Uncle Jim’s Goetta

I’m not a goetta person, but I know so many people are!

Ingredients

• Servings 8-10
• 5 cups water (I substituted 4 cups chicken broth and 1 cup water with 1 chicken boulion cube)
• 2 1⁄2 cups pinhead oats or 2 1⁄2 cups steel cut oats
• 3 teaspoons salt
• 1⁄2 teaspoon pepper ( I used 1 tsp pepper)
• 1 lb ground beef (73% Lean)
• 1 lb ground pork or 1 lb pork sausage ( I used Bob Evans Original sausage)
• 1 1⁄2 cups finely chopped onions
• 1⁄2 teaspoon sage
• 1⁄4 teaspoon thyme
• 4 bay leaves ( I used 6 bay leaves)
• 1⁄2 cup cornmeal (to thicken)

Directions

1. Place water, oats, salt and pepper into the crock pot and mix well.
2. Cover and cook on high for 1 hour, stirring 2 or 3 times.
3. Add meats and break up well.
4. Add onion, sage, thyme and bay, cook for 4 hours on low, stirring now and again.
5. Uncover and add cornmeal-stir well.
6. Cook uncovered for 30 minutes.
7. Turn out into 3 loaf pans, cool and chill in fridge.
8. When set turn out and freeze what you want.
9. Slice and fry in a little butter or oil until brown and crusty, but don’t let them touch in the pan or they will run.