German Bierock and Runza Awesomeness
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Bierocks are very popular amongst Midwesterners in the USA mainly because they are an easy to prepare recipe that was brought to America from Germany sometime in the 1800’s.
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The Bierock is comprised as a delicious yeast dough roll pocket sandwich with savory filling made up with a simple mixture of cooked ground beef, shredded cabbage, onions that is seasoned with salt and pepper to taste. Carrots were also often used in this filling too on occassion.
Bierocks are very popular amongst Midwesterners in the USA mainly because it’s easy to prepare recipe was brought to America from Germany and Eastern Europe.
It was real staple food for native German-Russian Mennonite immigrants that settled in western and northern Kansas in the Volga Community as they assimilated into American culture.
The word Bierock is pronounced often as “brock” or “brook” in parts of the state of Nebraska and widely pronounced another way as “beer-rock” in parts of western Kansas and Oklahoma.
The state of Nebraska has another name for a Bierock. There the tasty little rolls of cooked meat, cabbage onions & spices are known popularly as a Runza’s.
In fact a RUNZA is so popular in Nebraska that they started a very successful chain of fast food restaurants named after it to cater to it’s high demand.
A few years back I attended a Nebraska football game in Lincoln versus Penn State.
It was quite amazing to me to see that there were literally thousands of Runza’s being consumed at pregame parties all around Memorial Stadium. It was obviously a tradition.
There were tailgaters making their own, to people that had just purchased them from the Runza restaurant just prior to coming to the game. There were also private vendors selling Runza’s from a hotdog karts too.
You just suddenly get how traditional having a Runza can be once you cross the Nebraska state line. Runza’s are indeed king in Husker Nation.
Toto, I don’t think we’re in Kansas anymore!
Speaking of Kansas, the Runza’s there are known as Bierocks.
At this point, they may not have the fancy Brand or Restaurant image like the Runza’s do to the north… however their recipes are pretty much the same thing.
Be sure to create some Bierock’s or Runza’s for you family today!
They sure are tasty!