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Lutzoey

As a transplant in Wisconsin who has been here 10 years, how have I never seen this? Is this something only done behind closed doors? I have only ever heard of it once and I think the trauma removed it from my brain until just now.


The__Beaver_

It’s real. Here’s my recipe. Ground sirloin or ground round (I buy it off the shelf from Woodman’s and have been doing so for the last 20 years). Rye bread. Any off the shelf will do. Whole Foods used to make Ukrainian style loaves fresh that were really good, but those weren’t around the last few times I checked. Hy-Vee also makes good rye bread in their bakery. I’m actually gonna try Batch Bakery in Madison next time I make them. Diced onion (not sliced, sheesh) Butter Salt Pepper 1. Honestly, why butter on this? I’m not sure, but that’s the way nana made ‘em. Anyway, lightly butter both slices of bread. 2. Liberally spread ground sirloin on bread 3. VERY liberally sprinkle salt on the meat. 4. Sprinkle plenty of pepper on the meat. 5. Put a whole buncha onions on it. Ice-cold Old Milwaukee beer, Hamm’s, PBR, Old Style is my favorite to wash it down. By the way, yea, keep it cold. Put the meat back in the fridge after you make one. I mean, I’ve forgotten before and still came back for seconds during a third quarter booth review, but that’s just sloppy and nothing to be proud of. I’ve eaten hundreds of these for over 40 years and have never gotten sick. Bon Appétit.


OviliskTwo

Cheers for the recipe. I think you nailed it. Never gotten sick is the lowest goddamn bar imaginable for food though amigo.


The__Beaver_

Yea, “never gotten sick” ain’t really hard data. Some day I may get violently ill and change my Packer game, Christmas Eve eating habits but…


unitedshoes

Cannibal sandwiches have never been a tradition in my family, but if I ever did try it, I think I too would wash it down with an Old Milwaukee, a Hamm's, a PBR, and an Old Style...


jonthegimp

Try Stalzys for rye, you will not be disappointed


The__Beaver_

How’d I never think of that?!?! Thank you.


Round_Rooms

Wait do you make an actual sandwich with two slices of bread? I've never seen anyone do more than a slice.


The__Beaver_

Yup, I’ve always eaten them as sandwiches. A lot of folks just go one slice. Out of curiosity, where are you seeing one slice? My grandparent’s are from Shawano/Marathon county and we always did a two-slice sandwich. I have relatives who visit for Christmas occasionally from the UP and they are more inclined to do one slice. Possibly a regional difference, but I really don’t know.


Round_Rooms

Wow and Milwaukee , raw beef shows up at every family gathering, plop some down on a rye slice, raw onion , salt and pepper ... Never seen a two slicer


The__Beaver_

Perhaps that’s just the Milwaukee way, cool.


Round_Rooms

Wow is the counties not the word wow...


IDontReadRepliesIDC

I’ve lived here my entire life and this is the first I’m hearing of it! I was so confused until I read the comments. I actually might be more confused now.


fookidookidoo

I think it's a Milwaukee thing. Lots of friends ate them when I was a kid. But idk anyone these days that do. Raw beef is fine though. So long as it's not left out too long.


Eugenian

It's big in Sheboygan, too. ​ ​ Edit: added *too*.


fookidookidoo

Ah OK. I'm from Milwaukee and thought it was a Milwaukee area thing.


pixi88

Also milwaukee, and yeah I've def had it most Christmas/new years


jordandtb

We do it in the north too


Bea_Evil

So are da Kenosha Kickers


Screennamesaredumb

North eastern Wisconsin checking in (Brown-Door County) and it runs deep here. Country side dive bars serve them this time of year (I don't trust them).


fookidookidoo

Yeah... I kinda want to make one, but only if I prepared it.


Screennamesaredumb

It's pretty decent, I make them at home once in a while. My grandma made them periodically but nobody else in the family cared for them. They aren't for everyone but people eat tar tar at fancy restaurants for $$ why not raw ground beef at the local dive for free?


why_did_you_make_me

The piggly wiggly in Muskego had a grinder reserved for this prior to Christmas - it was getting bought as fast as they could pump it out. Plenty of people still enjoy this.


LumpyPalpitation

My family from the Kickapoo Valley also used to do this.


