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Maybe it's just me....
« on: Mar 27th, 2008, 7:49pm » |
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....but do any other Wisconsinites believe that actual authentic Bratwurst are sold anywhere NEAR Chandler AZ?
I'm a member of a "foodie" forum, and some dude in AZ is wondering how to keep his brats from exploding on his grill.
Brat cooking is an art and a science, in all places but WI it seems.
Am I just being Brat egocentric? Am I blind to the idea that other states can actually produce an authentic Brat?
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Re: Maybe it's just me....
« Reply #1 on: Mar 27th, 2008, 7:59pm » |
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LOL 
If he boils them in a water/beer mixture for about 5 minutes and then puts them on there they won't burst!!
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Re: Maybe it's just me....
« Reply #2 on: Mar 27th, 2008, 7:59pm » |
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LMAO.....People in Chandler dont even know what beef and Broccoli is when it comes to Chinese food....LOL 
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Re: Maybe it's just me....
« Reply #3 on: Mar 27th, 2008, 8:07pm » |
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Thanks Steph. We will try that. What luck, I happen to have beer in the frig. Our Brats always split on us.
We heard this from a Nascar pre-race. Quote: "From the hot tub to the grill" and now that makes sense.
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Re: Maybe it's just me....
« Reply #4 on: Mar 27th, 2008, 8:16pm » |
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Here is the Brat Science.
No water Steph..just doeesn't quite make the flavor.
Take 1 large yellow onion and peel. Cut into 1 inch chunks. Place frozen seperated brats into a dutch oven and pour enough cold beer of your choice, (I prefer a dark or amber beer) to cover brats by about 2 inches and toss in the onions.
Set this cold pot on a burner and turn onto med high heat, and when it finally boils, let boil for 3 minutes.
take off the heat and set aside for 30 to 45 minutes. There will some gray foamy scum on top but ignore that.
Get your grill warm, not hot. Charcoal, let the coals get past white hot, a gas grill set to low.
The brats are cooked internally and now you are just browning them off.
If your Brats explode, the heat is too high. Par boiling them in the beer and onions imparts a great flavor, and ensures, (if you keep the heat low) that they won't be dry and rubbery) and that they are cooked through to be safe.
My favorite way to eat Brats is with hot caraway saurkraut, raw onions and a hot brown mustard. Whole wheat Brat buns is a bonus too.
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adding water to the par boil, for some reason, leaches out more of the juices and tends to turn out dryer brats. Not sure if it's the clorine salts in public water systems or what. But there is much more fat (thus flavor) floating on the top. No one ever said they were a health food, but DAYMN they taste good.
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Re: Maybe it's just me....
« Reply #5 on: Mar 27th, 2008, 8:28pm » |
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on Mar 27th, 2008, 8:16pm, Redd wrote:| There will some gray foamy scum on top but ignore that. |
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Sorry, but thats something I refuse to ignore.....LMAO
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Re: Maybe it's just me....
« Reply #6 on: Mar 27th, 2008, 8:38pm » |
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on Mar 27th, 2008, 8:28pm, Jonny wrote:
Sorry, but thats something I refuse to ignore.....LMAO
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Re: Maybe it's just me....
« Reply #7 on: Mar 27th, 2008, 8:40pm » |
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on Mar 27th, 2008, 8:38pm, Redd wrote:
LMAO.....I love it!!!
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Re: Maybe it's just me....
« Reply #8 on: Mar 27th, 2008, 8:49pm » |
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Quote:on Today at 7:38pm, Redd wrote ickydoo
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Hey bud, you want to cook your dickymule in a dutch oven of hot onion/beer more power to ya. I'd pay money to be at that weenie roast.
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Re: Maybe it's just me....
« Reply #9 on: Mar 27th, 2008, 9:36pm » |
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I watched some of the Brewer's spring training games in Arizona and they had brats at the ball park. Spectators were saying that was the only place they could get a good brat in Arizona - probably shipped in from here!
