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ps says...
> BTW (and I know you still have me killfiled so maybe
> someone can repost with my question), what's the deal with the raisins?
> Why not just 3? cups?
>
> > Uncle Bill's Saurkraut Soup
> >
> > 8 cups saurkraut
> > 8 cups water
> > 1 1/4 cups raisins
> > 2 cups raisins
> > 1 cup prunes, cut into small pieces
> > 2 thin slices lemon
> > 1/4 tsp salt
> >
> > Simmer over low heat for 1 1/2 to 2 hours
> > Serve hot with tiny boiled potatoes in the soup.
>
>

I wonder if you're supposed to cook one set of raisins and garnish/add
late the other set, or if one of the two sets is really dried currants
or some other less well-known dried fruit ingredient.

Woof