sorry, I'm late with my response. I'm 100% with you about not so tasty Sauerbraten and preserving meat.

Back then peope didn't have the chemicals or technology to make meat and vegetables last longer. Throughout mankind's history people have found ways to preserve food- pickled, smoked, vinegar.. I follow a great YouTube channel teaching us how to make marmalade or jam from scratch, and the best ways to preserve it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGBoQUbDosQ. I freaking love Steffie! She's passing on knowledge that will be otherwise lost in our fast food/ pre-prepared, wasteful food society. That's how our ancestors have done it to get over the harsh winters, and I've the feeling that those forgotten skills will be needed again very soon.

I like oldschool recipes and preserving techniques-one of the greatest gift my grandmothers past on to me. I love that I've met a follow food from scratch enthusiast on Saidit-out of all the Intertweb places I visit!

I've never made Sauerkraut on my own. It's mostly used as a side dish over here but the Bavarian version is to die for. They eat it as a main and I don't even know how they make it. What I'm good at is my Rotkohl with apple, onions, cloves, goose or pork lard, cinnamon, a splash of cranberry or plum marmalade. A fantasy of mine is to have a little shop-Grandma's Kitchen, and serving traditional German food. It is a shame that we eat more foreign food (not that it's not good) and young people don't even know how to cook. I'd love to host seminars for kids, inviting the dying old school generation to share their knowledge. My grandmothers taught me how to go in the woods collecting berries and making jam, or bread. I envy my friends who know about mushrooms and collecting them.

There's also a website with people offering their fruits and salads on their properties for free to collect.