I buy the local butcher shop's award winning Sheboygan brats. They are pre-cooked and extra-ordinarily delicious. Looks like I have dinner planned for tomorrow night!
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Re: Maybe it's just me....
« Reply #10 on: Mar 27th, 2008, 9:46pm » |
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Well the guy did say they were Johnsonville Brats. I asked him to look at the package to see if it was a WI packaging or some other minor repackager.
He said WI, so I posted the "WI" way to grill brats. We'll see if he posts a responce.
I like this "foodie" forum. I have gotten some good tips and have learned about some herb blends I'd not thought of before. Well worth the time to sort through eons of repeate posts to get to the gold.
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Re: Maybe it's just me....
« Reply #11 on: Mar 28th, 2008, 9:24am » |
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Ohforpetesake, I just poke them with a fork, boil them in beer w/a little water and then grill them till their almost black.
Man, is the F'ing snow gone yet??? 
(oh yeah, and it's GOTTA be Johnsonville!!!)
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Re: Maybe it's just me....
« Reply #12 on: Mar 28th, 2008, 10:07am » |
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Pat,
That looks like Karls, am I right?
Helds on Hwy 41 and 144 has pretty good sausage as well.
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Re: Maybe it's just me....
« Reply #13 on: Mar 28th, 2008, 10:29am » |
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You can buy Johnsonville brats in just about every state in the union.
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Re: Maybe it's just me....
« Reply #14 on: Mar 28th, 2008, 11:08am » |
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on Mar 28th, 2008, 10:07am, jimmers wrote:Pat,
That looks like Karls, am I right?
Helds on Hwy 41 and 144 has pretty good sausage as well.
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Ja, das ist Karls. Schmecht sehr gut.
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Re: Maybe it's just me....
« Reply #15 on: Mar 28th, 2008, 12:18pm » |
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Re: Maybe it's just me....
« Reply #16 on: Mar 28th, 2008, 1:10pm » |
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Karl's! I used to eat lunch there everyday, worked in the industrial park by the train tracks.
There is a place on Loomis road, Ray's, that is better than Karl's IMO, but that is splitting hairs.
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Re: Maybe it's just me....
« Reply #17 on: Mar 28th, 2008, 1:23pm » |
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on Mar 28th, 2008, 1:10pm, superhawk2300 wrote:Karl's! I used to eat lunch there everyday, worked in the industrial park by the train tracks.
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Yeah maybe, but I'd burn up $10 in gas driving across the county to get to Ray's!
Karl's is less than two miles from my house! Not only are their Sheboygan's delicious, but they have a meat case to die for. Whenever I'm stumped as to what to make for dinner I stop in and gaze longingly at all the delicious entrees in the case. We always end up with something good! I'm very lucky to live so close!
And during the summer from 10am - 2pm they grill the brats outside and serve with chips and a soda for very cheap!
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Re: Maybe it's just me....
« Reply #18 on: Mar 28th, 2008, 5:47pm » |
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My farorites are Johnsonville and Klemets. I always boil them in onions and beer first. I have never tried Sheboygen, Pat, but I will.
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Re: Maybe it's just me....
« Reply #19 on: Mar 28th, 2008, 6:14pm » |
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on Mar 27th, 2008, 7:49pm, Redd wrote:| Am I blind to the idea that other states can actually produce an authentic Brat? |
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We've got some brats, wurst I've seen are some little ones at the video store, McDonalds, or in grocery stores. "But Mom, I WAAAAHN'it"
Great display, Mosaic!
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Re: Maybe it's just me....
« Reply #20 on: Mar 28th, 2008, 6:18pm » |
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I've only ever had Germn bratwurst, are they much different to WI ones does anyone know?
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Re: Maybe it's just me....
« Reply #21 on: Mar 28th, 2008, 6:39pm » |
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Probably similar Helen, since this state's primary sausage makers were German.
Just like anything else there is always a slight regional difference. And there are probably a million different kinds of sausage to choose from.
Including these guys
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