I never liked Saurkraut either, but my ex-husband is Croatian and his parents made their own every year (pronounced KOO-poos) and it is delicious!! It is cooked all day in a large pot with some kind of smoked meat - either smoked ribs, really dry smoked sausage, dry cured bacon slabs (slanina)... It's wonderful and I still crave it sometimes, served with plain, boiled potatoes. Even my very picky 10 year old daughter loves it!