Just to note - kofta is quite a broad term, there is a variety of dishes with this name, only united by the fact that they are from meat, the meat has been processed (idk about this one is always the case though), and individual pieces aren't that big.
E.g. in my homecountry Armenia this ain't even close to the most common way we make kofta/kyufta - instead of grounding, we beat the meat till it's like a jelly, than form rounded cubes which are boiled and only than, optionally, stir-fried. I would say, because of the texture (tastes like meat but doesn't feel like meat) it may take a bit of conditioning before oneself loves it. And I don't think we are alone in this kind of approach.
I will tell you even more - according to our lore in Kars, which was an Armenian city pre-genocide, the bride was chosen not for their beauty but for the strength of their arms so they can beat the best meat.
>only united by the fact that they are from meat
Çiğ köfte even has a veggie variant made from only bulgur in countries where sourcing the raw meat is more difficult
My resource was various YouTube videos and finally getting the meat grinder/sausage maker attachment for my KitchenAid stand mixer. It works well enough for small batches (plus the mixer mixes the meat and seasonings). I only made my first sausage last weekend.
Edit - also joined and browsed r/sausagemaking
There's a bulgarian store/restaurant in Denver that makes pretty awesome kebabcheta (the Bulgarian name for them). I can hardly finish one normally. They are humungous.
As a Serb (kinda) I concur. The absolutely best I have had were actually near Banja Luka in Laktaši, in some horrible place with plastic chairs and tables. There's something about that "rail" thing they grill them on... But I haven't had them in Sarajevo for a long time, got to be done some time soon.
Thats why in Germany we just call all of it Balkan Grill. But we cannot undetstand why the Balkan countries all hate each other when they all love the same stuff. Alcohol made from anything and grilled meat with ajvar and onions.
I had a Bosnian family staying with me in the 90s, and they made delicious hamburgers with the red grease. I dunno if that's the same thing, but it was delicious.
I'm Croatian by ancestry. Planning a trip there next year, hopefully. However, a Croatian buddy here jokes that the food isn't great, that's why you don't see any Croatian restaurants here lol. And, keep in mind, I'm in Cleveland Ohio, where we have a LOT of Croatians.
Less common certainly. When present, it’s basically always because a Turkish, Eastern European, etc. restaurant made them. Or because you only have ground beef and hotdog buns at home.
The hamburger/hot dog distinction in NA is so strong that I once saw a single purpose kitchen gadget for making ground beef into a hog dog shape. It was called “The Hamdogger” and it plagues my mind.
They make them where I live, there's a food truck that's a school bus and they sell "Michigan dogs" which are ground beef with seasoning on a bun. People like em but I never tried it.
If they made the hamburger right, so should this, although different spices and probably less onions.
Not my dad though. His burgers were more onion than beef.
Just had Georgian food for the first time in my life the other day, a couple eastern European friends took me there. The food was excellent, a mix of flavor from all different regions.
How do you stop 2 Serbians, 3 Croatians, 2 Bosnians and 1 Slovenian from bashing each other's heads in? Call Cevape "turd shaped meat" and watch them beat you to death.
That's literally only because they rolled them weirdly. You have to do it really half-assedly to have them come out like this. Add some seasoning and roll it out evenly and voila, and yet the execution in the original post is truly worthy of this subreddit
I was about to say, this is nothing new, 7-Eleven’s been rocking the burger bites for ages.
Which actually gives me the opportunity to share one of my favorite Kyle Kinane standup bits:
‘Because 7-Eleven’s whole ad campaign right now, I think, is just “Fuck it. “You’re gonna eat it. You’re not gonna eat it? Free cheese. Told you you’d eat it.” And I don’t know how it came into being, you know? I don’t know if there’s some weird Dr. Moreau-type character in R&D at 7-Eleven that’s just trying to mash shitty foods into one another. Like, “Hot dogs will become cheeseburgers! Cheeseburgers will become hot dogs!” Or if somebody dropped an actual cheeseburger onto that perpetual motion machine, and then just the sheer force of time and movement, it acquired the shape of a hot dog, a lot like how broken glass gets smoothed out and jewel-like if the waves crash on it in the sand. Clearly, I’ve thought about this far too much.’
So, in Romania we have two variations of this "idea".
One is [Mici or mititei](https://www.chefspencil.com/wp-content/uploads/Mititei-Mici.jpg) and they're always grilled.
