Sauerkraut and Turkey

Those are my vanishing memories of childhood Thanksgivings when I was surrounded by Baltimoreans. Sauerkraut with roasted Turkey was traditional. I never knew that everyone didn’t indent their mashed potatoes to make room for the sauerkraut on their Thanksgiving dinner plate. In fact, it was quite a revelation when I left Baltimore to find that everyone else in the civilized world found sauerkraut to be a most unusual accompaniment to the Thanksgiving celebration. We never knew Thanksgiving without it.