| In Wisconsin, bratwurst is a favorite food for tailgating, | | | | thin, crisp crust and soft middle baked in a special oven. |
| picnics, fairs, holidays, baseball, football and any other | | | | There is an indentation running down the middle of the |
| time with the possible exception of when we are | | | | roll so people know which way to put a double brat (2 |
| under a winter storm advisory. Even in the dead of | | | | bratwurst on one roll). While Wisconsin bratwurst can |
| winter groups will be out in front of stores frying out | | | | be bought in grocery stores across the country, the roll |
| and selling brats (short for bratwurst) for a fund raiser. | | | | is a local tradition. |
| Frying out is the popular terminology in Wisconsin for | | | | Legend has it that the semmel roll was invented |
| grilling out of doors. | | | | because eating bratwurst with fingers was too messy, |
| Germans brought their sausage recipes to Wisconsin | | | | especially when one man decided he wanted a pickle |
| when they settled throughout the state in the 1800's. | | | | on his brat. With the advent of the roll, the sky was, |
| Bratwurst differs slightly in taste because of the spices | | | | and still is the limit when it comes to piling condiments |
| and other meat fillers and how fine the pork is ground | | | | on a brat. |
| by the sausage makers. The main ingredient for what I | | | | While brat connoisseurs have their favorite brand of |
| have have always considered authentic bratwurst is | | | | bratwurst, the one thing that brings out their distinctive |
| pork though there are other sausages called bratwurst | | | | flavor is grilling them over charcoal. Restaurants |
| that are all beef or a mix of various meats other than | | | | serving bratwurst will fry them on an indoor charcoal |
| pork. | | | | grill. I guess that could be called frying in. Frying |
| Sheboygan, a city of just over 50 thousand people, | | | | bratwurst in a pan on the stove alters the taste to a, |
| located on the shores of Lake Michigan half way | | | | better than most, very big breakfast sausage. |
| between the Green Bay Packers and Milwaukee | | | | Some bratwurst makers now make bratwurst in a |
| Brewers, is the Bratwurst Capitol of the World. Their | | | | patty form to save grilling time. Grilling a link bratwurst |
| Bratwurst Day Festival has been an annual event on | | | | takes a minimum of twenty minutes over hot coals. |
| the first Saturday in August, for almost 60 years. In the | | | | Brats need to be turned regularly and flames doused |
| 1950's Sheboygan crowned a new Miss Bratwurst | | | | with water to get an evenly well done, and not burned |
| Queen every year which was a festival highlight. While | | | | sausage. Patties are more forgiving, still taste good, but |
| there is no longer a Miss Bratwurst Queen, a brat | | | | are usually snubbed by traditionalists. |
| eating contest is a big event in the day long celebration. | | | | Nevertheless, sausage or pattie, as long as long as |
| What makes bratwurst unique in Sheboygan is the | | | | you have a portable grill, you can fry out bratwurst |
| semmel roll in which they are served. The roll has a | | | | anywhere. |