Just got a news release saying sauerkraut sales have soared… following word that that pickled cabbage might help protect you from bird flu… guess I must have missed that report.
One of the recipes included involved stuffed green olives with kraut (Frank’s kraut out of Ohio to be precise…) and marinating them overnight in vermouth. Then garnish your gin martini with the stuffed olives… though, if you wait to eat the olives until after you’ve drained the glass, it’s likely that you wouldn’t be able to tell kraut from pimento from blue cheese (my current obsession on the olive front…)
A favorite uncle used to make us sauerkraut and franks every week when I was a kid… and I do love sauerkraut on a Reuben. Here’s your Tuesday afternoon brain teaser: Come up with a unique way to use sauerkraut… these recipes might get things percolating…
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December 13th, 2005 at 3:55 pm
I don’t know about unique, but I like sauerkraut soup this time of year.
December 13th, 2005 at 11:35 pm
Leslie - this probably not unique but…..my family is, to some extent of German descent and on holidays, specifically Thanksgiving & Christmas, we like to have sauerkraut & pork with our turkey & mashed potatoes. We have yet to come upon a family, (in-laws or otherwise), that partake in the sauerkraut for holidays…..
December 14th, 2005 at 8:01 am
Christine, when my mother’s parents were alive sauerkraut was part of the holiday table. Can’t say that we have had it since, but then the family is spread all over the country and doesn’t get together often. I may have to add it to the table when we serve my family’s Christmas dinner. Thanks for the idea.
December 14th, 2005 at 8:14 am
SourKraut is good for you? Ok now how do you get the smell out of the house that lasts a week?
It reminds me of the old George Carlin news routine: “Breathing is hazardous to your health”! “to avoid the danger, breaths should be taken in quick brief amounts or large breaths with spaced intervals”.
December 14th, 2005 at 8:46 am
Fred, that is when you braise the sauerkraut with some apples, a bit of brown sugar and a little white. Doesn’t smell like sauerkraut at all.
December 14th, 2005 at 1:03 pm
I have seen but have never tried a recipe for sauerkraut salad. Seems like it had some chopped red pepper in it, among other things. I have also, believe it or not, seen a recipe for a chocolate cake that had sauerkraut in it. The other thing that comes to mind is an appetizer called sauerkraut balls. If anybody is interested, I’ll see if I can find the recipes again but it may take awhile since I have a lot of cookbooks.
December 15th, 2005 at 1:00 pm
I like fried sauerkraut balls! They are messy to make but the end result is wonderful!
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