In case anyone was wondering, I am 4 percent German, and my mom is 25 percent German which may be why our culture includes so many dishes with cabbage, sauerkraut and many sweet/sour dishes made with potatoes, foraged greens, and pickled foods. If not for this surprise snowfall, I was to forage our yard, per mom’s request, to look for spring greens so in some ways I may be a bit grateful for the snow this week. Once the snow has melted away I will be on the search for tender greens to create simple dishes.
This week though, I found some freshly made sausages including bratwurst, apple sausage and others at a nearby butcher shop. Appalachia, including the foothills that wind their way into eastern Kentucky from the Smoky Mountains, were settled by German immigrants and other European groups. According to The Library of Congress, Germans were the largest foreign-born group in every state, except Virginia and Alabama in every US census from 1950 to 1920. While I’m proud of my German heritage I am most curious about the McCoy family connection and their link to our Scottish clan. One day I hope to join some of my Flannery clan at their yearly reunion in Scotland but for now I’m sharing a recipe of simple red cabbage to accompany sausage and German potato salad.
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