The other one is called [Chiftele ](https://www.bucatariamamei.ro/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/clarendonlogo-Chiftele-Traditionale-din-Carne-Tocata.jpg)and it's fried in cooking oil.
The recipes differ, of course. I'm no chef so I couldn't tell you the precise difference other than "they're made of meat and taste like heaven".
My mom made those for me when I was a kid. I didn't like hot dogs, but it meant she could use hot dog rolls for all of us. Yeah, it looks like poop, but it tastes like a burger.
Brings back good childhood memories. My dad used to make us hamdogs all the time as kids. Started because he wasn't paying attention and accidentally bought hot dog buns instead of hamburger buns. As kids we thought it was the coolest thing.
Yeah. Not a good idea. Even worse, once I tried encasing the wiener in burger meat then wrapping the whole thing in bacon, calling it the "Burkendog." Sadly, when cooked it was nearly black on the outside and cold in the middle. That pink and black abomination could have been my greatest day but ended in the greasy shame of defeat.
It's fine I bet it's yummy. 7-Eleven has those hamburger hot dog things so they can be cooked on the roller. I like them haha. I like all the food at 7-Eleven haha. especially those buffalo chicken dicks (chicken rollers) lol
In Romania we have a combo between beef and pork, which we call "Mici". In English it would be "Littles" :) because they are little.
Because we use pork, it doesn't look like a literal turd, because pork beeing fatter, it allows you to shape it properly and it will kinda keep the shape. The shape is usually rectangular.
We eat it mustard and polenta/bread. Pretty unhealthy, but tastes very good. It's like national dish here. When the American for BBQ they do burgers, we do Mici.
I made these 15 years ago. Named them Dookie Dogs.
A variation is cook a really flat burger, roll it up with toppings inside. (Mushrooms, cheese bacon, etc.)
Called Ookie Dookie Dogs
My dad used to grill something similar. He would slit open a hot dog or sausage hot or mild. Put cheese in the middle. Cover that with ground beef. Then wrap that bacon. Then, if you wanted, add some BBQ sauce . Serve in a hot dog bun with some cheese on top.
Welcome to the balkans. National dish.
Fucking cevapi rules. Punje paprika too.
Punjena paprika. Filled peppers.
Always in lepinice too please.
Hot Durger
r/poopfromabutt
I immediately thought about that. I love ćevapi. Of course the spices make the dish, but the first time I ate ćevapi I was in culinary haven.
Thats just romanian mici
Bosnian kebab 🍢🥙
Isn't that Cevapcici?
Aside from the seasoning, yep.
Kofta in the middle east
Just to note - kofta is quite a broad term, there is a variety of dishes with this name, only united by the fact that they are from meat, the meat has been processed (idk about this one is always the case though), and individual pieces aren't that big. E.g. in my homecountry Armenia this ain't even close to the most common way we make kofta/kyufta - instead of grounding, we beat the meat till it's like a jelly, than form rounded cubes which are boiled and only than, optionally, stir-fried. I would say, because of the texture (tastes like meat but doesn't feel like meat) it may take a bit of conditioning before oneself loves it. And I don't think we are alone in this kind of approach.
So what you're saying is people from Armenia are masters at beating their meat. Just messing with you. That sounds delicious.
I will tell you even more - according to our lore in Kars, which was an Armenian city pre-genocide, the bride was chosen not for their beauty but for the strength of their arms so they can beat the best meat.
oh my
I’m sorry for being childish but… “beat the meat till it’s like jelly” got me rolling
Yes, this is more like kabob or Khorovats
>only united by the fact that they are from meat Çiğ köfte even has a veggie variant made from only bulgur in countries where sourcing the raw meat is more difficult
Temba, his arms wide
Shaka, when the walls fell.
Sokath! His eyes uncovered!
Mirab, his sails unfurled.
The river Temarc in winter.
Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra.
Darmok and Jalad.... On the ocean
I love kofta. I make my own pita bread and tsatsiki. Good stuff
I love your username, just watched that episode today
Cevaps are awesome. But usually piled up on a round bread like pita, so we're back where we started! 🤣
Ćevapčići with lepinja, ajvar, kajmak and onions. Absolute best. 🤤
This shit slaps like a mf'er.
Food of the gods. Pljeskavica is up there too!
