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Goetta

Have you ever had oatmeal for breakfast? Well, goetta is a special kind of breakfast food that is made with ground meat, oats, and spices.

First, the grown-ups take pork or beef meat and grind it up into tiny pieces. Then, they mix it with oats and some special spices like salt, pepper, and nutmeg. They shape this mixture into little patties or links that they can cook up for breakfast.

When the patties or links are cooked up, they turn crispy and brown on the outside, but still soft and juicy on the inside. The oats make the goetta taste a little bit like oatmeal, but the meat and spices make it savory and delicious.

Goetta is very popular in some parts of the United States, like Ohio and Kentucky. People there love to eat it with eggs, toast or put it in a sandwich for a yummy breakfast.