Crauti-When German and Italian Cooking Collide

So one of the 1000 Things to Eat Before You Die is a general category called Crauti. This is the Italian version of eating sauerkraut.  As per the book, the part of Italian that bumps up against the Austrian Empire had some of what would be traditional German foods spill into Italian cooking. While crauti can be used many ways, I choose to make it one of the ways which is a split pea based soup to which sauerkraut and potatoes are added.  Thoughts?  Well, my thought is why bother but I do get that this is an interesting way of cultures coming together.  Other preparations also really seem more German than Italina like a bread dumpling, etc.  I guess unless you are a die-hard sauerkraut fan who can’t wait to find yet another recipe, I say give this one a pass.