Old Fashioned Brat

Who says you can’t teach an old brat new tricks? 🌭
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[@brunoboaz7656]

I said it before and I will say it again: Charlie Berens is Wisconsin's gift to the rest of America!

[@droolbunnyxo9565]

Charlie Berens is Wisconsin's competition to cheese gift baskets.

[@Squince01]

Well that, and you know... your guys' awesome ass CHEESE! Greetings from your Minnesota neighbor!

[@ONLY1FLYFLAME]

Even tho he went to cali for a bit to sell out

[@nessesaryschoolthing]

And the world!

[@SwedishMyra]

He should go to Cali and make as much as he can of himself. I can picture him having his own comedy tv show.

[@johnvh854]

midwest nice vs southern hospitality needs to happen

[@funfactor4528]

Yes it does

[@root1657]

Vs? No.... Ultimate team up.

[@nooneyouknow4312]

Give ya'll a good ol' "Oh bless your heart"....

[@henryfranzwarrenduttleburg7376]

From living in Wisconsin to living in Alabama, there’s no such thing as southern hospitality. But tell your folks I says hi

[@Jeebo.]

The difference is that in the south, we know when to stop. Unless it comes to fried chicken, long live the lord’s bird.

[@qutoobe]

Charlie, watching you in a cooking segment is like watching an amateur cleaning a loaded pistol. One wants to jump in to help, but is paralyzed to do so because one feels that something special is going to happen.

[@greyeaglem]

Or that you could get hurt.

[@crazypiratesquirrel3038]

I’m with you on this. I watched one of my bros trying to light his grill to what he felt was the proper flame level once. I think he finally ended up using over half the bottle of charcoal lighter fluid. After a while he glanced up and noticed I was filming. He asked what I was doing and I said I wanted to be able to show the paramedics exactly what happened. Amazingly nothing actually happened that time.

[@qutoobe]

@@crazypiratesquirrel3038 Glad that he wasn't hurt, but, still, 🤣🤣🤣

[@RealAndySkibba]

Actually sounds pretty good. Cherries & orange with porkchops is good. Makes sense to have same flavor profile for a brat.

[@ritasmith9553]

Try MANGO with PORK chops, or the like: The sweet and peppery taste of the mango goes great with the meat!

[@richk6827]

Pineapple

[@morphixmonarch]

Try apple sauce and pork chops. Growing up my parents knew if they were serving pork chops that there needed to be apple sauce on the table for me to dip them in.

[@lovebug6388]

@@morphixmonarch that's good eating right there!

[@2nd-place]

@@ritasmith9553 I like mine with a pear chutney risotto, drizzled with a balsamic chipotle reduction.

[@jimmyispromo]

"Tupperware, it's dealers choice" 🤣🤣

[@ChiefAO658]

Imagine his neighbors seeing this and being like what is Charlie doing again 🤦‍♂️

[@quentinquogamoddy1999]

Yeah, sorta like watching my Duck Dynasty neighbors here in North Louisiana.

[@quentinquogamoddy1999]

Yeah, sorta like watching my Duck Dynasty neighbors here in North Louisiana. What are they up to today? 😳🤦‍♂️

[@ericsugrue5880]

"Like a '78 Chevy in the snow, pump the brakes a little" had me dying, I used to drive my great grandfather's '78 Chevy C10, and it was absolute shit in the snow.

[@michelejames8695]

LMAO "Germs cannot spread through cherry juice. Them's just facts." I died.

[@londonsmith5348]

“Two or tree after a baptism” 😂 The Catholic way. Jesus’ first miracle was keeping the party going at a wedding with some wine, God Bless. Much love Charlie

[@ObservationofLimits]

Baptism is one thing, but by golly funeral afterparties... It's enough to get the saints in heaven drunk.

[@breannasweitzer6525]

I love hearing him talk about grandpa bob

[@denzellwalls564]

It's the forgetting the plates that hits me in the truth spot.

[@FizzyPepschnee]

I hope you know that this will be going on my cook book. EXACTLY how it was said, all seven pages.

[@lisagandrud9716]

I would cook the sauerkraut in the leftover marinade, fry that up on the old cast-iron skillet oh so good!

