Among my earliest memories is the smell of cabbage rolls in the oven. My mom’s cabbage rolls rocked. These were not health food. They contained beef, pork and veal sauteed up with salt pork, which provided the tell-tale odour.
On Sunday, I’m making a Christmas dinner for the family on Tuffy P’s side. We have a vegan in the family, and although we usually have a turkey dinner on Christmas, I also like to make something special for him. At a previous family gathering, V. made a batch of vegan cabbage rolls and they were really fantastic, so tonight I made a batch ahead. On Christmas, I just have to slowly warm them in the oven.
My mom knew just the right cabbages to select and each cabbage roll was the perfect size and shape. My effort is much much clumsier, but I managed to get the job done. They’ve just now come out of the oven and they’re looking mighty good.
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ahhh…nice pictures but where’s the recipe? If they’re so good I wanna know how to make them seeing as my Vegan ones were kinda dull. 🙂
Yummie. We call them Rouladen or Kohlrouladen over here (to distinguish them from the beef ones), real comfort food for many Germans.
They look SO good! My mother in law used to make amazing cabbage rolls as well and I have tried my hand at it a few times. It was a day-long effort, so I haven’t done so in years. I should really rethink that.