Rather than relying on the indentured laborers from Asia—unlike fellow German Claus Spreckles who would own the largest sugar plantation in the world on Maui at one point— German sugar plantation owners on Kauai, including Paul Isenberg and Widemann, relied on fellow countrymen instead.

Every German sounding name would be renamed, from food, dog breeds, family names, even to entire towns[10][11][12][13][14][15] H. Hackfeld & Co., which would be later known as American Factors and one of the Hawaii "Big Five" companies formed by Germans Heinrich Hackfeld and Paul Isenberg, was seized by the US government during World War I.

[16][17][18] In 1915, Hormel began selling dry sausages under the names of Cedar Cervelat, Holsteiner and Noxall Salami.

[3] One unverified source credit a "German stonewall builder" for introducing the sausage to the non-German plantation laborers.

[26] Nor is it uncommon that foods were made in a compact form to bring into the blue-collar workplace, such as ham sandwiches, Cornish pasties, onigiri.

[a] Goteborg sausage are cut into between 1/8 to 1/4 inches (3-6mm) thick slices and are grilled (without oil) to preferred doneness.

Cooking creates a crispier and more pronounced lenticular shape–giving the nickname "UFO" (not to be confused with "Flying Saucers," another Kauai delicacy)–which provides a natural bowl.

[27] Goteborg musubis can be made into a snack, a light lunch or accompaniment to poke, or as a canapé for pūpū.