2 lb smoked pork shanks
1 qt water
1 onion, well browned
1 qt sauerkraut juice
1/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup cream
1 egg
1 tbsp flour
3/4 cup milk
Directions
Cook meat in water until well done. Add onion,
sauerkraut juice and sugar. Beat egg, add flour, milk
and cream. Add to soup and bring to a boil. Serve with
potato dumplings.
Servings: 1 1 pot
Kapusniak -- Polish Sauerkraut Soup Recipe brought to you by Recipe Ideas
Categories: German; Polish; Soup; Vegetable
The History of Recipes
Transcribed cooking instructions as a concept can be tracked far back into history, certainly as far back into history as the Egyptians, and possibly even further than that. Interesting though that maybe, sadly, these ancient records were just very basic hieroglyphic or cunieform instructions for meal preparation.
In an interesting twist, the oldest recipe found, according to Professor Solomon Katz, are some ancient tablets in Sumerian which show the making of bread which is then used to make a drink, quite possibly a form of beer as it is recorded as having made those who drank it feel wonderful. Continuing our culinary historical journey, we find two recipe books from the 14th Century : one book titled `Forme of Cury`, and another, similary titled `Curye on Inglish`. Amusingly, they are not about the indian food that is familiar to us all today, but instead accounts of the types of food prepared by the cooks of the nobility of that period. Over the succeeding few centuries, the powerful and rich houses competed to serve up the best banquets, and as a result cooks and their collection of recipes were greatly in demand. Even so, it was during the nineteenth century that fine cookery and recipe books reached a high level of popularity. Mrs Isabella Beeton in the UK, and the equally famous Fannie Merritt Farmer in the US, devoted much of their lives to assembling, trying out, and recording the recipes of their peers. When we get to the 20th century, cook books were highly popular due to increased literacy, more free time and being a little richer. |
We hope you enjoy this Kapusniak Polish Sauerkraut Soup recipe.
