# Do You Like Sauerkraut? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 24, 2011, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-sauerkraut/575874 "2011-03-24T18:33:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Simmerdown](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simmerdown/32/14859_2.png) [@Simmerdown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simmerdown)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2011, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-sauerkraut/575874/21 "2011-03-24T20:19:36Z")
Avoid it at all costs. ---
**Author:** ![Silent\_Kal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Silent\_Kal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silent_Kal)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2011, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-sauerkraut/575874/22 "2011-03-24T20:35:10Z")
I have Polish heritage, and my dad loves it, but I can barely stand to be in the same room as sauerkraut. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2011, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-sauerkraut/575874/23 "2011-03-24T20:56:52Z")
I’m not a big vinegar fan. My wife likes it, though. ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2011, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-sauerkraut/575874/24 "2011-03-24T21:17:33Z")
On hot dogs (Nathan’s or Hebrew National only), please. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2011, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-sauerkraut/575874/25 "2011-03-24T21:22:43Z")
My parents are both Polish born. Of course I love sauerkraut, and all manners of pickled vegetables. My preference is towards the fermented sauerkraut, not made with vinegar. Basically, you just salt and layer cabbage leaves, and let them sit for awhile until they naturally sour. This is the same basic idea behind a number of naturally soured pickles, like New York deli-style sour pickles or half-sours (which are only very lightly fermented), for instance. The tang comes from lactic acid instead of acetic acid, which I find a bit mellower and more flavorful. ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_Not\_Appearing\_on\_This\_Site](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7cd45c/32.png) [@Sir\_Not\_Appearing\_on\_This\_Site](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_Not_Appearing_on_This_Site)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2011, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-sauerkraut/575874/26 "2011-03-24T21:55:56Z")
No, no, and no! I can’t even stand the smell of it. When I worked at the movie theater, we served hot dogs and pizza. We had sauerkraut available for the hot dogs. The woman came in regularly, ordered a cheese pizza, proceeded to cover it in sauerkraut, and then set it on the counter near me and chat with her friends. I could not wait for her to leave with her stinky pizza. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2011, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-sauerkraut/575874/27 "2011-03-24T22:01:22Z")
I like the taste of sauerkraut, but not the sauerkraut itself. I LOVE summer sausage slow-cooked in it, I love putting the juice on mashed potatoes, but I don’t like the stringy stuff actually in my mouth. ---
**Author:** ![Icarus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icarus/32/72_2.png) [@Icarus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icarus)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2011, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-sauerkraut/575874/28 "2011-03-24T22:22:28Z")
> [@PapSett](#): > > Right this very moment, I am eating it made MY favorite way: A bag of refrigerated Krispy Kraut, dumped into a pot. Several smoked sausages, cut up into said pot. Several peeled potatoes, cubed, ditto. Add water to cover. Boil until potatoes are soft. Eat. Yum. > > Easy, quick comfort food to a German girl. 😉 Had this for dinner last night! YYYYYYUUUMMMM! ---
**Author:** ![TheChileanBlob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thechileanblob/32/435_2.png) [@TheChileanBlob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheChileanBlob)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2011, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-sauerkraut/575874/29 "2011-03-24T22:27:50Z")
My Southern husband loves when I fix him kraut-n-weenies: kielbasa and sauerkraut with pinto beans and cornbread. ---
**Author:** ![brocks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7feea3/32.png) [@brocks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brocks)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2011, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-sauerkraut/575874/30 "2011-03-24T22:29:15Z")
My grandmother was Polish, and she made it a lot. My parents and sisters all love it. I can’t actually say I don’t like the taste of it, because I’ve never been able to get close enough. The smell of it makes me gag from 50 feet away. ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2011, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-sauerkraut/575874/31 "2011-03-24T23:11:52Z")
Love it. Hoagie bun, spicy Italian sausage (or bratwurst), onions, kraut and some Italian salad dressing. ---
**Author:** ![Invisible\_Chimp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f05b48/32.png) [@Invisible\_Chimp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Invisible_Chimp)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2011, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-sauerkraut/575874/32 "2011-03-24T23:36:05Z")
There are only three things that I e tried that I don’t like and sauerkraut isn’t one of those three. I love it on hot dogs or Reubens. ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2011, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-sauerkraut/575874/33 "2011-03-24T23:54:14Z")
I don’t like cabbage and I don’t like pickled things. You do the math 😃 ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2011, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-sauerkraut/575874/34 "2011-03-25T00:11:17Z")
My mom used to cook sauerkraut and pork chops or spareribs in the pressure cooker with a bay leaf and lotsa salt and pepper. That was SO good. I’ve tried to cook it (in the oven) and it’s just lacking something. (I only do this on a nice windy day so I can open the windows - I’m forbidden to cook smelly cabbage or “The Nose” who lives here will pass out, gagging :mad:). ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2011, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-sauerkraut/575874/35 "2011-03-25T00:57:12Z")
Nope. Nasty stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2011, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-sauerkraut/575874/36 "2011-03-25T01:24:21Z")
I have German ancestry from both my mom and dad, so yeah, I like sauerkraut. I just had some tonight on turkey dogs. It was left over from the Reubens I made last week (for St. Pat’s - it’s corned beef and cabbage! I’m Irish, too). I like it on hot dogs, with sausages and potatoes, on Reubens and as a side dish and I’ve been known to eat it cold as a snack. ---
**Author:** ![rhubarbarin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eb9ed0/32.png) [@rhubarbarin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rhubarbarin)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2011, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-sauerkraut/575874/37 "2011-03-25T02:45:10Z")
It’s delicious. I love it on top of pork, and with sausages of all kinds, the best. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2011, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-sauerkraut/575874/38 "2011-03-25T02:57:40Z")
I like it way, with anything, especially if it has caraway seeds in it. Anybody else like it that way? ---
**Author:** ![Max\_the\_Immortal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Max\_the\_Immortal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_the_Immortal)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2011, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-sauerkraut/575874/39 "2011-03-25T03:15:51Z")
Oh, yes. ---
**Author:** ![devilsknew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@devilsknew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/devilsknew)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2011, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-sauerkraut/575874/40 "2011-03-25T03:58:05Z")
Eating it in Germany for the first time was a revelation. There, it is often sweet and sour and red made with vinegar, wine, a bit of sweetspice, and some sugar and maybe lemon. But their real white stuff is often much less acidic than its American counterpart. A good rinse does Sauerkraut wonders, and it acts as the best bed and natural tenderizer for slow cooked pork. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-sauerkraut/575874.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-sauerkraut/575874.md?page=3)