“Choucroute” is simply French for sauerkraut. But it has also come to mean a dish marrying sauerkraut with some of our favorite pork products, such as garlic sausage, bacon, pig’s knuckle or hock. I’ve been looking forward to having friends over to sample some of my homemade kraut and Kielbasa sausages. But this is a […]
For weeks I’ve been planning on a choucroute garnie with some homemeade sauerkraut that’s been waiting in the fridge since almost a year ago. Yesterday I made the trek to Eastern Market on Capitol Hill for the pork part of the garnie and was suddenly overcome with a sinking feeling as I stood at my […]
Until now I’ve been making my sauerkraut in a plastic bucket. But my wife recently saw this large ceramic crock on deep-discount sale at the kitchenwares store and snagged it, making my sauerkraut operation a good deal classier. The crock is about 3-gallon size, plenty of room for the 10 pounds of cabbage I had […]
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