"S" Is For Stumped

(The conversation herein communicated is reproduced from an actual interchange that graced our family conversation not more than two days ago. Names have been withheld to protect the...guilty?)

Progeny 1: "Mom, have you ever eaten sockrot?"

A startled silence fell across the family circle, lasting for some three seconds. The party addressed was appropriately the first to come back to life.

Mom: "Uh...I don't think so....I mean, not on purpose...uh, not that I know of..."

Confusedly sensing that the question hadn't been clear, Progeny 1 hastened to clarify.

"It's a vegetable."

The neighbors could no doubt have heard the combined creaking and wailing that ensued as each person present felt their mental wheels go into high gear.

Sockrot. Vegetable?

Sockrot? Vegetable.

Vegetable (edible?). Sockrot (sp?).

Upon the brilliant mind of Progeny 2 the light suddenly dawned.

Progeny 2: "Sauerkraut! Have you had sauerkraut, Mom???"