Also from Eastern Europe , the word means something like
"Little pigeons"
Pigs in a Blanket
This is an American name, that they are called in the midwest.
Anyway you call it it is a fun dish to prepare, to serve and of course to eat!
This dish has a long history.
Whered Did this Dish Begin?
Much has been written about this dish and the wrapping of foods
around a leaf. Scholars contend that chefs in the middle east started wrapping foods
around different leaves, from grape to kale. stuffed with grains and fruits and meats.
Argument about icons before the emperor, from the Skylitzes Chronicle (Synopsis of the Histories), 12th century / Wikimedia Commons Maybe they were also arguing about
whether this dish would be an Icon?
There is no limit to what you can stuff in a leaf. From rice, barley, fruit, nuts, meat, vegetable
fish,....
The dish was so popular that it traveled north to the European countries and Scandanavia.
While some of the chef's creations looked like baby pigeons,
the French actually did stuff baby pigeons around different leaves like cabbage,
which was the leaf of choice as they moved north.
What is the German way to stuff cabbage ?
I read a lot of German Krautwickel and Kohlroladen recipes
and I don't see many that use rice but
bread crumbs making a nice meatloaf like filling.
Is there a special season that you make this dish?
To many Germans this is a dish that is made for Christmas, and other holidays,
also for weddings
The common item that they had was frying strips of bacon
in the pan and then browning the rolls in bacon fat and then serving the strips
of bacon in the sauce.
Cooking them in stock with bay leaf and caraway seeds is very German
I like to think that some of my distant relatives were
from one of the Germanic tribes. Let's travel to the
Teutoburg Forest near Hanover.
Around here is the Teutoburg Forest that a significant battle took place
for the independence of Germania from Roman rule,
The battle was led by Arminius who was able to defeat the
mighty legions of the best warriors in the world by
leading them into the Teutoburg forest where space was limited
and they could take them on one by one. This led to the end
of harsh Roman occupation of the area.
This is called the Hermann Statue
while his name was Arminius in Latin, the
Germans knew him as Hermann.
The Battle of Teutoburg Forest
This is a wonderful historical recreation.
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How easy it is to find a nice inexpensive place to stay.
0:00 Muß i denn / Abschied 1:07 Das Wandern ist des Müllers Lust 2:29 Wer recht in Freuden wandern will 3:57 Nun ade, du mein lieb Heimatland 5:09 Wem Gott will rechte Gunst erweisen 5:44 So scheiden wir mit Sang und Klang 6:57 Wenn wir marschieren 8:01 Im Frühtau zu Berge / Vi gå över daggstänkta berg 8:50 Wohlauf, die Luft geht frisch und rein / Das Frankenlied 10:14 Ich bin ein freier Wildbretschütz (Inst.) 11:16 Ein Jäger aus Kurpfalz 11:58 Es blies ein Jäger wohl in sein Horn 12:52 Das Schweizermadel 14:19 Ein Tiroler wollte jagen 15:56 Steig ich den Berg hinauf 16:47 Schwarzbraun ist die Haselnuss 17:56 Ein Heller und ein Batzen 19:10 Es wollt'ein Mädchen früh aufstehn / Das Brombeerlied 20:33 Im Krug zum Grünen Kranze 21:36 Mein Mädel hat einen Rosenmund 22:30 Das Lieben bringt groß Freud 23:22 Auf, auf zum fröhlichen Jagen 24:29 Wohlan die Zeit ist kommen 25:23 Das schönste auf der Welt / Mein Tirolerland 27:12 Von den Bergen rauscht ein Wasser 28:09 Droben im Oberland 29:06 Ich bin der Bua vom Läusertal 30:30 Bin ein fahrender Gesell 32:13 Hinaus in die Ferne (Inst.) 32:38 Im grünen Wald da wo die Drossel singt / Das Schwarzwaldlied 34:20 Jetzt kommen die lustigen Tage 35:10 Horch was kommt von draussen rein 35:59 Der Mai ist gekommen 36:53 Es zogen auf sonnigen Wegen 38:07 Ach wie ist’s möglich dann / Treue Liebe 39:14 Ade zur guten Nacht
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