Sauerkraut

[ecam8000]

I love sour kraut, but my family doesn't like me after the sour kraut. A simple fill your belly recipie: Jar of kraut, in sauce pan, Sausage (or what ever meat you can find in the fridge) and biscuit batter (or store bought in the roll, torn into thirds or quarters) simmered together until the biscuits are done. Add water if needed. Caution: wait between bowls, as it seems to grow once inside.

 

[roosterk]

Kraut

Like the West German post, my (German descent) family ate it with mashed potatoes.

As for New Years Day, my family has to have black-eyed peas for luck on that day.

roosterk

 

[Moonman]

I use a Pork Butt Roast in the crockpot (it just shreads up with the kraut in the end) with washed kraut and add Yukon gold potato in big cubes after cooking awhile. Use plenty of fresh cracked pepper. I do a few times a year, espesially at New Years but I've never done on it on Thanksgiving.

 

[Joe in SC]

I don't recall it being a traditional Thanksgiving side dish, but we did eat it with regularity. I live in the foothills of the Blue Ridge and come from Scot/Irish blood. My ma and pa both were both from the "farm". I have seen many a crock full of cabbage curing for later use. I love the stuff, always have. I'm sure the German immigrants passed this along to farmers of other heritage in our area. I'm glad they did. Ma also pickled white half runner green beans. Sounds kinda funny to the uninniated but as some of you other southerner's know, they are most tasty.

 

[paladin42]

My Granny was Scots but she always had a crock of the stuff going in the root cellar in WV.