Zwiebelmett
Onion Mett; Mett pre-mixed with finely diced onion throughout.
Onion Mett; Mett pre-mixed with finely diced onion throughout.
Raw beef sold with a straight face: Schabefleisch, scraped off the sinew, mounded on a crusty roll under onion, capers, and a whole yolk. The Tatarbrötchen seasons everything early except the salt.
Beef Mett; raw beef version (like beef tartare), less common than pork.
Ground in the morning, gone by night: that one clock is the whole build. Fresh raw seasoned pork on a roll, an unremarkable German bakery staple at home.
Mett without onions; for onion-averse.
'Mett hedgehog'; Mett shaped into hedgehog form with pretzel stick 'quills' and olive eyes, party presentation. Eaten on bread.
Order a Mettbrötchen and the onion is heaped on last, in a deliberate gesture that is the whole recipe. A cool, mild, raw-pork spread built to be cut by a sharp watery crunch, not by heat.
Northern German term for Mettbrötchen; Hackepeter is the regional name for seasoned raw pork.
'Ground meat roll'; regional term for Mettbrötchen in some areas.