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    Moldovan "galuste" - cabbage rolls filled with yummy rice and ground beef

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    1. az-tesol (41 months ago | reply)

      Salut, Daniela!

      The galuste look fantastic! How I'd love to have some right now!

      I used to make Carpatho-Rusyn-style cabbage rolls (called halupki) regularly—and normally made about 100 at a time. I learned to make them, however, from a Polish relative of mine, Aunt Stella (Stasha). Interestingly enough, her gołąbki were actually not very outstanding, though other foods that she made were wonderful! (She made really delicious pierogi, for example.) The Rusyn babushky who "adopted" me when I was a young man taught me how to make them Carpathian-style.

      I've also had Romanian- and Arab-style stuffed cabbage.

      When I see the above photo, I can only think of one thing: Poftă bună!

      Best wishes—

      Dennis in Phoenix

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