Kapusta Z Jablkamy -- Polish Cabbages with Ap

INGREDIENTS:

1 oz Mushrooms, dried
(or use 1/4 lb
Fresh mushrooms)
1/2 c -- Water, warm
1 lg Onion
2 1/2 tb Butter
1 1/2 lb Sauerkraut; rinsed/drained
1/3 c -- Water
2 tb Flour
Salt and pepper

Soak the dried mushrooms in 1/2 cup of warm water for 1 hour. Saute mushrooms and onion in butter in a skillet 3 minutes. Add sauerkraut to mushrooms; cook and stir for 10 minutes. Blend 1/3 cup water into flour. Mix with sauerkraut and simmer for 15 minutes. Season to taste with salt and pepper. I usually like to add 1/4 cup of dark rum after cooking. That reminds me of the recipe I have for *bigos* (similar in construction but with more ingredients). Original recipe passed down through the generations and translated from Polish into English (with a few mods) by From: echrzanowski@watmath.waterloo.edu (Edward Chrzanowski) MFCF, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada