Sunday, April 28, 2019

Sauerkraut Festival

Each October the small town of Waynesville, Ohio – about 35 miles northeast of Cincinnati – is home to one of the region’s largest outdoor festivals. The Ohio Sauerkraut Festival attracts a massive crowd who come to sample everything from sauerkraut pizza to fudge and sauerkraut ice cream. I have attended this festival before and, wow, it really is like stepping into a slow-moving river of people who flow from one end of the street fair to the next. Waynesville is a quaint place to visit when the Sauerkraut Festival is not going on, boasting an array of antique shops that has earned the town its moniker of the “Antiques Capital of the Midwest.” But during festival time the town becomes a sprawling metropolis for two days when over 350,000 people descend upon this village for a taste of kraut. The thing is when you bake sauerkraut into different items it really dries out and takes on the consistency of, say, shredded coconut. Kraut, washed well and baked into brownies or bread, is very different than the juice-soaked kraut you might pile onto your hot dog.
https://www.amish365.com/amish-sauerkraut-brownies/

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