Cured pork cutlets warmed slowly on sauerkraut until rosy and sliding off the bone, with bread or mash. Frankfurt tavern winter on one plate, with mustard on the side.

Rippchen are Kasseler-style cured pork rib cutlets, and Frankfurt's taverns have served them on sauerkraut for as long as the Bembel has existed. The dish is engineering as much as cooking: the cured meat warms gently in the steam of the kraut, staying pink and juicy while the cabbage sharpens with pork fat. It is the canonical cold-weather order in the apfelwein houses, where the acidity of the cider cuts the richness, and it appears boiled or grilled depending on the house's persuasion.

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