- Gołąbki
Gołąbki IPA-pl| [|g|o|'|ł|o|m|p|k|i|] are a form of
cabbage roll s. They are a traditional Polish dish consisting of boiledcabbage leaves stuffed with groundbeef , choppedonions , andrice or barley, baked in a spicytomato sauce .Gołąbki is the plural of "gołąbek", the diminutive of "gołąb", meaning pigeon (this refers to the shape of the roll; none of the ingredients have any connection with pigeons).
Gołąbki are also referred to as golumpki, golabki, Golumpkies or Golumpkis. Similar Eastern European cabbage roll variations are called:
Holupki (Slovak),Töltött Kaposzta (Hungarian), Holubtsi (Ukrainian), Golubtsy (Russian), Balandėliai (Lithuanian) or Sarma (Turkish loan-word, now commonly applied to some Southern Slavic versions of this dish, particularly in the Carpathian and Balkan regions.) Slovak immigrants to America called this dish, "pigs in a blanket ."Gołąbki rolls are usually fist-sized when fully stuffed or rolled. Spiced
Pork is sometimes used instead of, or in addition to, beef. There is an unverified story or myth that theGrand Duke of Lithuania and King of PolandCasimir IV Jagiellon fed his army with "gołąbki" before a key battle of the Thirteen years' war outside ofMarienburg Castle (Malbork ) against theTeutonic Order around1465 . Polish rumor has it, that victory over the Teutonic Order was partially credited to strength of the heartymeal of gołąbki given to the allied Polish andPrussia n troops. The castle was not conquered, though, but turned over later.References
External links
* [http://wgby.org/localprograms/polish/recipes/golabki.html Golabki recipe from the Polish Cultural Club of Greater Hartford]
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