Does this look appetizing to you? To me it does not. It really does not look pretty. When my dad told me that my brother asked for Knipp for dinner I was taken a little aback honestly. The last time I had it was maybe 10 years ago. I did not like it when I was a kid and I did not like it 10 years back. But I guess it has grown on me since then (refined taste buds maybe?) even though it still looks like a grayish gooey mess.
Knipp is basically meat with grains, onions, and spices and according to the internet something very specific to Bremen and Lower Saxony in Germany. In the old days they used the leftover meat bits that could not be used for anything else and I am secretly imagining that this might have changed. In our house it is usually served with a very dark bread and pickled cucumbers (sour, not sweet). It was actually very good I thought.
When you buy Knipp at the meat counter you usually are confronted with a very big sausage kind of looking thing (about 10-15cm in diameter) and you can decide how big of a portion you want cut off. All you have to do for prep is fry it in a pan and you are done – so it is a very easy meal.
This is how it looks like when it is almost done. Some people like it gooey, some like it better when it is browned a bit (me please). Is it something my kids would eat? Likely not. It is not a choice for anyone vegetarian or vegan.
This suddenly reminds me: at our elemantary school we had a food challenge a couple of years for international night. We were presented with three interesting food choices of one specific country. I think Knipp would have been an excellent challenge option if Germany ever made it to the challenge.
Do you have an interesting delicacy where you are from?
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Oh, this looks familiar… although I don’t know it as “Knipp”, I think this similar to what we call “Panhas”(https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panhas) in the Rhineland area.
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It does look a little similar. Isn’t it interesting how the dishes change depending on which area in Germany you are from. It’s not that big of a country after all. It seems more solid and less like mush.
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That doesn’t look appetizing to me at all. Except the pickle. Sometimes the things we grow up with are nostalgic, and sometimes they’re just tasty, no matter what they look like.
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I completely agree that it does not look tasty 😂
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I have never heard of that. So interesting and it is just a few kilometers away. I need to ask my sister who is living in Münster if she knows it.
I am convinced that the most yummy comfort foods do not look good on a plate. I would give this dish a try for sure – and I used to be a vegetarian for 8 years….
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Curious to know if your sister knows it since Muenster is not Lower Saxony anymore? It always amazes me how there are so many regional differences.
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Ha… it doesn’t look appetizing to me but that’s because I don’t eat meat! The pickles and bread look good though : )
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The bread is really good indeed!
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That does not look at all appetizing to me. I dislike pickles and am a vegetarian, but I would eat that bread up in a heartbeat!
I’m from the Midwest, so we have lots of “Jello salads” that I think sound repulsive to other people, but are actually good. Orange jello + mandarin oranges + cream cheese = heaven. Strawberry jello + whipped cream + pretzels = pretty good.
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Cream cheese +mandarin oranges+orange jello sounds pretty amazing I think the pretzels+jello – not so sure.
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I have never had Knipp before, nor had I ever heard of it before this post! It sounds like the perfect comfort food.
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