[@keithlunde9625]

You betcha. My father did the same.

[@19bishop56]

Put em in the fridge next to the night crawlers.😂 A true fisherman too. That’s where my family keep ‘em!

[@2anonymous]

In the winter, next to the wax worms.

[@sheryl6241]

You betcha!

[@quentinquogamoddy1999]

🤣

[@ericnortan9012]

That's where they go.

[@jamesprice2163]

"like a 78 Chevy in the winter" too true my buddy drives a 78 nova that he has to pump the brakes before semis start braking to stop in the next state over lol

[@patriciaecampbell372]

😂😂😂😂

[@graceskerp]

"....right next to the nightcrawlers." Do not get so lit that you'll confused them with the brats.

[@mollylarkins7075]

Greetings. We call cool whip containers Dutch Tupperware here in south central Iowa. Usually storage for frozen fish leftover ham balls or potato salad. I have never left a family function without one.

[@brightnorris8572]

i made my own sauerkraut and its better than any store bought so now i need to get some brats its gunna be a good old fashioned weekend for sure thanks charlie

[@beeragainsthumanity1420]

Some friends of mine do the same thing... make about 250 jars in the fall. It's a great production and even a greater party.

[@keithlunde9625]

Outstanding

[@sidthesloth12]

I lived in Fond Du Lac while Mr Bob was the cook of Walleye Week...it is considered a sacred rite and privilege up here in Wisconsin to be the brat griller

[@GDRaptorFan13]

“Gosh darn it to shoot!” Yesss so midwestern’ !!! 🤣🤣🤣 Also “tickles the boogers” 🤣 I love this guy.

[@silentjay01]

I saw bacon of different flavors for sale at the Pick n Save meat counter and had to have them clarify what they meant by "old fashioned". Needless to say, I was a little disappointed they simply meant regular, thick bacon.

[@quentinquogamoddy1999]

Aw, shucks. You had my hopes up there for a moment.

[@practicalplinking6133]

Ain't that false advertising ?!

[@killerman4403]

Watched every video on a week long binge with my dad, so keep the content rolling, absolutely love it

[@Lynngthompson]

I moved away from the midwest a long time ago but this guy brings me back.......love it!!

[@Yamahayz1]

Why you move ?

[@ksspang]

this might be the most wisconsin video I've ever seen, got a lot of fun bits in there, wonderful stuff

[@rebeccaobrien2642]

"Cooking brats at the cow palace" This has a different feel if you lived near Darien. 🤣

[@RealzFoSho]

I am not from the area. I just used to drive through Darien on my way to pick up in Walworth. What is the reference that I am missing? I know the reference in the video, to the Cow Palace in Fond du Lac, but I don't remember seeing anything named that on 14 when driving through Darien.

[@TheAIishere]

I had a route that went through Darien. Fck da Bears.

[@myopinion4108]

Thank you for the important details of Grandpa’s recipe. Must use buck knife 🔪 two, TREE or even four times. Love it!! Also, LOVE sauerkraut! That’ll make everything taste perfect! 😋

[@hailey1440]

My girlfriend is from Appleton, WI. She loves these videos and always tells me how this is exactly how living in WI is

[@Cayenne1990]

I’m also from Appleton and I second that.

[@StephanieJeanne]

The Old Fashioned: It makes everything taste better. "two tree cherries..."😂

[@dogslobbergardens6606]

He must be from a different part of WI than me. We always just said "a couple-few."

[@StephanieJeanne]

@@dogslobbergardens6606 Haha, I like that too!

[@michaelplag4786]

This video has caused my May Long Weekend calendar to go from barren to pregnant with liquor and sausage. I will forevemore refer to "May Long" as Charlie's Weekend.

[@taylorp535]

“4 fingers high for the brandy” *fills up the whole jar* 😂😂😂😂 That’s the correct way to cook midwestern style! My grandpa cooks the SAME WAY 😂😂

[@Largentina.]

What are you talking about? The jar was already half full from the other ingredients before he added the primary alcohol. He did do 3 to 4 fingers. Are you blind or did you actually think he filled that whole jar with brandy?

