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Jennifer Simonson
Henderson, Minn.

Henderson Sauerkraut Days are sweet and sour fun

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Dan Reiman piles cooked sauerkraut on top of bratwurst while getting ready for the lunchtime crowd at Bender Park Sunday.
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For more than 80 years, Henderson's Sauerkraut Days has celebrated pickled cabbage. The week-long festival features two parades, a classic car cruise, a softball tournament and music. The festival is capped off with a sauerkraut eating contest.

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Kraut eating contest winner
Eagan resident Richard Oestreich, center, is congratulated after winning the sauerkraut eating contest.
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Cooking sauerkraut
Dan Reiman piles cooked sauerkraut on top of bratwurst while getting ready for the lunchtime crowd at Bender Park Sunday.
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Sauerkraut Days
A stock of plastic utensils, napkins, ketchup and mustard awaits the crowd who will consume almost 1,500 pounds of Frank's sauerkraut Sunday, June 29, 2014 during Sauerkraut Days in Henderson, Minn.
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