Back on Dec. 28, Melanie Pancho was getting ready for the new year! She commented, in response to my traditional New Year’s question, “Got my sauerkraut a couple weeks ago, heading to the grocery store this morning for my pork. I love starting the year with a little bit of
(Photo of kraut dogs by flickr user Jeffrey Bary was chosen especially for Jo, who I know loves to eat dogs this way!) So I have to ask: Did York County’s favorite vinegar-plus-cabbage-plus-meat concoction help you welcome the new year? Of course, I’m talking about pork and sauerkraut, which I’d
Commenter Bill Schmeer had a very strong reaction to my post mentioning vinegar in sauerkraut. He writes, “Vinegar? In sauerkraut? Huh uh! Here’s the way my father made it and we sold it in our corner grocery store some sixty years ago. This is not his recipe, but it’s the
You might remember that around this time in 2010, I started asking you if pork and sauerkraut is a New Year must-have in your house. Well, it turns out you guys really like it. I know. Shocking! One commenter, Justine Toombs, wrote: “I grew up in Western PA. Every year
Our Pennsylvania Dutch tradition says pork and sauerkraut is the meal with which to ring in a new year, in order to bring good luck. But did you know these New Year’s customs? – Eating noodles at midnight is customary at Buddhist temples in Japan. – In Spain, it is
Back in February, commenter Bill Schmeer was telling us about sauerkraut that his dad used to make. He brought up something else, when I mentioned that some of the kraut recipes I’ve seen call for vinegar. He says, “Your vinegar version of sauerkraut sounds a lot like pepper hash with
This week’s Ask Joan column shares more on Philip Lookingbill of the L&H 5 and 10 stores, and concludes a series of memories of a 1957 bazooka explosion that killed four boys in the Dover area.
I really need to get caught up on some old e-mails about the blog! Was going through today and found several news items about some Pa. Dutch heritage events that I’d wanted to share some time ago – but it’s not too late! First and most urgently, the 10th
It’s 2012! I’ve joined a gym – yes, cliche, I know – and started more carefully watching what I eat. Stop me if you’ve heard this before. On a more introspective note, I found this neat way to take a look forward and back as we start the new year,
I mentioned yesterday that I love reader Mark, who’s checking in from overseas to keep up on York County life. Well, Mark really did his homework for me. After asserting that scrapple might not be German, and setting off what I fondly refer to as the Great Scrapple Uprising of