I still use this cookbook, it is yellowed and stained with age. There are old traditional German recipes which include German Potato Salad, Kartoffelsuppe (Potato Soup), Spaetzle (egg drops), Goulash and deserts.
Mader’s Restaurant Sauerkraut
2 slices bacon, diced
¼ cup finely chopped onion
¼ cup flour
Caraway seed, optional
Sugar, to taste
If bulk sauerkraut is used, rinse in cold water. Arrange sauerkraut in a heavy saucepan and add just enough water to cover. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer gently for 15 minutes.
Meantime, cook bacon in a heavy skillet until crisp, remove and set aside. Add onion to drippings and cook until transparent, not brown. Add flour and blend. Add to sauerkraut with bacon and caraway seed, if used. Blend. Add a small amount of sugar to mellow flavor, if desired. Simmer for 5 minutes or until juices are thickened.
Recipe from Mader’s Restaurant German Cookbook
Copyright 1965, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Thank you for the feature! The great thing about this recipe is that the sauerkraut has a nice mellow flavor. Served with German or Polish sausage and German potato salad equals Yum!
One nice thing about the colder weather is that we get to eat heartier … and in our house that quite often means traditional German dishes! Thanks for including me in this yummy collection!
This collection is great fun; thank you ! Brenda, Relic189
Thank you so much for the feature!!!! The recipe, sentiment and your recollection are dear 🙂 Thank you Anita for sharing a bit of yourself with me. The treasury is outstanding too, warmly, Wendy of SunchowdersVintage.
I am so happy to get Mader's recipe for sauerkraut! Thanks for the story and for the feature!
Sounds so yummy–and I love the charming vintage finds. Thanks for featuring my German postcard!
I Googled Mader's and they are still going strong! I'm sure some of our Chicago/Milwaukee friends have visited this charming institution.
Yum – lots of Germans in my family! We took my grandparents to Mader's for there 50th wedding anniversary many many years ago. I still remember that day very clearly, the whole family together. Also remember that my little cousins were so excited because the whole Osmand family was there having dinner too.
Oh Anita… Congratulations on having this wonderful Festive T here on the Vesties! Yay! bratwurst, sauerkraut, beer & accordions and apples and falling leaves sweet!
Thanks SO polka much for including me!! xo!
My mother in law was German and gave me a recipe for sauerkraut and polish sausage my husband and I enjoy. Her German potato salad was a treat but I never learned to make it like she did. Definitely going to try the Mader's recipe. Never ate there but used to hear about it all the time.