Extra Credit Questions

[Joe Di Cola]

I never had sauerkraut as a child because my father said he couldn't get the fork past his nose. His mother died when he was three, and the children were shifted from one relative to another depending on who needed child labor at any particular season of the year.

He was raised in south central Virginia near the North Carolina border. I suspect that there was not a heavy German influence there, or else his aunts and cousins didn't know how to make good sauerkraut. When he was 17, he joined the army and was probably subjected to mess hall sauerkraut -- plus he was never stationed in Germany to acquire a taste for the good stuff.

Isn't it fun how we can share memories and family stories on this forum as well as history? I consider things like this hot dog/sauerkraut thread part of learning our cultural diversities - since that's the new buzz word in society now.

Laurie,

You are so right on how great it is to share some things on this site that are not Lincoln. I feel this has allowed me to better get to know other participants. Thanks for that insight.

Joe