Cabbage rolls

[jim 44-40]

Like my dad called cabbage rolls, hillbilly hand grenades. Ask him why grandma's were so good and he told me she chopped up keilbasi real small and added to ground meat.

[Greg S]

Mmmmmmm! Love me some cabbage rolls. Use a lb of lean ground beef and a lb of Jimmy Deen hot sausage. For the sauce, a can of V8 hot (spicy) vegetable juice.
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[Travisbishop]

Cabbage rolls are simply awesome little critters. I make mine out of deer meat.

[winelover]

Grandma's original recipe called for ground pork with a little rice. We substitute ground venison for the pork.

Winelover

[JimB..]

I’d forgotten about these, been decades. Thanks!

[gwpercle]

My Mom made killer Cabbage Rolls and I tried to make some ... I remembered mom's had a red sauce , spooned over the top of each roll ...it was so good and I never could figure out how to make it .
So one day I ask her about that wonderful red sauce ...
Quote : " Honey that's just canned tomato sauce ... open a small can and spoon it on and bake the rolls ...nothing special to it !" Now why didn't I think of that ... Tomato Sauce .

Now you guys done got me to thinking about making cabbage rolls ...It's been a few years , cabbage should be in season ...
I got tomato sauce !
Gary

[BJK]

Cabbage rolls, mom made the worst cabbage rolls I ever ate. She loved them but they were just tasteless. Every cabbage roll I've tasted since has been pretty good. Since I saw how she made hers and never saw how good CRs were made I never tried my hand at them. I think lots of what she liked about her CRs was the memory of good cabbage rolls that her mom made. Normally mom was a really good cook.

[jim 44-40]

Now I need to find a head of cabbage about the size of a bowling ball.The heads around here are way to small to roll up like Granny did.She cut the core out and steamed the head of cabbage so she could pull off a wrap in one piece.Yum

[JWFilips]

Are you guys talking about Polish Gohumki! Cabbage rolls, Pigs In the blanket, etc! Western European!
My Polish wife is a master....Was are New Years supper!

[Greg S]

I'll post my German aunt's receipe this evening once I dig it out.

[JimB..]

Are you guys talking about Polish Gohumki! Cabbage rolls, Pigs In the blanket, etc! Western European!
My Polish wife is a master....Was are New Years supper!

Yes, Gohumki!

[upr45]

My Grandma and mom made them with tomato soup on top. My wife makes them with ground venison & beef(browned before mixing), rice, sliced onions and cut up pieces of pork steak, and tomato sauce. The chunks of pork steak give a tender chewy texture, which gives a better flavor and in mouth texture. The smell of them baking is really good.

[gwpercle]

I'll post my German aunt's receipe this evening once I dig it out.

LIKE LIKE LIKE !!!

I have my Mom's ...but Good recipes are treasures to be collected and passed along to friends and family ... maybe my Mom's Cabbage Rolls weren't the best ... maybe your Aunt's are better !
Gary

[Greg S]

1/2 lb ground beef
1/2 lb Jimmy Deen hot sausage
1 cup cooked rice
1 egg
1 onion chopped
1 carrot chopped
2 heads of cabbage
Salt n pepper

Wash heads if cabbage and stick in a bag and microwave for a few minutes to soften the leaves and pull them off. Cut a V on the bottom of the leaf removing the tough vein.

Mix all the above ingredients in a bowl. Add a portion of the filling to the base of the leaf and roll up tucking the sides in and place in a pot. Once all the stuffing is used, add the canned tomatoe sauce and spicy V8 vegetable juice and water to just cover the rolls. Gently bring to a boil and simmer for 2 hours. The remainder of the cabbage heads with the smaller leaves can be 1/4rd up and placed on top of the pot to steam the last hour if not using for Cole Slaw in the next few days.

[BJK]

Thanks Greg. If I can ever come out of ketosis I'll give them a try.

[Bmi48219]

I’m italian but grew up in a Polish neighborhood and worked at a market owned by the Warshenovitch family. “Golabki’ is Polish cabbage rolls, I got dirty looks when I said Golumpki.
Mom used to make both Golabki and stuffed peppers by the gross (144) in big blue porcelain roasting pans and freeze them. With our family that was enough for five dinners. The cabbage rolls froze well but the stuffed peppers got kinda bitter after freezing.

[imashooter2]

There was a little Polish take out opened across the street from a machine shop I worked at some 40 years ago now… I still remember their cabbage rolls. I think they called them Golabki, but it has been so long… man I could go for some of them! I wonder if they are still there?

[Walks]

I remember My Great Aunt's cabbage rolls. ��
60yrs later I wish I could still eat them.

[Bmi48219]

South east Florida isn’t known for Polish cuisine but there’s a little Polish store / restaurant 1/2 mile from here. Not quite Hamtramck but pretty good. Everything is authentic, made in house. Polish food is hearty, and pretty bland. I just wish they’d put White Borscht on the menu.

[redneck1]

Haven't had them for a long time either , or the chili sauce my grandma spooned on top of them .

Cabbage rolls and pieroges. Mmm