Kraut-cutters (1892)

[Joel S. Berson]

At 9/21/2013 07:29 PM, Benjamin Barrett wrote:
>Having laid down my first attempt at sauerkraut just a couple of
>hours ago, your comment on the krautcutter caught my attention.
>http://bit.ly/16xReKs is the Official Gazette of 1892 with a "kraut-cutter."

I like it --  the "cabbage is ... centrally presented to said
cutter-head".  It's a good thing that the cabbage isn't presented to
Alice -- or she wouldn't be permitted to eat the
sauerkraut.  Cabbages and queens, oh my.

Does "crout/kraut-cutter" belong in the OED?

Joel


>Benjamin Barrett
>Seattle, WA
>
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>On Sep 21, 2013, at 3:45 PM, Joel S. Berson <Berson at ATT.NET> wrote:
>
> > Andrew Jackson Croutcutter?  There may have been a utensil called by
> > someone a "crout cutter", but Darn.  It's no longer available and
> > cannot be viewed.  For "krautcutter", several Ghits, including a
> > Wanted ad -- "I need either new or used (antique ok) krautcutter for
> > preparing sauerkraut."  Apparently one device was patented in 1891.
> >
> > A cabbage-slicer?  Why would that be associated with Old Hickory?
> >
> > ("Croutcutter" is alleged to have appeared in the Nashville Daily
> > Union, March 24, 1866, p. 1 --
> > http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83025718/1866-03-24/ed-1/seq-1/.)
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