{{Short description|German meat-and-grain sausage}} thumb|Knipp, raw thumb|Knipp, warm on wholemeal bread thumb|A plate of pan-fried Knipp with apple sauce '''''Knipp''''' ({{IPA|de|ˈknɪp}}; in the Hanover area: ''Calenberger Pfannenschlag'') is a type of sausage made by mixing meat with grains (''Grützwurst'') related to ''Pinkel'' which comes from the Bremen<ref name="auto">[http://www.schwarzaufweiss.de/deutschland/bremen-reisefuehrer/bremen-kulinarisch.htm] Bremen kulinarisch</ref> and Lower Saxon regions of Germany.

''Knipp'' is made from oat groats, pork head, pork belly, pork rind,<ref>[http://www.slowfood-hamburg.de/slowtexte/hausschlachten.html] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080416140904/http://www.slowfood-hamburg.de/slowtexte/hausschlachten.html |date=2008-04-16 }} Charlotte Homfeld: Über das Hausschlachten.</ref> liver and broth and seasoned with salt, allspice and pepper. ''Knipp'' is usually sold in roughly {{convert|30|cm|abbr=on}} long and {{convert|10|–|15|cm|abbr=on|0}} thick sausages as a ''Stange'' ("stick") or ''Rolle'' ("roll").<ref name="auto"/> The smoked sausage is sold and consumed having been roasted, either just with bread, or with roast or boiled potatoes and gherkins, sweet and sour pumpkin, apple sauce (''Apfelmus'') and beetroot or even cold or hot on wholemeal bread. Sometimes crispy, fried slices of ''Beutelwurst'' are served with ''Knipp'' – this dish is known in Low Saxon as ''Knipp un Büddelwust''.{{Citation needed|date=June 2020}}

In the Lüneburg Heath, ''Knipp'' is made with ''Heidschnucke'' meat and is known as ''Heidjer Knipp''.{{Citation needed|date=June 2020}}

In Oldenburg, ''Knipp'' is called ''Hackgrütze''.{{Citation needed|date=June 2020}}

For a long time, ''Knipp'' was considered to be a 'poor man's food', as it is made from offal and from butcher's scraps.

== See also == * ''Westfälische Rinderwurst'' * ''Stippgrütze'' (similar dish as a Westphalian speciality) * Goetta * Scrapple * List of smoked foods * {{portal-inline|Food}}

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