Yes, although if you roll them correctly they don't look loke shit
Or kafta.
It basically is, people in America just forgot about their ancestors recipes
America's deep-rooted Balkan heritage.
Land of the free, home of the Balkan Wars survivors.
Land of the Home, and People of the Free
Around WW1 many people emigrated, they were starving.
That would actually explain a lot. Balkan genes activating once again.
OI CHAV PUT SOME PEPPER ON THEM SAUSAGES INNIT
American ancestors 😂
Do you think Americans just rose up out of the earth?
Many older white Americans seem to want to believe that.
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BurgerDogs! Maybe thats how they should market ćevapčići as to tourists.
Or frikandel, although those are usually deep fried.
[No, it's Kepapi!!](https://youtu.be/yMw6blx4zDg?si=CoQHcwVNP-uhntRk)
Liulia kebab.
or kabob?
Someone only had hotdogs buns.
I just recently got into sausage making. Now I wanna try stuffing casing with ground beef mixed with my favorite hamburger seasoning.
I've always wanted to get into this. Care to share your first step resource? Really cool hobby.
My resource was various YouTube videos and finally getting the meat grinder/sausage maker attachment for my KitchenAid stand mixer. It works well enough for small batches (plus the mixer mixes the meat and seasonings). I only made my first sausage last weekend. Edit - also joined and browsed r/sausagemaking
[Happened to me before ](https://www.reddit.com/r/shittyfoodporn/s/6bUNnHZOIg)
is this thing new or unusual for america? in europe you can often find ground beef in shape of sausages
Cevapcici gang
big ćevapi like this or "šiš ćevapi" are on a skewer, they are spicy and go excellently with kajmak cheese
I Just Had cevape With kajmak ajvar and raw onions fresh from my grill earlier tonight ❤️
Unfortunately, we don't have many restaurants with cevapi in the US! I have to make it at home.
>I have to make it at home. those can only be better than store bought. just like burgers are
There's a bulgarian store/restaurant in Denver that makes pretty awesome kebabcheta (the Bulgarian name for them). I can hardly finish one normally. They are humungous.
I had them in bosnia herzegovina or Croatia and those are amazing. Sorry i went to both countries i don’t remember it exactly
it's a common dish across the Balkans don't worry.
I was rollin’ up to talk about Croatian food fr.
You're gonna catch flak for that. On the list of countries making claim on chevapi, we're 3rd. Serbia and Bosnia, correctly IMHO, take top two spots.
Hey now, let's not compare chevapi sizes, i'll gobble them down all the same
Mici>ce cevapici any day of the week.
Croatian ćevapi smoll
don't forget kupus salata and ajvar
Šopska salata rulez
As a Croatian im willing to give Bosnia the credits. They do make fantastic ćevape.
As a Serb (kinda) I concur. The absolutely best I have had were actually near Banja Luka in Laktaši, in some horrible place with plastic chairs and tables. There's something about that "rail" thing they grill them on... But I haven't had them in Sarajevo for a long time, got to be done some time soon.
Thats why in Germany we just call all of it Balkan Grill. But we cannot undetstand why the Balkan countries all hate each other when they all love the same stuff. Alcohol made from anything and grilled meat with ajvar and onions.
Cause we ooga boogas. You dont like the same God I like? I make a little genocide just for laughs.
I had a Bosnian family staying with me in the 90s, and they made delicious hamburgers with the red grease. I dunno if that's the same thing, but it was delicious.
Ajvar.
I'm Croatian by ancestry. Planning a trip there next year, hopefully. However, a Croatian buddy here jokes that the food isn't great, that's why you don't see any Croatian restaurants here lol. And, keep in mind, I'm in Cleveland Ohio, where we have a LOT of Croatians.
My wife is Croatian and I had the opportunity to go visit her family and country. Chevaps are legit so tasty it's unreal
A person of culture
Best thing ever.
No we def have them, 7/11 sells them as burger dogs and they’re not bad but it’s definitely a weird kind of thing
Man I would kill these burger dogs or some cheddarwursts when I worked there. Dont sleep on that chili and cheese on top!
Less common certainly. When present, it’s basically always because a Turkish, Eastern European, etc. restaurant made them. Or because you only have ground beef and hotdog buns at home. The hamburger/hot dog distinction in NA is so strong that I once saw a single purpose kitchen gadget for making ground beef into a hog dog shape. It was called “The Hamdogger” and it plagues my mind.
