[ADemocratNoMore]

Dad was of Polish descent, Mom's family was from Slovakia. We had something similar in our house, but it didn't have a name.

Take a can or two of kraut, (I like the kind with caraway seeds), an onion, diced, an apple, peeled and diced, mix together. Brown some pork shoulder. Put the kraut mix in the bottom of a large pan or pot, add the pork, top with the rest of the kraut, add some water, cover & let simmer for an hour or two until the pork shoulder is fork tender. Yumm!.

[speekinout]

Your kraut recipe sounds like the one my neighborhood used to celebrate NY eve when I was growing up. I guess kraut on NYE is good luck for some.

The only difference I notice (I never knew the recipe used) is that they threw in some hotdogs near the end. The adults ate the pork, and the kids got the hotdogs.