Golumpki or Golabki (Stuffed Cabbages)
In honor of my father, Louis Sojka, who passed away 12/18/2017 I decided to cook one of his favorite Polish comfort foods, stuffed cabbages, which he called golumpki. His pronunciation was to pronounce the "L" as a "Y". Phonetically it came out goy-ump'-kee or go-ump'-kee. His version used Campbells tomato soup. That did not sit right with me because of the high sodium and processing so over the years I have modified his original recipe a little using higher quality ingredients. Also, when cooking, you can simmer on the stove, cook in the oven or use an Instantpot. Did you know this is a favorite dish at Christmas-time for Polish? I didn't either until yesterday when looking for Instantpot cooking times and saw that historical side-note. A Croatian friend gave me a cookbook that lists the Croat version as Sarma. Sarma is very similar except they pickle the cabbage head (like a mild sauerkraut) before using. Recipe: 1. One cabbage head with t...