[Sca-cooks] Service and Kraut questions from Gwen Cat

[Daniel Myers]

> -------- Original Message --------
> From: "Cat ." <tgrcat2001 at yahoo.com>
> Date: Fri, February 08, 2013 11:14 am
>  
> 1) while I suspect every one knew how to make it, are there actual period (preferably German)
> recipes for creating sauerkraut?  I know Rumpolt has recipes for cooking/serving it, but anyone
> write down how they made it?


I couldn't find any German recipes, but here's a Danish one

XLV - To pickle cabbage. Chop it finely, sprinkle it well each layer by
itself in a container or barrel. Between each layer sprinkle salt, cumin
and juniper berries and put a good weight on him, iiij. or v days.
Thereafter pour vinegar over it. [Koge Bog, (Denmark, 1616)]

- Doc