Cincinnati Goetta: A Delectable History

Since its arrival with nineteenth—century Germanic immigrants, this humble dish has evolved from peasant staple to ubiquitous delicacy. Once upon a time, Cincinnatians found goetta mostly in neighborhood butcher shops, in Over—the—Rhine’s so—called Goetta Alley and through Sander Packing, its first commercial producer. Now hungry locals scarf it down at diners and white—linen establishments alike and in everything from egg rolls to Reuben sandwiches. Tracing goetta f...