[@dawnsutherland3461]

Grilling in your front yard ,so funny . Love your videos

[@geddus6182]

When you learn that your grandpa Bob is more famous than you will ever be...

[@hillsy11]

Getting ideas here; instead of kraut and marinade separately, cook down some red cabbage with the marinade to top the brat with.

[@hollandaise84]

Great idea!

[@coltonvine5500]

Oh Jeez Louise 🫢

[@greyeaglem]

'm starting to sense a contest coming on here. He did say youse guys should perfect it. The Charlie Berens Old Fashioned Brat Festival where everyone makes their version and he judges the best one. The contest should be held in a Fleet Farm or Kwik Trip parking lot. Probably Fleet Farm, there's more room, and if you forget any equipment you can just run inside.

[@rosevan5485]

Charlie if I can call you this way…. You are hilarious. Cheers from french Quebec , Canada. You have a lot of talent. Merci !

[@patkern185]

Awesome recipe! Many culinary masterpieces happen by accident. I'd work on the fine points (like not piercing or burning the brats) though, Charlie. XO ❤️

[@deathpyre42]

Just a thought but maybe they burn more easily because of the sugar in the cherry gunk?

[@evelynwaugh4053]

This might be sacrilege, but there's a technique for spiralling brats to give them more surface area for grilling and increase tastiness. It would probably allow more penetration of marinade as well. Chef John at Food Wishes just demonstrated this on a YT segment recently. You basically insert a wooden skewer through the length and cut around in a spiral. The skewer prevents too deep cutting.

[@gregdebaggis5032]

We cook our grilled hot dogs that way. They come out awesome!

[@DemetriosLevi]

I got a brat with sauerkraut in the fridge, so I'm gonna make it happen Greetings from across the Lake! Tell your folks I says hi

[@patriciaecampbell372]

Ahhh the REAL Mitten State. 😆

[@Backwater-wanderer]

I appreciate how the only time you swear is when it comes to football rivalries. True American hero

[@VivaLaReverend]

Marinade would have been gone before the brats start in our house

[@chrisk5651]

“On accident” - very very hilarious!

[@rachelweekdays6539]

That actually sounds really good, might try it next time I fry up some brats

[@Yamahayz1]

Wrap bacon around it .. 😃

[@aceckrot]

Those actually look pretty tasty! When I saw this title, I wasn't sure if it was about Old Fashioned Brat(wurst)s or Old Fashioned Brats (like Bart Simpson).

[@nessesaryschoolthing]

I was like "He's not talking about the dolls, is he? Doesn't seem like his style."

[@quentinquogamoddy1999]

I thought he meant an old fashioned way to cook them, like over a camp fire.

[@kenbrown2808]

I actually found if you drop the raw brats in a pot of liquid on the grill and let that come to a strong simmer, and then finish them on the grill, gets you perfectly cooked brats every time. I also found after pre-cooking a few dozen that way, the liquid becomes flammable from the brat juices.

[@earthstar7534]

My cat loved this video.

[@mattmoudy9836]

My cat liked your comment

[@glenndespres5317]

Right out of the gate, “and just like me, it happened on accident”. 😂

[@ptravers9077]

I've worked for a master chef and many chef who have worked and studied all over America and I will say this actually sounds like it works very well. Think I will be making some homemade ol fashion brats this summer as a test run .. cherry citrus and brandy infused brats sounds like I am going to leave put the bitters though quinine is great for drinks but I dont know about eating it .. maybe a nice mustard glazed with it would work .. I am pumped this sounds good

[@wendynordstrom3487]

Now I want an old fashioned. I mean brat. Hey this way I can have both! Thanks dere, Charlie!

[@gyroscope915]

An old fashioned with brandy. Never heard that one before

[@tntgoboom98]

exactly. I may just be a southern boy, but and old fashioned without kentucky straight?

[@seandeschene]

@@tntgoboom98 Rye

[@PSSeasoning]

Ok Charlie, we need to collab ASAP.

[@SAABguyMD]

That story about Grandpa was great, and that photo looks fantastic. Cheers! Go Pack Go! 💚💛🧀

[@shruggzdastr8-facedclown]

I fukken lost it at "...like a '78 Chevy in the snow"!!!

