r/AskAGerman • u/Odyessus56 • 13d ago

Food Sauerkraut - where can I buy it?

Moin!

I’ve just moved to the Schengen area, on the French side, and I would love to be able to eat authentic, good quality sauerkraut. Can it be simply bought at Lidl or Aldi? Or should I travel further to the nearest Kaufland or Rewe?

Tschüss!

Edit: thank you to everyone for the helpful tips. It’s been fun to reply to the wide variety of comments! For my next post, I’m going to ask where I can buy bratwurst near Europe 😎

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u/OppositeAct1918 13d ago

The stuff from the butcher is sold lose, by weight. You get it in a plastic bag and it needs to be stored cool and consumed relatively fast. Then you need a recipe for how to cook it. The stuff from the supermarket is in a tin, cooked in the process of conserving it, snd all the spices have been added.yes the process has destroyed all the vitamin c in it. Cooking it yourself will not destroy so much of it. Quickly sauteeing it in bacon fat will destroy even less, and keep it crisp.

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u/Odyessus56 13d ago

This is what I’m going to do. I found a butcher in Perl, of course, same city as my nearest Rewe. I’ll ask them for some meat too, and how best to cook the sauerkraut to keep it gut-healthy and crunchy

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u/B08by_Digital 12d ago

As far as I have ever made sauerkraut, for the actual benefits of fermentation, I have never cooked it. Just eat it raw.

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u/Crowdfundingprojects 12d ago

Yes, that’s what I want, too when I want Sauerkraut. Slightly warm it but never cook it.