The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1886-02-19
SAUERkRAuT.
How the Pcnnsylvania Dutch Pickle Their
Eavorite Dish.

How the PennsyIvania Dutch Pickle Their
Favorite Dish.
In the fall of the year, about the
week of Halloween, the Bcrks County
farmer selects from his crop of cabbage
as many of the tirmest heads as will
suffice for his family's use. In every
community there are one or two sauer-
kraut cutters which are hired out to
whoever wants them. The cutters are
made of long board with several
sharp knives set in the middle. A boz
that will hold one OF two heads OF cab
baGe is made to fit over the knife-bQard,
and this is pushed back and forth over
the knives, which shave OIL the cabbage
i'll thin, almost transparent slices. The
vessel which receives these shavings Is
called '.stenner." 1t is simply
high, narrow barrs1. After the bottom
of the s'stenner' is covered with
layer of about four inches of the cut
cabbage coarse salt is sprinkled all
over it. and then, with q heavy wooden
stamper-.. ..shtemble," as it is called in
Berks County Duteh-tl1e mass Is Wig
orously pounded, and the salt is worked
| through it. The alternate layers of
| cabbage and salt and the pounding go
| on until the barrel is full to within six
| inches of the top, when it is covered
| over with boards, and weights are
| placed on it to soak the pickle out OF
| it. 1t is ready for use within six weeks
| after it is made.
| 1t is said that in some of the farming
| districts of this State, instead of using
the wooden FOUNDER to pack it in the
barrel, some one of the family gets into
it and tramps it with the bare feet,
generally laying cloth cover over the
cabbage. Of course the feet are first
given a good bath. This method OF
stamping is not generally used, though
it is certainly sometimes done. They
cook it generally with good-sized
piece of fresh pork as fat as the pork
can be had. Sometimes they add to it
while boiling quantity OF potatoes cut
in quarters, but they generally have
and of this compound of sauerkraut,
''speck'' and potatoes enormous guam
titles are consumed daily in the farm.
houses of Berks County.
There is a German settlement up
in New Jersey called Riverside,
, where, it is said, there is little else
than pork and sauerkraut eaten. The
{ place has become famous for the ex
cellence of it's favorite dish, and ths
| custom has lately grown among these
T people to give sauerkraut parties
Germans from al the near towns flocl
5 to these social parties and eat thu
greasy compound to safety and SETTLE
, it down with an all-night dance.
7 There are two sauerkraut factorie
7 in Philadelphia, where it is manufact
, ured in great quantities, and sold b,
|. the hogshead. This kind is considcret
+ by the Germans as not as good as th
s homemade article.
e Sauerkraut is becoming a favorit
v dish at the hotels, and can often b
d found on the bill of fare at the difleren
S first-class hotels. That used at th
hotels is said to be imported from GEL
e many. Philadelphia Ne,os.
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