[Photograph: Blake Royer] Pull out the lederhosen and kazoos for Oktoberfest, the beer-and-wurst-honoring German celebration that starts tomorrow and runs until October 4. Here are some menu-planning ideas, most of which involve some combination of: sausage, kraut, and beer. Baked Apples With Barley-Sausage Pilaf Potato Salad with Vinaigrette Beer Bread Turnip and Potato Gratin Honey-Glazed Turnips Wedges Red Cabbage With Apples and Honey Sausage Stuffed Peppers Mustard-Baked Chicken with a Pretzel Crust Pork Chops with Braised Fennel and Caramelized Onions Pork Chops with Mustard and Sour Cream Sauce Kielbasa with Pierogi and Sauerkraut Sauerkraut and Sausage Paprikash Apple Cobbler with Cheddar Biscuits Black Forest Chocolate Cookies...
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Take some classic videogame scenes, recreate them with stop motion animated sauerkraut, and you've got Videokrauting. Yeah. ...Wait, huh? No, that's it. Watch the video to see it in action, after the jump....
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Boingboing.net The photo on the right is not cabbage with feta; it's mold. If exposed to too much oxygen, the proto-sauerkraut will get all scummy since fermentation is an anaerobic process. Make sure to seal mason jars tightly and if using a crock, place a plate or cloth—or a cloth tied with a rubberband, to avoid flies—on top. Submerge the cabbage in lots of salty water, and smoosh down at least once daily to release air. As Boing Boing points out, it's pretty easy, despite the mold threat. A good fermenting takes at least three weeks, and for an especially potent flavor, wait around six to nine months. For more on the magical ways of fermentation (including beer, yogurt,...
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Unless you're fortunate enough to live south of the tropic of Cancer, you're probably, like us, freezing your fanny off. The blogs on my blogroll are all offering up wintry recipes, and I'm getting warm just reading them.... Orangette's pureed up some celery root soup Fresh Approach Cooking is making ricotta-and-herb dumplings Simply Recipes' kitchen smells like dirty socks...[stuffed pork chops with kielbasa and sauerkraut] Joanne at thepassionatecook is nostalgic for Christmas [pain perdu (French toast) with apple & cranberry compote] World On A Plate is drinking chocolatey Mexican champurrado...
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