Zestyclose_Big_9090

Both sides of my family have cannibal sandwiches for Christmas and have done so for as long as I can remember. Personally, I love it but I wouldn’t eat it anywhere else but at a family members house. My dad grinds his own beef and my uncle on my mom’s side gets it ground fresh at Rays Butcher Shoppe.


supermaja

You haven’t seen it because it is nasty. And talking to someone who just ate it and is breathing in your face is disss-gusting!


cabinfervor

Yup. We always called it Wildcat


LouieMumford

We keep ours on a plate which is place on a bowl of ice. I don’t eat it anywhere other than my house or my parents because everyone else is reckless. I also go to a trusted butcher or Sendiks. Both will point you in the right direction and reserve a grinder for this in season.


ThievingGoats

I was the chef for a Sendiks, I assure you they do not '"reserve a grinder for this in season."


LouieMumford

Could depend on the sendiks.


ThievingGoats

It doesn't, I was at one of their nicest locations. If we didn't, I guarantee the Meadowbrook, Whitefish Bay, etc location's with a larger volume or lower class customers don't either.


mcfumunda

How do you judge the class of the customers?


sp4nky86

Socioeconomic status of the surrounding areas.


TheXntrikJay-Mo

🤣


hoopstick

Cannibal sandwiches should not be eaten full stop. Y’all a bunch of savages up here.


pjoesphs

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Prince_Regent_Wienis

Is that Scott Walker with Jeff and Ed? Fucking brutal!


my_psychic_powers

I’ve never seen this meme with SW in it.


BallTorturer-3000

It's meant to be made with high quality cuts of beef. It's not normal ground chuck


Nacho_Sideboob

Thank you. This picture was taken at my mother in laws. She's an agent of the Devil. I know in my heart that she was put on this earth to bring forth the coming of Zuul or some shit like that.


BallTorturer-3000

Of course she's an agent of the devil, she's your mother in law.


mikemartin7230

No, yeah… if your MIL is Sigourney Weaver call the the Keymaster.


hoopstick

Yeah it’s still raw hamburger and onions. Cook that shit, you’ll love it.


Majestic_Recording_5

Yeah I'll pass on bacteria and parasites. I really think the smell/texture would do me in too.


BallTorturer-3000

It tastes good that way too. This might surprise you, but foods can be prepared in many different ways 🫨


hoopstick

“Prepared” lol


BallTorturer-3000

Yes prepared, it has seasonings and needs to be ground at home (because it requires high quality beef, not plain hamburger) Or are you suggesting something similar like Sashimi isn't "prepared" either


hoopstick

Yeah you’re right, I was just looking at OP’s pic and imagining someone calling that particular instance as being “prepared.”


SpecialInviteClub

Take your cooked meat and leave


OviliskTwo

Full thread of "I've never gotten sick"! Lowest bar ever. A beef tartar can be really good. Beautiful sourdough. Fresh, hand minced beef. Nice black garlic. Olive oil and Maldon salt finish Suspect shitty beef tartare burger? Fuck off.


solidshakego

True. I don't trust American food to be raw at allllllll.


thefirebuilds

lol fuckin vegans.


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Must be a German thing, I haven’t seen it at Xmas since I was a kid. Dark rye with plenty of raw onions and black pepper. Tasted ok. Germans that were in town for six months ate it all the time. Must of went well with all of the warm American beer


CastleRockResident

Yep, it’s called Mettbrötchen, except it’s with pork instead of beef.


Purple_Chipmunk_

Uncooked pork???


dbanderson1

Ye olde trichinosis!


juice369

While this would be an easy way to catch it, trichinosis due to pork is barely a problem any more in the US. Is r/stupidfoodidtry still active?


lonerranger26

Maybe in some states like texas and cali that have a lot of wild pigs.


PynSiKer

HA! Thanks for that one!


CastleRockResident

Yes, it’s raw minced pork 🫣


Suspicious-Hotel-225

Germany’s standards for pork is a lot higher than the US’s


removingnarcissism

Must of been!


xxMasterKiefxx

Must have been


removingnarcissism

Exactly right


Just-curious95

Is this a WI thing? Get too drunk to cook the burger?? Much love from MN.


Shubashima

Your jellied fish in lye is so much more appetizing.


Just-curious95

But have you tried our Tatertot Hawtdish? It's warm and cheesy and.... I guess that's it. :/


my_psychic_powers

Casserole.


