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sauerkraut can fight avian flu!!

anybosy has sauerkraut recipes to share? This is such a typical Polish (and German) product.

read it here:
While President Bush scrambles to ward off an avian-flu pandemic, the world's largest sauerkraut producer, tucked amid the glacial lakebeds of rural Wisconsin, is sitting atop a bumper crop of one possible preventative.

That's right: sauerkraut.

An international buzz is surrounding the unassuming fermented cabbage. Scientists at Seoul National University in South Korea fed an extract of kimchi, a spicy Korean variant of sauerkraut, to 13 chickens infected with avian flu, and a week later, 11 of the birds started to recover, according to a report by the BBC Network.
.... AP

A cure for the common cold:

A cup or glass of hot tea.
Honey to sweeten it.
A shot of Whiskey mixed in with the tea.
After consuming the beverage, jump into bed and wake up the next morning feeling great.

This too is a Polish American cure that works.
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Bob
It sure doesn't cure any cold I might have, but it's a helluva good bedtime drink! <img src="/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/images/graemlins/music.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/images/graemlins/cool.gif" alt="" />
Leslie

Leslie,

Are you kidding? The cure, as Bob says, it has been used in my family since I was old enough to look at ladies.

A hot cup of tea,
A teaspoon of honey
And 2 fingers of good whiskey

mix together, drink as hot as possible, and crawl into bed. You will sweat out your cold overnight and feel great in the morning.

John. What me kid?!!!!! The drink as described but with a little sugar instead of the honey is a common drink I take to bed with me to drink as I am having my final read for the day. I just like whisky (and wodka, and Cointreau, and beer and ...................)

As far as Jaga's recipe for fighting avian flu, I'd rather have the flu than attempt to eat fermented cabbage - cabbage is Yuk even when not fermented! Sorry Jaga. I think perhaps a better recipe for fighting is Bob's and John's, but without the tea, honey or sugar!

Leslie

Sauerkraut?

Drain a large can of sauerkraut.
Wash the sauerkraut in cold water to reduce the bitterness.
Crushed stewed Tomatoes are added to the sauerkraut.
In a baking dish put in smoked Pork Chops or smoked Kielbasa.
Smother the smoked Pork Chops or Kielbasa with the sauerkraut mixture.
Barley can be added to the mixture and Brown Sugar sprinkled on top of the preperation, Caraway Seed can also be added (these are all optional).
Put the baking dish in a 350 degree oven and bake for a couple of hours. <img src="/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/images/graemlins/music.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

Try a Google search for refinements on this recipe.

Hi Jaga, interesting the idea of SauerKraut preventing avian flu, but, what ever works, and tasty medicine at that.

http://www.hello2u.freeservers.com/home/kochreze.html

The above is some cooking recepts in both German and English. This one is Austrian, but, same as German, and I suspect, not so different from Polish. Rather then seperate the individual cooking recepts, thought that some of the remainder might be of interest.

Charles

Bob and all,

what about some garlic?

Yup, you can add that too if you want to Ja
ga. You can also add apple slices to the mix.

YUK!!!
Leslie