Brown Sugar Sauerkraut

This dish has been handed down from generation to generation. I am sure it even stems back to generations of my family that I have traced back to the mid 1800's in Maryland. Sauerkraut is a dish that has become a tradition to be on the table for the Thanksgiving and Christmas in Baltimore, Maryland even in the Black Marylanders. It's influence comes from the German immigrants that was large part of the population in the 1870's. Because we were the hands that prepared the meals throughout, we developed our own take on it. It started with adding smoked pig tails, neckbones or other smoked pig parts. Over time smoked turkey meats and parts were substituted. I remember my great-grandmother, grandmother and mom making this dish every holiday to go on the table along with the other side dishes. I am know carrying on this tradition and passing it to my son and granddaughter.