Tuesday, October 29, 2013
Okay this is a paragraph for the college writing class I am taking. I need someone to do a pre peer asessment for me.
I have always had an interest in different ethnic foods, I love reading
recipes and trying out new and different ones, one recipe i learned to
make and enjoy serving is Golabkis. I first heard of them when I
married my husband who was Polish..The area he was raised in had many
Polish
immigrants, and social gatherings are an important part of their life,
this includes church dinners,even town celebrations where there will
always be Golabkis
included in the menu. To say it is an easy dish to prepare is not
quite true, Its not hard but time consuming. The first step, you have
to brown the hamburger, then the onions, then I precook the rice to
half done. When the rice is ready, you have to mix tall the ingredients
together making sure you season with salt and pepper. The next step is
to put on a large pot of water to boil, then when it is ready you
carefully add the entire head of cabbage and let it cook for a few
minutes. You then turn off the heat, and every carefully remove the
cabbage from the water. When the cabbage is cooled enough to touch you
have to carefully remove the leaves one at a time. it is important to
not tear the leaves while removing them. When that is done you take the
hamburger, onion and rice mixture and put some in a cabbage leave and
roll it up. You will continue doing this until you have a lightly
greased baking dish filled, making sure it is only one layer deep.
Making the sauce to pour over the now stuffed cabbage is not difficult
to do, it takes one can of tomato soup and one small can of tomato
sauce, add one fourth cup of water and pout mixture over the cabbages.
the last step in the procedure is to put the baking dish in the
preheated oven set at 350 degrees, and bake for one hour. Remove from
oven and allow the dish to set for 10 minutes before serving, this
allows the juices to not all run out of the stuffed cabbages. It is
always well received at what ever gathering it is served at. Ethnic
dishes like this one gives each of us a feeling of belonging, a feeling
that we have brought our history along with us as we immigrated. Even
if the families have been in this country for generations, these
recipes passed on give everyone a feeling of continuity and there fore
is an important part of life for all. It is interesting when you find
yourself surrounded by the older women when getting together to make
Golabkis for what ever celebration is happening. These women do not
just make the recipe, you will hear stories of the past. there will be
advice handed out to the new wife or the new mother.Cooking with a group
is about much more than the food itself.
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I like that - and the recipe, too! I do regret not being able to take that class. It appears it is an interesting class and you're doing well. I'm looking forward to reading more paragraphs!
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