Winegrowers’ Sauerkraut

Sauerkraut (choucroute—salt-preserved cabbage) is the winter staple of rural households throughout the lands east of the Rhine, among those who take their culinary lead from Germany. The sauerkraut barrel is to be found throughout the lands of the Slavs, Scandinavia, Russia, and all the way to Mongolia. The preservation of vegetable matter by brining—submerging foods in a solution of water and salt that mimics the saltiness of the sea—is undoubtedly one of the oldest conservation met