Saturday, September 27, 2014

Kielbasa, homemade kraut and squash

We have done a fair amount of experimenting with the various widely available sausages this outdoor cooking season.  We have discovered that even above the wildly popular bratwurst that our favorite is the kielbasa, Polish sausage.

So a couple of days ago I scored a couple of big Polish.  That day we had meat and I like to season the sausage by putting it on the grill along with the meat.  That grilled meat taste is incorporated into the sausage and then we try to take advantage of that in some later usage of the big sausage.

Which leads us to this evening's meal.  We have previously done some things with the spaghetti squash which were pretty much duplicated this evening.  Bake the squash, mix in some butter and fresh parmesan cheese and some fresh cut tomatoes and peppers.

The tomatoes and peppers don't exactly cook but the heat from the squash renders everything into a single dish.  Squash with tomatoes and some still slightly crisp peppers.

The new addition to the equation is homemade sauerkraut.
It was excellent.

The obvious question seems to me to be where does one obtain home made sauerkraut.

You make it yourself, that's how.

All of the articles I read said making your own kraut would produce a sauerkraut better than what you are used to when buying from the deli or supermarket.

Yup.

It is easy but it does require some hand work.  I expect to soon enough provide a post with details as I prepare my second batch.