Butchery
Metzgete literally means " slaughter " in Switzerland and in the extreme southwest of Germany , but it also stands for all dishes that are typically prepared directly after slaughtering from blood , offal , bacon and belly or head meat (usually pork ). In addition, Metzgete can also describe the slaughter days as an event or occasion in the rural annual course, or today often the days on which corresponding dishes are offered in country inns . In Switzerland, it also the name of a who has Schlachtplatte similar dish from different meat - and sausages with hearty side dishes developed, which is also known as the Bern plate.
Metzgete is offered in autumn, mostly in country inns. It serves, for example, blood and liver sausage , knuckle , bacon , pork loin , Schweinsprägel , liver or boiler meat , sauerkraut, beans, potatoes or hash browns .
Other meanings
- Züri-Metzgete is the name of a cycle race that was held every year in the Zurich area.
- The Swiss quiz show Metzgete - Heiteres celebrity guessing is named after the Metzgete.
Explanation
This quiz show, like the bike race, is based on the Swiss German verb "metzgen", which means something like "good, good in a situation" and is still widespread today.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Rita Jenni-Neff: Biography of the farmer Josef Neff from Lommis. Reinhold Liebig, 2009, pp. 140–142.
- ↑ Cotta's Culinary Almanac 2000/2001. Klett-Cotta, 1999, p. 107f.
- ↑ Ulrich Ammon: Variant Dictionary of German: the standard language in Austria, Switzerland and Germany as well as in Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, East Belgium and South Tyrol. Walter de Gruyter, 2004, keyword Metzgete .
- ↑ Ulrich Ammon: Variant Dictionary of German: the standard language in Austria, Switzerland and Germany as well as in Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, East Belgium and South Tyrol. Walter de Gruyter, 2004, keyword Metzgete .
- ^ Züri-Metzgete
- ↑ to Metzge in the Swiss Idiotikon