SC - Sauerkraut (was pierogys)

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For Germany, the use of sauerkraut is well attested since the Middle
ages. (...)

For Hungary, there is a passage in one of Rumpolt's (1581) menues for a
banquet of the King of Hungary and Bohemia:
"...  Ein saur Kraut gekocht mit einem geräucherten Speck/ vnd dürren
Würsten/ vnd auch mit geräucherten Capaunen vnd Hüner"
'... sauerkraut cooked with smoked bacon ...'
(Rumpolt was born in Hungary.)

For Prussia, there are inventaries of the German order mentioning vats
or barrels with "kompost", "kompostkol", "suercompist" etc. in the 15th
century, with "sawerkrawt" in the 16th century. [1] However, the earlier
Jeroschin chronicle says that "kol", from which sauerkraut is made, was
unknown to the Prussians in early days ("... gesen die brudre ezzin kol,
des di Pruzin nicht inpflagin nutzin dennoch bi den tagin", roughly '(a
visitor) saw that the brethren were eating cabbage, which the Prussians
themselves did not eat in those early days').

TH.
[1] Quotes from these inventories can be found in: Brunhilde Reitz: Die
Kultur von 'brassica oleracea' im Spiegel der deutschen Sprache [The
culture of brassica oleracea/cabbage in the mirror of the German
language]. Diss. Marburg. Giessen 1964.