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Golumpki/Golabki

We always pronounced it Golumpki but when looking for the recipe it is spelled Golabki.. No matter it is the same and it is really good! Even GZ Expat had to agree despite his earlier reservations and complaints of not liking cabbage. He ate it and had not just seconds, but 3rd and 4ths! He even took leftovers for lunch the next day! I caught him talking to some friends and telling them how good it really was too!

Golumpki is stuffed cabbage. Another comfort food of childhood and one that we did not have too often. It does take some time to make so don't be a lunatic like I was and try to do too much! This could be why we did not get it too often when we were kids. Because I remember a feast was prepared with it. No need for a feast as this will be a feast in itself.

Again I have deviated from the recipe, here is what I did.... The original recipe is from Polish Cooking by Marianna Olzewska Heberle.

Sorry no photo.... My Bad!

Pierogies

Sunday was spent cooking Polish food. I started the day out with the sole purpose of making Golabki (Golumpki). Husband made a few comments and whined that he did not like cabbage would I make Pierogies too. I did and he helped out some... I will post the Golabki recipe later.

For the pierogies which I enjoyed very much as a child when my Mom made them or when we went to Ohio and my Great-Grandmother would make them. I was a very small kid then, but I remember her making them, she must have been in her seventies then and she said she was going to have to stop making them because it was a lot of work. Yes, she was right it is a lot of work, even for someone that is much younger than seventy!

As with many old recipes these were lost when she passed away some 30 years ago as they were in her head.I think they are in my Mom's head too, she just needs to write them down for us someday. I have picked up a book quite a few years ago called Polish Cooking by Marianna Olszewska Heberle.. It has been replaced by a newer version than the version I have, I cannot find it on Amazon, so I assume it is out of print. Here is a link for the newer book in print now

The pierogi dough I used is from the book Polish Cooking by Marianna Olszewska Heberle. Although I did deviate a little bit and will try to note the deviations. The filling is from memory of watching Mom.

I will leave you with these websites Pierogies Plus in Pennsylvania , Rosies Perogies also in Pennsylvania, Supreme Perogies in Mississauga, Ontario Canada. Now you can have a look and maybe even order some to be delivered to your door. As I doubt they will ship these little beauties to me in China.... I will occasionally have to make them.