[@thatfishingnoob]

I had the completely wrong idea of this video. I was expecting a comedic brat impersonation of some sort. Cheers from Texas.

[@peaceloveandunderstanding]

Charlie might just be the sexiest man alive.

[@laurarenta6114]

Didn’t realize we’re still singing the Beer Barrel Polka. Love that!

[@northsideofthemountain4068]

Cooking with Charlie! Keep er movin

[@royperdue7645]

Thanks, Charlie, for helping to start Summer off right! You're da best dere, guy!

[@jamieleeohland6230]

I make my fresh cranberry sauce with brandy, angostura, orange zest and cherries. It’s delicious!

[@SniffyTugBoat]

~thank you~ for using charcoal also that was the proper reaction to a brat casing bursting. griller has the right to cuss about it, all backseat grillers are allowed one good through-the-teeth inhale or an "ah geez" under their breaths as they take a sympathy pull on their beers/cigarettes.

[@paul48]

Underrated coment right here :)

[@copiouscareerist]

You are one of the few comedians I watch where I hang onto every word....there's important stuff in there.😁

[@davidstar4156]

I will definitely do that next time we have Brats! I discovered Southern Comfort in teriyaki sauce kind of the same way. YUM!

[@erinc6683]

Charlie! My friend got me your old fashioned shirt at fleet farm when she went to visit family in IA, and I wear it proudly down here in FL 💁‍♀️

[@trainado5683]

It’s always the Cool Whip containers 🫙

[@droolbunnyxo9565]

Hm. Interesting. I don't have any brats, or liquor, but do have a package of knackwurst, some lemons & a 4 year old bottle of cherry cough syrup... 🤔

[@safromnc8616]

We use the old fashioned beer & onion marinade - Use German Kraut it is the best ! Yeah use that beer some yuppie brought to the last cook-out that nobody would drink...or Guinness

[@patriciaecampbell372]

My s-i-l's dog is named Guinness. 😂

[@elizabethfortunato3371]

My dad's family is from Three Lake, WI. I smile everytime I see Charlie's videos. I loved being out there. They are wonderful people of excellent and hardy stock.

[@yurbeeinwatched]

How this ended up in my recommended list, I do not know. Do I love it? Yes. Yes I do.

[@kristenkaz3080]

The night before, I’d take a Tupperware container & fill it will beer & maple syrup. Throw brats in & the next night throw on the grill. PERFECTION.

[@Beardlythekind]

this actually has a ton of potential. Do the old fashioned marinade and then fry the Brats and add in the marinade to deglaze the pan. cook down till it's a syrup and the brats are cooked. Top with mango and bacon on a grilled bun.

[@steviebrockstar]

That smells good !!

[@bellasamantha237]

My Nonna had the same container technique as you Charlie, so when opening a ricotta container we were never really sure it'd be ricotta. 😄🙏💙🦘

[@claytonfs]

It's yogurt (or not) at my folk's

[@bellasamantha237]

@@claytonfs it's food roulette. 😄

[@PSSeasoning]

Cedar Crest ice cream containers 🙋

[@johannaholmgren8088]

We have a medley of different containers. You just never know. One time I had what I thought was a container of cottage cheese so when I went to make something requiring cottage cheese, I didn't buy any. Of course, halfway through the recipe, it was spaghetti leftovers. Cheez and crackers!!!

[@bellasamantha237]

@@johannaholmgren8088 yes did that once too n learnt you can't trust ANY container ever! 😅

[@danielcantwell12]

Charlie Berens is now a cooking channel

[@pollyjazz]

I really missed your cooking Midwestern recipes and cocktail videos! Please do more of these!!!! 😋 😂

[@LukeCieniawski]

The cool whip and country crock container is too correct

[@joshjohnson1946]

Blown out brat casing AND brandy in an old fashioned? Finally, I can be proud to be a Bears fan.

[@Dudeston]

Should do a collab with Ordinary Sausage and make an old fashioned sausage from scratch.

