Goetta has long been firmly entrenched in the Cincinnati lexicon but the food is finally getting its due in the larger vocabulary.
Merriam-Webster added 455 new words and definitions to the dictionary, with topics ranging from online culture and communication to medicine, COVID-19 related words, technology, politics and of course, food.
Goetta (with a capital G) joins the dictionary with other food words fluffernutter, horchata, chicharron, air fryer and ghost kitchen.
More:3 new Over-the-Rhine restaurants you need to try ASAP
More:Closed Cincinnati restaurant named Ohio's best 'Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives' spot
The official entry states: "Goetta: meat (such as pork) mixed with oats, onions and spices and fried in the form of a patty."
Goetta is a breakfast sausage with oats that first came over to the Cincinnati area from Germany sometime in the 19th century. Glier's Goetta is the largest distributor of goetta, producing around a million pounds annually, the majority of which is eaten locally in Greater Cincinnati.
Merriam-Webster's COVID-19-related words included breakthrough, super-spreader, long COVID and vaccine passport.
In pop culture, dad bod is now a dictionary-approved word.
Source link
