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Sauerkraut and hot dogs over rice...

Posted on 9/12/26 at 7:10 pm
Posted by Buck_Rogers
Member since Jul 2013
2159 posts
Posted on 9/12/26 at 7:10 pm
Was this a thing in anyone else's family? The old timers in my family that grew up during the great depression made it weekly when I was growing up. I still make it and was thinking of how cheap it is to make, yet tastes better and fills the stomach more than 90% of anything else I can think of.
Posted by coolpapaboze
Parts Unknown
Member since Dec 2006
22311 posts
Posted on 9/12/26 at 8:32 pm to
I've never heard of this until this thread and while I'm happy you have fond memories of this, I wish I hadn't heard of it.
Posted by Buck_Rogers
Member since Jul 2013
2159 posts
Posted on 9/12/26 at 9:54 pm to
Well, instead of saurkraut over a hotdog on a bun, it's hotdog slices smothered in sauerkraut and put over rice. Actually not much difference other than rice vs bread.
Posted by GasMan
north Mississippi
Member since Sep 2003
1586 posts
Posted on 9/12/26 at 10:30 pm to
I grew up poor and ate a lot of fried eggs over rice, or grits, for dinner.

This actually doesn't sound so bad if that's all there is.

Bonus points if it's homemade sauerkraut.
Posted by BHTiger
Charleston
Member since Dec 2017
9654 posts
Posted on 9/13/26 at 4:58 am to
Had it alot growing up but not over rice.

My mom was a potato person so we had a side of fried potatoes browned in lard. Most likely green beans with it as well.
Posted by moontigr
Dark Side of the Moon
Member since Nov 2020
7816 posts
Posted on 9/13/26 at 5:33 am to
smoked sausage w/ sauerkraut over mashed potatoes
Posted by SpotCheckBilly
Member since May 2020
8804 posts
Posted on 9/13/26 at 9:07 am to
quote:

smoked sausage w/ sauerkraut over mashed potatoes


Sauerkraut and mashed potatoes were very common at my MiL's house. I thought it suspect at first, but it works. She just cut up some hotdogs to put in it, but the kraut and taters were the main thing.

Never thought about putting it on rice.
Posted by CharlesUFarley
Daphne, AL
Member since Jan 2022
1199 posts
Posted on 9/13/26 at 10:24 am to
Sounds revolting.

Like someone sat around for a day thinking up the most halfassed thing to cook.
Posted by ldts
Member since Aug 2015
2945 posts
Posted on 9/13/26 at 12:42 pm to
We ate sauerkraut and weenies by themselves and not over rice. Even as an adult, I still make it every so often.
Posted by TejasHorn
High Plains Driftin'
Member since Mar 2007
11896 posts
Posted on 9/13/26 at 6:49 pm to
I had an uncle who loved sauerkraut and wieners, sans buns. He’d make a huge pot of it in a Dutch oven with a package of Oscar Meyer classics.

Rice and sauerkraut is wrong on several levels though.
Posted by Koolazzkat
Behind the Tupelo gum tree
Member since May 2021
3998 posts
Posted on 9/14/26 at 5:40 am to
Smothered cabbage with tasso or sausage on top of rice is satisfying. I will have to try the sauerkraut and hotdogs over rice and report back.
Posted by Sparty3131
Baton Rouge
Member since Feb 2019
1020 posts
Posted on 9/14/26 at 7:15 am to
Over rice?

That's a new one to me. I have had sauerkraut many other ways and helped make it before in clay crock that was 100+ years old. But never heard it mentioned in the same sentence as rice.
Posted by WestBay
Member since Jul 2023
422 posts
Posted on 9/14/26 at 12:08 pm to
I mean I'd eat it but upgrading to sausage seems so easy and not that cost prohibitive.
Posted by SpotCheckBilly
Member since May 2020
8804 posts
Posted on 9/14/26 at 12:17 pm to
quote:

Smothered cabbage with tasso or sausage on top of rice is satisfying. I will have to try the sauerkraut and hotdogs over rice and report back.


I've made a dish where I layered cabbage, sauerkraut, apple slices, and sausage and/or pork chops in a crockpot. I don't know if it has a name, but it tastes pretty good.
Posted by GoCrazyAuburn
Member since Feb 2010
42078 posts
Posted on 9/14/26 at 12:19 pm to
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Sounds revolting.



Does it? Unless you just don't like saurkraut and/or hot dogs together, what sounds revolting about it? Not like rice is adding much to the flavor profile here

Posted by CharlesUFarley
Daphne, AL
Member since Jan 2022
1199 posts
Posted on 9/14/26 at 1:23 pm to
I actually like all three ingredients, but not together.
Posted by Koolazzkat
Behind the Tupelo gum tree
Member since May 2021
3998 posts
Posted on 9/14/26 at 2:00 pm to
Sounds good!
Posted by ThreeBonesCater
Baton Rouge
Member since Dec 2014
618 posts
Posted on 9/14/26 at 5:21 pm to
When I was a kid we ate scrambled eggs with leftover rice and cut up hotdogs for dinner pretty routinely, I still make it from time to time.
Posted by LSUlefty
Youngsville, LA
Member since Dec 2007
28752 posts
Posted on 9/14/26 at 5:30 pm to
We never really ate sauerkraut growing up, but we had every combination you can think of with rice.
Posted by Tiger in the Sticks
Back in the Boot
Member since Jan 2007
2034 posts
Posted on 9/14/26 at 6:19 pm to
My mom made sauerkraut with ribs or hot dogs; the hot dogs turned the water pink. This was in the early 70’s. We weren’t “poor” in the sense that we went without anything, but she was pretty frugal. When she made it, I ate cereal.
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