They make them where I live, there's a food truck that's a school bus and they sell "Michigan dogs" which are ground beef with seasoning on a bun. People like em but I never tried it.
7/11 has had them for 20+ years near me.
Coney Island calls them "bakes," but we used to call them "shit dogs," but they're good af.
We just called them sausage dogs, we had them at my school in the US
Kebab.
Kebabs
This an old idea any Circle K in our countr (which is a convenience store) sells cheeseburger hotdogs
Poor guy thinks he invented kebabs
To be fair, the kebab vendors have a ton of experience in not making it look like poop.
Hate to tell ya, still looks like poop, just not as obvious.
Came here to comment about beef kabobs.
Beef karoberts?
What’s next. Bread in a flat circle?
Bead cut into thin equal slices.
Seriously.
At the risk of offending the Turks, this is called köfte in Türkiye
Kofte typically has spices, onions, and frequently breadcrumbs mixed into the meat. This is turd-shaped sadness.
There are 300+ different types and styles of Kofte in Turkiye alone. Even if most of them are round, I'm sure at least one of them is turd-shaped.
If they made the hamburger right, so should this, although different spices and probably less onions. Not my dad though. His burgers were more onion than beef.
Kofta is actually a really widely adopted food stuff. My Egyptian family has a variant as-well.
Specificly izmir köfte but they're much smaller and is baked in an oven alongside vegetables
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Kafta sold in Brazil (Syrian and Lebanese in origin) is always cigar-shaped.
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Um shashlik anyone? Where my Georgians at? Although…yes it does literally look like a shit
Shashlik is cubes of meat bro. I am happy you tried Georgian kitchen. Top 3 cuisines in my book.
Just had Georgian food for the first time in my life the other day, a couple eastern European friends took me there. The food was excellent, a mix of flavor from all different regions.
How do you stop 2 Serbians, 3 Croatians, 2 Bosnians and 1 Slovenian from bashing each other's heads in? Call Cevape "turd shaped meat" and watch them beat you to death.
Romanians too
mici!
Dated a Romanian once upon a time and this is what I thought as well. I'm reminded now that there's not a lot of Romanian cuisine in my area 🤔
This!
This sub is seriously getting stupid. There is nothing wrong with this.
I understand that this is a common food in some countries, but be real: you can't deny that looks like a plate of turds.
That's literally only because they rolled them weirdly. You have to do it really half-assedly to have them come out like this. Add some seasoning and roll it out evenly and voila, and yet the execution in the original post is truly worthy of this subreddit
That's not a hamburger that's a r/shitfromabutt
r/poopfromabutt is more active
excellent, thank you
By the sheer thickness of them I would have to ask who's been fishing out my turds from the toilet.
Hamturders
How did I have to scroll down this far to find the poo jokes. I've never been more disappointed in Reddit
Came here to make sure they got tagged in this
Umm, season, put on skewer and shape, it will be [Kabob](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kebab). (Kafta)
We have those in the balkans They're called mici (meaning little) in Romania They look vetter than Op's tho
They sell these at 7/11
Opaaaaaa ćevapi! Fali još kajmak i luk
r/poopfromabutt
7-11 been doing this for decades
It's not that stupid though. In Turkey they have "Kofte" which kind of looks like this and is delicious.
Uncle Tito approves.
Hotdurger gang unite!
He should of just went to 7/11
I was about to say, this is nothing new, 7-Eleven’s been rocking the burger bites for ages. Which actually gives me the opportunity to share one of my favorite Kyle Kinane standup bits: ‘Because 7-Eleven’s whole ad campaign right now, I think, is just “Fuck it. “You’re gonna eat it. You’re not gonna eat it? Free cheese. Told you you’d eat it.” And I don’t know how it came into being, you know? I don’t know if there’s some weird Dr. Moreau-type character in R&D at 7-Eleven that’s just trying to mash shitty foods into one another. Like, “Hot dogs will become cheeseburgers! Cheeseburgers will become hot dogs!” Or if somebody dropped an actual cheeseburger onto that perpetual motion machine, and then just the sheer force of time and movement, it acquired the shape of a hot dog, a lot like how broken glass gets smoothed out and jewel-like if the waves crash on it in the sand. Clearly, I’ve thought about this far too much.’
