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Sauerkraut (/ ˈ s aʊ. ər ˌ k r aʊ t /; German: [ˈzaʊ.ɐˌkʁaʊt] ⓘ, lit. ' sour cabbage ') [1] is finely cut raw cabbage that has been fermented by various lactic acid bacteria. [2] [3] It has a long shelf life and a distinctive sour flavor, both of which result from the lactic acid formed when the bacteria ferment the sugars in the ...
Kraut is a German word recorded in English from 1918 onwards as an ethnic slur for a German, particularly a German soldier during World War I and World War II. [1] [2] Its earlier meaning in English was as a synonym for sauerkraut, a traditional Central and Eastern European food. [3]
In the 18th century, poor Swiss German immigrants to the US were described as Krauts because they consumed sauerkraut. Sauerkraut was also a common food served on German ships to fight scurvy, while the British used lime and got called limey. In Switzerland it was a food preserved for hard winters that could go on for half a year.
German Selters, a typical German carbonated mineral water. Johann Jacob Schweppe was a German-Swiss watchmaker and amateur scientist, who developed the first practical process to manufacture bottled carbonated mineral water and began selling the world's first soft drink [80] [81] under his company Schweppes.
The Septemberprogramm (German: [zɛpˈtɛmbɐpʁoˌɡʁam], literally "September Program") was a memorandum authorized by Chancellor Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg of the German Empire at the beginning of World War I (1914–18).
The Sauerkraut missions (Operation Sauerkraut) were secret service operations planned and carried out by the American Office of Strategic Services (OSS) during the Second World War from July 1944 to at least March 1945. The aim was to enable rapid dissemination of Allied propaganda material by the use of German prisoners of war.
Georg von Hertling − Chancellor of the German Empire (1917–1918) Max von Baden − Chancellor of the German Empire (1918) Gottlieb von Jagow − German Foreign Minister (1913–1916) Arthur Zimmermann [13] − German Foreign Minister (1916–1917) Richard von Kühlmann - German Foreign Minister (1917–1918) Paul von Hintze - German Foreign ...
The hunger-winter of 1947, thousands protest against the disastrous food situation (March 31, 1947). American food policy in occupied Germany refers to the food supply policies enacted by the U.S., and to some extent its Allies, in the western occupation zones of Germany in the first two years of the ten-year postwar occupation of Western Germany following World War II.