sauerkraut
pronunciation
How to pronounce sauerkraut in British English:
UK [ˈsaʊəkraʊt]
How to pronounce sauerkraut in American English:
US [ˈsaʊərkraʊt]
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- Noun:
- shredded cabbage fermented in brine
Word Origin
- sauerkraut (n.)
- 1630s, from German Sauerkraut, literally "sour cabbage," from sauer "sour" (from Proto-Germanic *sura-; see sour (adj.)) + Kraut "vegetable, cabbage," from Old High German krut, from Proto-Germanic *kruthan.They pickle it [cabbage] up in all high Germany, with salt and barberies, and so keepe it all the yeere, being commonly the first dish you have served in at table, which they call their sawerkrant. [James Hart, "Klinike, or the diet of the diseased," 1633]In U.S. slang, figurative use for "a German" dates from 1858 (compare kraut). "The effort to substitute liberty-cabbage for sauerkraut, made by professional patriots in 1918, was a complete failure." [Mencken]. French choucroute (19c.) is from Alsatian German surkrut (corresponding to German Sauerkraut), with folk etymology alteration based on chou "cabbage" + croûte "crust" (n.).
Example
- 1. To reduce the sodium content , rinse canned or jarred sauerkraut before eating .
- 2. Chefs juggling plates of steaming sauerkraut with noodles are just the tip of the iceberg at la choucrouterie bistro and playhouse .
- 3. Sales of pickled vegetables , for instance , may suggest polish immigrants have moved in , prompting it to stock barszcz , meatballs and sauerkraut .
- 4. Serve sauerkraut . A finnish study found that the fermentation process involved in making sauerkraut produces several other cancer-fighting compounds , including itcs , indoles , and sulforaphane .
- 5. Alsace is a cultural hybrid with its germanic dialect and french sense of fashion , its love of foie gras and fine wine , beer and sauerkraut .