Talk:Mett

A fact from Mett appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 13 October 2007. The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that legally, a Mett, a preparation of minced pork popular in Germany, is not allowed to contain more than 35% fat?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2007/October.

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Is there any other replaceable picture?[edit]

I hate to complain with nothing done here, but the picture at the top of the article makes me (very) startled. I just expected to see a dish similar to steak tartar not a possum-like dish on the plate. For some people, the picture is humorous, but for the article's sake, picture should be representative for its dish. --Appletrees (talk) 04:47, 11 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

nothing to LOL about! I am German, and these pictures show our most beloved meat. It really looks that way, we really eat it that way. The pictures are good. 93.219.133.162 (talk) 07:56, 5 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Well, as the article describes, Mett is not usually served in a way similar to tartar... so if you don't want to take a picture of a Mettbroetchen (Mett roll), the picture serves IMO its purpose very well. Lbocgn (talk) 03:45, 2 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

it's not supposed to be humorous - i have seen (and eaten part of) an original 'mett hedgehog' many times. it is indeed representative, as is the "mettbrötchen", which is classic german fast food. you should try it sometime.

So you expected (whatever that is worth) to see a dish similar to steak tartar. Well, you expected wrong. Steak tartare is made from the

finest low-fat beef, Mett from fatty pork. The Mettbrötchen shown is exactly what the delicious German answer to sushi looks like.

The Mettigel, however, looks a bit incongrous (albeit cute) to me. I haven't seen one since my childhood and even then not very often.

(I am in my late sixties.) It's sheer and undiluted Fifties. But then, it may be a matter of region and maybe class.

--94.222.153.186 (talk) 21:01, 29 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Safety issues[edit]

Other articles on raw meat dishes discuss the safety issues. I think that is something missing from this article as the consumption of raw or undercooked pork is widely regarded as dangerous. One wants to know whether people frequently get sick from eating mett or whether there are precautions that prevent this.Bill (talk) 23:25, 28 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

This is what the "Hackfleischverordnung" is for. People are not getting sick when the Mett is consumed within the first day of preparation. I think that is made clear. Isn't that common sense anyway? Yalca (talk) 07:50, 14 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I must disagree under the basis that there is no objective source of common sense; rather it exists solely on cultural levels. The relevance of this statement is thus: In many cultures, it is 'common sense' to cook the meat and leave the consumption of any raw meat strictly to the realm of things that are not 'common sense'. (Anonymous) 13:24, 30 July 2014 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.33.169.212 (talk)

In addition to the risk that minced meat generally spoils more quickly and must therefore be eaten on the day of preparation, the main problem with raw pork is trichinosis. In Germany, there has long been a statutory meat inspection to rule out infestation of the meat with these parasites before sale. As a result, trichinosis has been virtually eradicated from domestic pigs in Germany. According to German Wikipedia, in the first 10 years of the 21st century, only 4 infected pigs were found among approximately 452 million slaughtered pigs! In any case, without this reliable control system, one should not eat raw pork. So if you travel to Germany (especially northern Germany), you can try "Mett" without hesitation, it tastes just great! Samuel-el-musico (talk) 22:04, 11 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Polish name[edit]

it says it is popular in Poland as well as in Germany - What is the name in the Polish language for it ? 12:29, 30 March 2016 (UTC)12:29, 30 March 2016 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 109.193.124.135 (talk)

- I can not prove it, but I would guess it is more or less called the same way in Poland, if you mean the spread. Mett is very common in Germany and especially on construction sites or workshops. Those are also the places where it is common to work with people from Poland. So I guess, the Polish workers met the Mett there and brought it to Poland. And like it happend often, they called it there the way it is called in the "homeland" (in other words: Germany). I wouldn't be suprised, because those things happend often. Someone told me ones in Poland they also use German words for some tools.79.223.92.90 (talk) 23:16, 27 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

"Cannibal sandwich" = German or Belgian ?[edit]

As a Belgian, I want to point out that raw beef seasoned with onions is a very well known dish in Belgium. As there is (also) a belgian immigration to Wisconsin, maybe that's the origin of this "cannibal sandwich". 2A02:A03F:A8FC:7A00:447A:46C2:DF27:6D9E (talk) 07:29, 21 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]