What other city can take peasant food and elevate it to a delicacy? Cincinnati has done exactly that with goetta. 

If we’re being honest, goetta is a polished turd, but it’s delicious so who gives a shit? It’s a combination of ground pork and beef, steel-cut oats or pinhead oats and spices.

The only thing in Cincinnati that consists of more scraps is the Cincinnati Bengals roster. (WhoDey! #BounceBackYear)

This weekend Ryan and I went down to Goetta Fest in Newport, Kentucky to see all the fancy ways folks are polishing this glorious, German turd.

It was my first time attending this local festival… because as we’ve established in other posts, I’m a terrible Kentuckian. I’m glad I can mark it off my To-Do List and I look forward to going again next year.

Check out what was on our menu. I ranked the plates from most tasty to least. 

  1. Goetta Burger
  2. Goetta Nachos
  3. Deep Fried Goetta Cheese Coney
  4. Goetta Brownie
  5. Spicy Goetta Mac and Cheese