirl]

(Hubby actually said, "Do you think anyone on the forum would know of a brat?")

Haha! Indeed we do. But other than getting something from a local meat shop, we get Johnsonville because that's what's available at the store. And they're pretty decent.

 

[bamadeb48]

I like Johnsonville and conecuh is very good, but the best I have had was in Austin MN. In a restaurant that made their own at a truck stop close to Hormel. Plant. So good.

 

[Morgan101]

We usually have Johnsonville or Eckrich Farm. I love brats, even though they don't always love me. I will look for some of the other brands. Thanks for sharing.

 

[randyt]

I get my brats same place I get kiebasa. The polish grocery store in a nearby town. None or nearly none of their products are pre packaged

 

[dademoss]

Well, since most people wont come to Cincinnati to the local butchers, the 2nd best Brat is Johnsonville.

 

[Amish Heart]

Weisswurst is another favorite of mine, and we get it at Aldi. We cook it up just like a brat.

 

[joel]

We have a recipe we like once in a while called Delta Supper. I used German sausage this evening that is supposedly a good brand. It was little more than a hotdog in my opinion. Do any of you know of a good brat?
(Hubby actually said, "Do you think anyone on the forum would know of a brat?")

I thought this was a thread about children & I know nothing about brats, like French wine, I heard the history & I have bought the grocery store brand. But I doubt that a real brat, so I would like to know, myself, try the real thing.

 

[dademoss]

If you happen to find yourself in the vicinity of Cincinnati Ohio, stop in here:

https://www.stehlinsmeatmarket.com/homemade-sausage/
Let me know, we can do a meet-up.

 

[LadyLocust]

If you happen to find yourself in the vicinity of Cincinnati Ohio, stop in here:

https://www.stehlinsmeatmarket.com/homemade-sausage/
Let me know, we can do a meet-up.

I'll swing by and get some on my way home from work

 

[Peanut]

One thing I loved about working in the rust belt those few years was the variety of ethnic foods, especially breads and sausages. If I wanted a sandwich at lunch it could be from the polish market or german or... still think about a beef on weck sometimes, great sandwich.

 

[LadyLocust]

I will probably start by seeing if I can find Johnsonville, but might start looking for a good recipe. We make a pretty good sausage when we get elk and bear, but that hasn't happened for a couple years - could just use beef, but not as flavorful. We've never made brats but it's just different meat and seasoning - same process.

 

[Amish Heart]

It is. Brats are easy, but make sure you have a good amount of pork fat. I had two unruly grandsons visiting a few years back. I had them help make a ton of brats for the freezer using the hand crank grinder. Then we made ice cream by hand cranking. Husband kinda blew it when he walked in and asked why we weren't using the electric grinder. But it kept them busy.