sauerkraut
sauerkraut — noun
1. a food made by letting shredded cabbage turn sour in salty liquid, often served
a food made by letting shredded cabbage turn sour in salty liquid, often served warm with sausages, pork, or other rich meat.
Mira piled warm sauerkraut onto the sausage in her paper tray.
typical serving: warm sauerkraut with sausage
The cook simmered sauerkraut with apples before serving the pork chops.
collocation: sauerkraut with apples and pork
At the winter market, Cyrus bought a jar of sauerkraut from a stall.
Tara topped her hot dog with sauerkraut and spicy mustard.
The family kept homemade sauerkraut in the fridge beside the pickles.
- pickled cabbage
a broader descriptive term; it can cover other vinegar-based cabbage dishes, not only the central European fermented style
- fermented cabbage
a plain descriptive phrase that explains the process but sounds less like a fixed dish name
文法句型
some sauerkraut
a jar of sauerkraut
serve sauerkraut with [meat]
用法筆記
Usually uncountable. People normally talk about 'some sauerkraut' or 'a jar of sauerkraut', not 'a sauerkraut'. It is especially common in German and central European food contexts, often with sausage or pork.