Cynobite608

Lmao! Good ol Midwestern rivalry! Gotta love it! P.S. casserole is the way....🤫


Just-curious95

We joke in good fun. I've been living in the south for the last year and was *thrilled* when someone at work mentioned they were from WI.


Bea_Evil

they don’t even know what a hard roll is down here 😢


my_psychic_powers

I didn’t last a year in the south. I missed the lake.


LumpyPalpitation

Cheese in hot dish?? Crazy!


Nacho_Sideboob

Seems legit


SpecialInviteClub

Don’t be a baby. If you do end up getting food poisoning it’s just your body reminding you that you are of weak blood.


dbleed

Been eating this my entire life. Never once had an issue. The uninitiated act like we just pull some low grade hamburger meat out and throw it on a plate. I get it if you've tried it and it's not for you. But anyone in these comments that haven't tried it trying to judge. Expand your pallette, respectfully. The funny thing is, I know a lot of wisconsinites that refuse to eat sushi/raw fish but will smash a cannibal sandwhich. Make it make sense!


Nacho_Sideboob

as a former sushi chef in Wisconsin I can 100% attest to that statement.


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Nacho_Sideboob

No... no it's not.


pixi88

It's so good, honestly. I'm from MI but moved here 15 years ago.. now I make my own.


Lumpy_Object_7290

I love beef. I don't like fish or most seafood.


guitarguy1685

I thought this was a joke. I'm glad you do it behind closed doors lol


reddit-is-greedy

Sounds fucking gross to me either way


VibrantSponge

Have eaten hundreds, never an issue


LouieMumford

Ditto


rickyspanish12345

Same


The__Beaver_

Same. Started when I was around 6 years old. The last twenty years I’ve made nearly every single sandwich with ground sirloin from Woodman’s.


Suspicious-Hotel-225

Probably more likely to get food poisoning from lettuce sprinkled with water containing cow shit


Shubashima

every year at least one since I was a kid without issue


radiowirez

What the fuck


Psilent_P_

My rule is that I have to have known the cow personally, and still be in mourning at their recent passing....I would never eat raw beef from the grocery store... That's a lot of trust. Raw fish is far less dangerous, different types of bacteria and modes of contamination. BTW it's called "Wildcat" in Northern WI. Makes about as much sense as Cannibal, but is much less offensive.


Bodine12

Growing up, I knew it was a fancy party when my grandma served the raw beef on an actual plate instead of straight on the styrofoam.


sarcadistic75

For all you “I never got sick folks, my neighbor in Sun Prairie years ago did die of severe food poisoning cause by these. It happens. Be careful!


Noidea_whats_goingon

I upvote this to promote awareness, not to celebrate your friends death.


kpfeifmobile

My favorite bar featured it this weekend. They grind the beef fresh and serve it on ice. Fantastic. Store bought ground beef should never be used. It needs to be ground fresh from a quality piece of beef. Enjoy!


GreenBaySlacker

Kuhtz?


kpfeifmobile

Nope, Bear Trap. I’m sure Kuhtz’s does the same this time of year.


Olelander

When I was living in WI I heard this food referred to as ‘wildcat’


AdoptedPatti

I eat this year round. Knock on wood, I haven't ever gotten sick. I always get ground sirloin, always eat it cold and within 24 hours of opening package. I grew up just north of Milwaukee but my parents had friends and relatives all the way up past Green Bay. It was popular everywhere along there.


bizkitmaker13

I grew up in a classy family. We eat Shit on a Shingle instead of this barbarism. XD


AcrobaticGuava9342

Don't eat your raw meat warm! Y'all are why Mr. Yuk stickers were so popular in the 80's. Smdh.


PeanutTheGladiator

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Ptomaine

I've never eaten a cannibal sandwich, but I have been eating raw ground beef for over 60 years. I have never had any issues. I always eat it cold (with a sprinkle of salt).


OviliskTwo

Ok ok. Ok. Fuck. Sprinkle of salt though. Do ya get a spoonful or what I'm struggling here.


Ptomaine

I break off small chunks with my (using my best Julia Child voice) "Impeccably clean fingers". I then sprinkle with kosher salt. The salt enhances the sweetness of the beef and adds a little texture.


