German for "sour cabbage " Made by combining cabbage, salt, and occasionally other spices and permitting the mixture to ferment Though thought of as a German invention, this pickled food was eaten in China over 2,000 years ago
Sauerkraut is cabbage which has been cut into very small pieces and pickled. It is eaten mainly in Germany. a German food made from cabbage (=a round green vegetable) that has been left in salt so that it tastes sour (sauer + kraut )