"Steve Calvin" > wrote in message
...
> kilikini wrote:
>> ms. tonya wrote:
>>
>>>In honor of my b/f's grandfather who hailed from Germany I want to
>>>prepare an authentic german meal for new years day.
>>>Am trying to plan my sides around my main course which will be
>>>Weisswurst -white german sausage- and that wasn't easy to find in the
>>>metro Detroit area.
>>>Need ideals just what kind of potato to serve -not mash- and other
>>>sides plus type of breads.
>>> I know there are a few in this group who live in or near Detroit who
>>>may be can lead me to a speciality grocery store, as Frankenmuth is
>>>too far for me to drive.
>>>I would be grateful for any help I don't know authentic german food
>>>from american version.
>>>TIA
>>
>>
>> A traditional German-style New Year's dinner is pork roast with
>> sauerkraut.
>> Take a pork butt, toss it in a crock pot, throw in a couple of jars of
>> sauerkraut (with juice), 1/4 cup white wine and some caraway seeds (I
>> never
>> add those) and you have a wonderful meal (well in about 6 hours or so).
>> Very traditional New Years.
>>
>> kili
>>
>>
> Ya beat me to it Kili. Yup. I'm of german decent and we've had saurkraut
> and pork for New Year's dinner for as long as I can remember, and still
> do. We used to make our own when I lived in PA and could get a good
> quality 'kraut cabbage (we used Danish Ballhead). We'd make 50 gallon a
> year and New Years was always the first dinner from the new crock.
>
> Of course we had mashed potatoes and applesauce with it but you could
> switch that. Fried potato pancakes maybe?
>

Same here, down to the mashed potatoes even. I've had boiled potatoes also,
and can't think why potato pancakes wouldn't fit right in.

Jack Schwein