Q&complAints #317: Struggling Question

What question have you struggled with lately?

Post your answer in the LEAVE A COMMENT section below. I’m not the boss of you, though. Don’t write anything for all I care! I’ll answer whatever question you have.
questions answers signage

. . .here are my thoughts.

What question have you struggled with lately?

Why is pork and sauerkraut a New Year’s Day staple?  My wife makes it every January 1st.  And it’s really not that great.  Individually, each component is fine.  Mashed potatoes are a common accoutrement with many dishes, and wonderfully so.  Sauerkraut on a hotdog is always a pleasant surprise.  Pork—the other white meat—seems to bask in its underrated status.  But the 3 ingredients together are just so … damn … boring.  The monochromatic ingredients only serve to hinder the taste profile.  The color variety stretches from white to whitish-gray.  Plop all that down on a white plate and you can’t even see what you’re eating.  Adding salt sure doesn’t help the color pallet.  A bit of yellow butter adds a splash of color, but melts away too soon.  Pepper is the sole color variant.  But technically, black is the complete absence of color, so even that is questionable.  I struggle to answer why pork and sauerkraut remains a New Year’s Day staple?  Perhaps it’s to create the blandest possible baseline to begin the year.  An anchor set so low that even tomorrow’s bowel movement will be a step up in excitement.


Check out ALL previous Q&complAints posts here!