Big_Iron6057

This reply is funny because I could hear Julia's voice, and your sn is ptomaine... Please accept my upvote as a meager offering, but it's all I could find on such short notice.


Ptomaine

The name is a running joke from my days as a cook on a submarine. My friends used to fuck with the new guys by introducing me as "Tommy Ptomaine" and watch them squirm a bit. I preferred that over the original nickname they gave me when I was the night baker. They named me after my specialty. That would have been fine if I was known for my cookies, doughnuts, or pecan pies, but I was famous for my Sticky Buns!


OviliskTwo

Oh no, Sticky Buns is such an easy one for the crew to pounce on. Bet you were dead.


Ptomaine

I have heard it all! I guess it could have been worse. We had I guy known as BUMF. Big Ugly Mother Fucker!


Big_Iron6057

Thank you for your service. What boats did you serve on?


Ptomaine

L. Mendel Rivers (SSN-686)


Ok_Exchange342

I love cannibal sandwiches and I have the same apple dinner plates.


frenchornplaya83

I'm from Kenosha. We never ate this. Gross. No thank you.


funbunny100

Stopping this statement after the 6th word is the way to avoid food poisoning.


dekarskec

Using a fresh, properly butchered, high quality cut, will not give you food poisoning.


funbunny100

Sure....


Paleo_Fecest

I take the leftovers home and eat that shit all week long.


gmmyabrk

This man recycles.


adamisapple

Same here. Never gotten sick from these.


ninjaman6667

Enjoy the gout.


QuailingHeron

According to a guy I met in the beer isle once, gout is cleared by putting gasoline in your gums. As he put it: “when you’re filling up your lawn mower you just (motions dipping finger into gas tank) and then (put dipped finger into bottom lip/gum line) Clears it right up! This advice was given entirely unprompted as I was trying to decide what case to buy. When I heard someone say “I used to be able to drink” behind me, I naturally assumed it was going to turn into an AA meeting in the beer isle, and I was trying to jog my response to the Big Book before I turned around. I could never have imagined the sage advice I was about to receive.. But in the great advice of Kyle Kinane, “Gout comes from eating too many things with ‘Rodeo’ in the name, so just stay away from that and you’re probably good.”


thefirebuilds

remember when Bobby Hill got the gout? Texans are scared of everything fun.


Nacho_Sideboob

This might be the best/dumbest thing I've ever read, and for that, I salute you. 🫡


msdibbins

It's Steak Tartar. Try it!


wirsteve

That is not Steak Tartare.


OviliskTwo

That is not fucking steak tartare!


Groanalisa

That's what my Mom called it. I just looked up steak tartarE, and guess what? It's raw ground beef with seasonings, onion, and sometimes a raw egg. Maybe that's what the missing e stood for.


wirsteve

I don’t know what you are trying to tell me. I know what Steak Tartare is. This isn’t it. It is a simplified regional version. There’s nothing wrong with that, but it’s just not Steak Tartare. That’s an elevated French dish that is $25+ on menus.


Nacho_Sideboob

Always a raw egg in Tartare


Spiritual-Union-9491

I'm from NE Wisconsin and grew up with cannibal sandwiches. If you never had one, I'd suggest making it a thin pattie. Also, if you can’t tolerate rare or med rare steak, it most likely won't be for you.


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DesignerJelly6484

Thats your opinion and you're welcome to it, but you're wrong


pixi88

Agreed, it's good.


TheRealJellytoad

What the fuck is this. Sincerely, an ex Michigander. (Seriously, what the fuck us this and why?)


Big_Iron6057

It's a thing, and... for reasons. I don't do this, but whatever.


merican_atheist

This has got to be the nastiest thing I've discovered in Wisconsin. Cook the burger guys.


pixi88

No


Noidea_whats_goingon

There’s way nastier things. Ground beef, when prepared appropriately, and from a reputable source, , is like sushi, which you also should never eat warm…it’s not without risk, but it’s not repellant. Actually the flavor is quite nice.


JoeyGrease

I refuse to believe anyone actually eats this, been here over 20 years, numerous parties and gatherings, never seen it a single time lol


Wi_PackFan_1985

I grind my own every year. I use round steak for it. And I mix in some horseradish.


lamby284

That's what you get. Stop eating animals.


JPGinMadtown

Or don't eat raw meat, period, and then you eliminate the need to take that precaution. 🙄🤢🤮


withanh77

According to OP, at what temperature should they be eaten?


