The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-10-09
KErsroNE STATE sAUERKR
The Popular Fancy OF Rcndinr Folks for
Thrir FnNorite fetmentrd CnObngc.


READING. Pa. Oct CT you live in Reading
md your family falls to put down surply Of
saGerkraut every fall. you will he in danger
o! social disiavor. A non sauerkraut.ruttiar-
down family would he looked upon with
nmaacment. IL not suspicion. in Reading.
Everybody, from the highest to the lowest,
puts down snuerkraut every fall in Heading
From the middle OF October until the same
time in November but little else in tho doncs.
tic supply line Ia thought OF here. So large a
grasp has saucrkraut on the regard Of Read
ing folk that not less than 10000 heads Of
cabbage are desiccatcd for and ded 'nted 10
the fabrication OF that odoriforous comcstihle
in tho short month tho saucrkraut-mnking
season RACES. The housewife ut the head OF
an establishment that it requires thousands
OF dollars a year to support has tho same
recipe for putting down saucrkraat that her
washwomau has. and when her krnut i rips
it doesn't smell bit better for its aristocratio
surroundings. You may break. You may chup
up the saucrkraut barrel IL you will. but youIl
recognize its recent occupant by II sniN of 1t
still. some families buy their supply of kraut
from farmers who make the article FOR sale.
but that is not entirely proper form. The corr
rect thing is to maze it yourself right in tho
house.
before these 80 600 heads of cabbage become
saucrHraut they must 10 cut. and that neces-
sity has called into existence In leading
business unknown to any other place III the
countryside business Of professional cabbage
cutting. From mid-Dc'ober until mid Noveni-
her the professional cabbage cutter is about
the busiest person in Reading. He travels
about the city from house to house and no
matter what house he goes to. II no other
cutter has been engaged. no is sure OF u lut.
One Of these artists. who boasts OF "A cutter
that he imported from Germany the like OF
which is not In this country. alone CHOPS UP
300 heads OF cabbage every day OF the season.
His patrons are OF the best families only. lie
woulln'. cut cabbage for an ordinary person.
In fact it is only the well-to-do families In
Heading that hire their cabbage cut although
the charge for outage is but one cent per head.
The average family has n cabbage cutter
OF its own. AS matter of fact. no Reading
household Is regarded as complete in equip.
ment II cabbage cutter is not among its
nothing to do with the making OF the krant.
That is done by the housewife. No family
transforms less tina n ten heads Of cabbage into
sauerkrnut. while the cutter frequently has
job OF a hundred heads or more to cut for the
requirements OF II single family.
But even the enormous private Dut-down OK
sauerkraut in Reading does not suffice to ap-
pease the popular appetite for kraut. Every
saloon keeper makes barrels and barrels OF 1t,
for free lunch Is one OF the established institu-
tions OF Heading. and sauerkraut 10 the main
stay OF the Reading tree lunch the year round.
Every one OF tho Pennsylvania Dutch coun.
ties makes great quantities OF ssuerk raut every
fall. but Berks county makes more than all the
rest combined.