Goetta, the German Peasant Dish Cincinnati Claimed as Its Own
Goetta is Cincinnati’s beloved oat-and-meat breakfast dish with German roots — but it’s a food Germany itself never made. Here’s the real story. Quick answer: Goetta is a fried breakfast dish made from ground pork or beef, steel-cut oats, onion, and spices, born in 19th-century Cincinnati among German immigrants stretching thin meat supplies. It’s often…