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b   • 3  Local church having a galusky supper. What is galusky?
1. Click to Upload a photo (10 MB limit)   1. My guess would be
cabbage rolls with a meat stuffing, cooked in broth. I first
encountered it in a Russian context under the name golubtsii. We
discussed several variants here a few weeks ago, including lazy
golubtsii, where the stuffing is made into big meatballs and the
sausage is chopped up and cooked in the broth.      2 Replies
1. re: Bruce H.        Your guess would, unfortunately, be
wrong. Golubtsii (Russian) or holubtsi (Ukrainian) are variously
spelled as golumbki, galumbki, golambki in Polish. Those are the
stuffed cabbage leaf rolls, filled with at least two of: meat,
mushrooms, some form of grain.        The original poster asked
about galuski, which would be halushky in Ukrainian. These are
small, elongated boiled dumplings, made with a potato-based
dough. They are similar to gnocchi, but a little larger. They're
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