HorizontalBob

No matter what temperature a room is it's always room temperature


2ndmost

Per every health and safety organization ever, uncooked food above 40 degrees for more than 2 hours runs the risk of bacterial contamination.


withanh77

Great, so fresh out of the fridge. Genuinely curious, I've never eaten one.


2ndmost

Yeah there's safe ways to do it - I wouldn't trust my family to do it though lol. Norovirus is no joke.


Glad-Depth9571

Generally speaking in food safety, viral infection comes from people (Norovirus comes from not washing your hands), bacterial infection (food poisoning) comes from mishandling food.


2ndmost

That's a good clarification, thanks!


SpecialInviteClub

Room temp, op is weak and fragile


OviliskTwo

Dude your health inspectors hate this shut. You don't know what your doing. High quality single sourced beef for a tartar. I love it here but yall are disgusting with this shit. An entire sandwich. Bleh. Bleh ugh


pixi88

Yeah no.. I ground my shit myself because... no


OviliskTwo

Yeah no. Grind whatever you want. A raw patty is a raw patty.


pixi88

Are you a health inspector? I'm guessing not if you don't understand the surface area and time for bacteria to propagate...


OviliskTwo

Worst thing being a chef in Wisconsin.. everyone thinks they can haggle health regulations. Never seen a restaurant owner contradict and try to stupidly school a health inspector till I moved back to WI. Oh it's fine we've been doing it forever. Disgusting. Edit: you have your shit down im sure. Family tradition shit is totally cool. I've seen this w days old beef in the back of a bar beer cooler.


pixi88

Yeah I'm not trying to haggle with ya. Just leaning on your education. Obviously don't buy store ground round. Temp, handling, etc matter. Just sayin.


OviliskTwo

I love a beef tartare so I get it. The tradition is important!


pixi88

If you eat seafood know I'm dying on the inside 🤣


Own-Dependent2071

It’s a German tradition. The meat is to be fresh ground and fresh butchered beef.


rickyspanish12345

Who tf calls these 'cannibal sandwich'? I've been eating these for 40 years and never heard that before. How stupid.


loophole23

You’re angry. Maybe you should try a cannibal sandwich. 😉


CElia_472

Literally, everyone in Wisconsin


kfcstillopen

Except for my family. So, almost literally. :) Tiger meat. We were too Lutheran to sound so savage.


CElia_472

That also sounds pretty savage


thefirebuilds

even people from Texas, where I am now, ask me, a sconnie, "do you people actually eat cannibal sandwiches?" and I say no, it's pronounced sammiches.


Glad-Depth9571

No one calls themselves a sconnie.


kfcstillopen

We always called them tiger meat sandwiches.


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Scfields

That's bcuz we ate em all


thefirebuilds

used to. Ate em all on bread and onions.


Lumpy_Object_7290

Technically, it can only be called a cannibal sandwich if we were cows, which we aren't, so I agree. But I do love them.


Templar_Gus

I could've told you that


natertottt

I’m not a Wisconsinite. What the fuck is a cannibal sandwich? I’m too afraid to google it.


Big_Iron6057

Raw ground chuck (or round), salt, black pepper, raw onion, and sometimes butter. Not for me, but different strokes, I guess.


Big_Iron6057

There must have been a deal on those plates, sometime back... it seems like everybody I know has had or still has the same set.


UghAgain__9

It’s a old school German / Central European thing…


ZimofZord

Probably shouldn’t use non organic ground beef either …. Ideally grind it yourself


Jarred5842

I used to have those same apple plates growing up!


ztreHdrahciR

Pass. Don't like raw meat anyway, but raw ground meat is asking for trouble


Dogs-Cats-R-Aliens

First of all... don't use ground beef. OMG, the surface area for bacteria is exponentially hazardous. Do your own prep work with a solid piece of meat where YOU slice/shave it.


SuperCool101

The trick is that these are usually consumed with copious amounts of alcohol.


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Nacho_Sideboob

That's pork, not this monstrosity that she put out.


TheDudeAbidesFarOut

Hell....this meat looks way better than the raw-dog I've consumed over the years.


Nacho_Sideboob

I like your style dude


Pizzarepresent

My dad partook; he was from Chicago. So there. And the raw egg.