[@marlenalinne7958]

"Tickle the boogers". 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@justmejustme1245]

Now I'm hungry. Geesh Louish

[@G.W._Cook]

I once spilled my Bourbon when I was cooking my chili, best damn thing ever.

[@roseespinoza6671]

Grilling brats in the front yard. A true Wisconsinite!

[@joet2585]

"Take your marinade and spill it into the sauce pan"..... 🤣🤣🤣 fuck yea I will

[@BreeandOT]

I'm not the only one who does this. I marinated my tofu "dogs" with an old fashioned. I was drunk and spilled it on them while I was marinating a different set in liquid smoke and steak sauce. It only come in a 4 pack so the two I was marinating in smoke and steak sauce were in the container going to the barbeque. The container with the spilled drink became mine because the kids can't have them and hubby is not vegan as far as he knows at home. They were amazing not sure if meat absorbed it as well.

[@dogslobbergardens6606]

"hubby is not vegan as far as he knows" LOL that's sneaky!

[@patriciaecampbell372]

IDK why I never thought to liven up my tofu dogs before!! 🤪

[@Jay22222]

My vegan cousin doesn’t know he’s not really vegan at our house either ;)

[@andreamaronn4510]

My grandma used to play Beer Barrel Polka on her piano at all our family gatherings. Deep Wisconsin. LOL!

[@NickyTheGaymer]

Love it, finally a new video!

[@beanythompson1460]

My intestines throw a giant tantrum whenever I eat pork so I'm living viacariously through you lmao

[@crazypiratesquirrel3038]

They have both chicken and turkey brats out there. I know a meat market that makes their own in several different flavors and I was thinking all of them would still taste really good with this marinade. :)

[@jblyon2]

A very sophisticated twist on the liquor ball sandwich

[@dogslobbergardens6606]

I had brats last night and I'm gonna catch a lot of heat for this, but I cooked them... in a pan on the stove. Look, I was cooking only for myself and I'm basically lazy as hell so gimme a break, wouldja? I'm not firing up the whole grill for five lousy brats.

[@scormern]

Hey, I'm pretty sure your parents didn't raise a quitter.

[@patriciaecampbell372]

You aye FIVE brats?!! 😮 Oh... leftovers???? 😂

[@dogslobbergardens6606]

@@patriciaecampbell372 LOL two for supper last night, one for breakfast and two for lunch today :D

[@patriciaecampbell372]

@@dogslobbergardens6606 Hahahaa

[@danbo4263]

Since we're being sacrilegious here, I think they're better when you break the skin right over the flame 😳 You get all that juice to kick up the flame, and nothings worse than biting into a juicy brat and ruining another shirt

[@purplerose1300]

For a minute there, I thought the Fire Department was coming. This actually looks pretty good.

[@morpheus5934]

Gosh darn it to Shoot. That sounds like something Hank Hill would say.😂😂

[@gqfiend]

Jeebus cripes. He busts out the cool whip container whilst nodding to the country crock one. Absolute slayer.

[@eatshiy]

I freaking love this guy!!👍😆😆

[@carolinaumana10]

The stupid KZbin did not notify me you had a new video!!! I love you, I love these clips, I need them to stay sane! I’m in California wishing I was a Wisconsinite

[@homevalueglass3809]

"Fill the brandy to the brim. Oh yeah, just like uncle Bob used to make."😅

[@NoBedLeft]

i love your youtube my mom loves your videos to and we live in wisconsin its so funny

[@jefferydebbink282]

You know Charlie, I’m heading up to Alaska tomorrow night, ya want me to bring you some fish back? I can provide the main course for the next Friday Fish Fry party up north.

[@gillgetter3004]

I think I’ll keep the old fashioned in the glass. When the brats are cooked put them in a pot on the side burner, with beer and cut onions!!

[@Yamahayz1]

We're not camping.... ...

[@tmn2813]

I think it would be cool if they did a short on each state. what I mean is how a person from each state would act and talk.

[@kelly1827]

Ben Brainerd does that on his YT channel. Charlie is solidly Midwest!

[@Whatsinanameanyway13]

Not gonna lie, this looks delicious. I prefer bourbon to brandy for my old fashions, but I think either would go great with brats for a change of pace vs beer brats.