Sauerkraut is finely sliced cabbage fermented by various lactic acid bacteria including Leuconostoc, Lactobacillus, and Pediococcus. It has good keeping qualities and a distinctive sour flavour, both of which result from the lactic acid that forms when bacteria ferment the sugars in the fresh cabbage.The word comes directly from the German, Sauerkraut , which literally translates to sour cabbage. Sauerkraut is a typical dish of traditional Dutch (Zuurkool), Estonian (Hapukapsas) and other Northern European and Central European cuisine. It also is a prominent feature of cuisines from most of the cold regions of Europe, and it is eaten in many parts of Northeast China, the USA, Chile, and Canada as well.

By Robert Benfer2007

Hot on the heels of a bill that proposes to ban obese customers from dining in restaurants, a new bill bans restaurants from hiding calories inside mixed green salads, paillards of chicken breast, mashed potatoes and chicken club sandwiches. I wish.

The selective breeding of chickens in the last 50 years has led to the entire breed showing health issues that could make them useless as chickens.

On Tuesday Tesco slashed the price of a whole chicken to £1.99 until Sunday in a bid to help families on tight budgets, adding that it had doubled its order for higher-welfare chicken.

A group of former battery farm chickens who had their feathers pecked out have been given woolly jumpers to keep warm.