If you're not going to eat, don't tell me how I'm cooking it wrong!

[duffer]

Ooohhh…don’t feed him bratwurst, you’ll just make him mad.
Or was that shooting Mongo? :smack:

[lee]

@duffer

Damnit, forgot my preferred method.

Simmer in a 2-1 beer/water mix with onions and/or sauerkraut veeerrryy ssssllloooowwwwlllyy. This prevents them from exploding, usually until fully cooked, then browning them on a grill. Yummm

Why the water?

Oh, do you pierce them at all before serving?

[Ferret_Herder]

@The Asbestos Mango

Do not allow the Mango to remain unfed, for the Mango has been known to gnaw people’s legs off when she is not given bratwurst in a timely fashion.

You will have to fight my fierce husband for those bratwurst, I fear, and he becomes grumpy indeed when predators enter our yard to steal our bratwurst. Beware the hulking, postal worker husband!

lee: I only pierce them if I see some sort of bubble that looks like it’ll explode and burn someone’s mouth in the process. Otherwise I try to leave them unpierced so you don’t lose the juices.

duffer: Probably the shooting part. I think Mongo would like bratwurst!

[lee]

@Ferret Herder

lee: I only pierce them if I see some sort of bubble that looks like it’ll explode and burn someone’s mouth in the process. Otherwise I try to leave them unpierced so you don’t lose the juices.

duffer: Probably the shooting part. I think Mongo would like bratwurst!

I pierce them just before serving. I am usually rewarded with a fountain of brat juice. It is almost as satisfying as popping a zit. I had left on that looked innocent unpopped once and it scalded someone.