Yum, yes, I love sauerkraut. My mom and grandma used to make huge batches and can it. Now I'm craving bratwurst and sauerkraut! Ruth

I like sauerkraut, but can't imagine making it myself.

I especially love it when pregnant - goes along with the pickle craving! (Not the type with the carroway seed however.) Krout was such a favorite of our family growing up that we even made some pizza's with it and hambuger on top. I loved it but still cannot convince my husband to try it on pizza. :)
My sister and I made it last year with the excess of cabbage we had in the garden. Lots of work but it was worth it as it tastes much better than that in the store and it usually lasts two years when home canned.
Betsy

I love sauerkraut. A brat is not a brat without sauerkraut! I am fermenting some right now. I hope it turns out. The last batch didn't. Shouldn't have listened to my hubby. :D

When my family lived in upstate New York, surrounded by cabbage fields, we decided it was time to make some homemade sauerkraut. We would buy a bunch of heads from a roadside stand and make it as a family. Mom and Dad would shred it while my siblings and I would mix the salt in with our hands. Then, the hard part was waiting for it to be done fermenting. Traditionally, we would eat it on New Years cooked down with a pork roast over buttery mashed potatoes.

I have to admit, as much as I like homemade sauerkraut, I have a hard time eating it store bought. I almost think that they just pour vinegar over cabbage, the nasty sour stuff. Home-made 'kraut has a much more mellow, buttery flavor.

Growing up, we had pork of some sort and sauerkraut on New Year's Day every year, and we each had to eat at least a bite of sauerkraut for good luck. (I guess it's a German tradition, like eating black-eyed peas for luck in the South.) I didn't mind--I really like sauerkraut--but not the sweetened kind with caraway seed. I like sour, salty, pickle-y foods.