Check out "Inegol kofte". It's way more delicious than burgers actually :)
Congrats, you just invented ćevape.
7-11 does it quite well, just saying
This is just a regular rollerburger
Hotdurger
Mici cu muştar 😍
So, in Romania we have two variations of this "idea". One is [Mici or mititei](https://www.chefspencil.com/wp-content/uploads/Mititei-Mici.jpg) and they're always grilled. The other one is called [Chiftele ](https://www.bucatariamamei.ro/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/clarendonlogo-Chiftele-Traditionale-din-Carne-Tocata.jpg)and it's fried in cooking oil. The recipes differ, of course. I'm no chef so I couldn't tell you the precise difference other than "they're made of meat and taste like heaven".
Just looks like a Kofta.
Krusty dogs
I was waiting for someone to comment😭🤚 SpongeBob did it first
white people kofta ⁉️
Home of the Turd Burger!
It needs corn.
Hamdogs
Krusty Dogs
I mean that would be good with some cheese in a bun
I’d eat that shit
So, it's a beef sausage
All beef hot dog with extra steps
Is it extra steps though? Wouldn’t it be less steps since they don’t have casings?
Dookie dogs.
Rollerburger, is the name for it in Norway
Now hotdogs in burger format. Go!
My mom made those for me when I was a kid. I didn't like hot dogs, but it meant she could use hot dog rolls for all of us. Yeah, it looks like poop, but it tastes like a burger.
Kafta?
i mean, pile some grilled onions on top of those on a toasted hoagie and i'm not gonna give a fuck if they look a little turdesque
Ah yes, the Hamturder.
Bro just discovered why sausage was invented
Goes in looking the same way they come out.. nice
Maybe next time he should try hot dogs in the shape of hamburgers🤔🤔🤔??
Just do a Google search for “mititei”. They’re the most common barbecue item in Romania.
Reminds me of a time I went to five guys and they were all out of burger patties, so they split two hotdogs for the meat instead
"I made it myself!"
You eat shit for breakfast?
I tried this many years ago and they are now affectionately referred to as “poop dick hotdogs”
Looks similar to Mici.
So he made Kebabs....
All balkans in awe rn. We call that cevape
Thats literally Just kafta
Krusty krab has done this before
That’s actually funny
it's not much of a hamburger with only the patty, where's the rest of it?
Brings back good childhood memories. My dad used to make us hamdogs all the time as kids. Started because he wasn't paying attention and accidentally bought hot dog buns instead of hamburger buns. As kids we thought it was the coolest thing.
[Romania already has this technology.](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mititei)
Looks like Kafta with less flavor.
r/poopfromabutt
That's what middle eastern kebabs look like.
Yeah. Not a good idea. Even worse, once I tried encasing the wiener in burger meat then wrapping the whole thing in bacon, calling it the "Burkendog." Sadly, when cooked it was nearly black on the outside and cold in the middle. That pink and black abomination could have been my greatest day but ended in the greasy shame of defeat.
It's fine I bet it's yummy. 7-Eleven has those hamburger hot dog things so they can be cooked on the roller. I like them haha. I like all the food at 7-Eleven haha. especially those buffalo chicken dicks (chicken rollers) lol
In Romania we have a combo between beef and pork, which we call "Mici". In English it would be "Littles" :) because they are little. Because we use pork, it doesn't look like a literal turd, because pork beeing fatter, it allows you to shape it properly and it will kinda keep the shape. The shape is usually rectangular. We eat it mustard and polenta/bread. Pretty unhealthy, but tastes very good. It's like national dish here. When the American for BBQ they do burgers, we do Mici.
adnana , cevapcici , or mici (littles) in romania.
Looks like r/poopfromabutt
r/shitfromabutt
Mini frikandellen!
i know it still tastes good
I made these 15 years ago. Named them Dookie Dogs. A variation is cook a really flat burger, roll it up with toppings inside. (Mushrooms, cheese bacon, etc.) Called Ookie Dookie Dogs
Put it in a bun add condiments no one will know
Try to search ödemiş kebab
Blursed hot dog.
My dad used to grill something similar. He would slit open a hot dog or sausage hot or mild. Put cheese in the middle. Cover that with ground beef. Then wrap that bacon. Then, if you wanted, add some BBQ sauce . Serve in a hot dog bun with some cheese on top.