Doves – or Are They Pigeons? Gołąbki Podlaskie – Weird (Assumptions About) Stuff in a Can # 169

I'm Polish and I must admit that there's a time in a life of each of us when being kids, we believe gołąbki are made of real pigeons... That terrified me when I was a kid

Whenever I watch this, I imagine the setting of a post apocalyptic world and you're here with a friend, going through whatever strange stockpile of random food and stuff you have trying to identify them. I like it haha

You're correct about the velarized 'L' sounding like a 'w' (it's a little bit different, but English doesn't really have that sound so it's really difficult for a native English speaker to hear any difference -- myself included); the little curl on the 'a' means that it's nasalized, so you pronounce it like you'd pronounce a word ending in '-an' in French; when followed by a consonant, it typically takes on a more distinct 'n' or 'm' sound, in this case more of an 'm' since that consonant is a 'b' in conclusion, not a bad attempt for someone who doesn't know Polish, the correct pronunciation is closer to "go-wahmb-ki" (I also don't know too much Polish beyond basic greetings and food, but my mom has a lot of family in Poland so I've been trying to learn more)

As a polish child I was always scared to eat gołąbki because one day I thought a pigeon would be inside...

Am astonished they cut so well. Probably a sign they haven’t skimped on the filling. A note about the packaging. The extra large tin, the drab and olive colour scheme and the font are meant to make this series of products look like army rations. Gołabki are usually sold in jars with standard colourful labels. This army ration series may seem a bit weird, but they actually stand out on supermarket shelves.

Weird stuff in a can is my favourite content on this channel, but as it turns out it really doesn't matter if it's actually weird. It was still entertaining and informative.

These are called "doves" in pretty much all Slavic languages because the shape resembles a sitting dove with its wings folded. The dish is actually Persian in origin and it's name over time had been altered into "doves".

So that was more like Weird Stuff ON a Can then?

In Lithuania it's Balandėliai (also translates to doves), but it generally doesn't have tomato sauce. It's served with boiled potatoes and pickles. Lovely stuff, real comfort food.

Hello there ☺️ Usually I'm not the person who "comments" on things... But today I felt somehow different (maybe because of the Polish food in the can - near and dear to my polish heart). Anyway... I really enjoy watching your channel. It is very refreshing to see such a versatile content. Your honesty, eloquence and respect towards EVERYBODY and EVERY SUBJECT make it interesting to watch (even my son age 6 watches your foraging adventures with me). I imagine that keeping the channel going takes a lot of time, energy and resources but please - keep it up! We need people like you in the strange world of "YouTube" 👍

I love how respectul you are of trying other cultures' foods < 3 I usually don't watch videos discussing my country (Poland) because i leave with a dissatisfaction of someone not even attempting to understand the uniqueness of separate Polish cultures. But your video left me comforted by knowing you are respectful and interested in separate cultures knowing their differences. Gołąbki are definitely a very fond childhood memory for me. And flaki I ate this month visiting my family too. I love the simple, but very unique character of polish cuisine - historically, we made use of meat offal very often - livers and such. a huge fan of liver stewed with apple, served with potatoes and pickled cucumbers here! the warmest greetings from poland

as someone who was born in Poland and as a child was convinced that these are real "pigeons", I must admit that such a mistake is possible and quite common 😅😅😅

I wasn't aware you have such large polish community here. :-) Gołąbki are very good, especially when fresh. Smacznego.

Wow! Atomic Shrimp video about Polish food! I am so proud to be Polish haha I'm glad you liked the stuffed cabbage pigeons! Some people say it's the potatoes, but the true is that it is the cabbage that is running our lives in here :D Can't wait for another weird polish food video

Homemade galąbki made with cabage picked early in season, while leaves are not tough, with a big dollop of sour cream on top are amazing.

The best Gołąbki are always home made, but very time consuming, so I was quite chuffed to see a tin of Gołąbki from the region my family hails from. If only they sold them here in 🇭🇲, it would make my life a little easier 😉

greetings from Poland :) we absolutely love golabki , you got really close with the pronunciation :D also - I like to have them fresh OBVOIUSLY however they are great off the pan or from the oven, microwave is the worst way to heat them but fair enough :D I hope you enjoyed them

The thing with gołąbki is every single kid in Poland has at some point thought they were made from actual pigeons - in my case my grandma always said she caught them fresh that morning which now that I'm writing that seems like a weird thing to say to a 10 year old kid. Also, they taste much better when they are made using homemade ingredients the same day, the ones you get in jars or cans don't, even remotely, resemble the real deal. Also, also, I've always had them with ground pork, never with a mix of pork and poultry

Love your channel. I thought that they were birds in a can, too. Hell. I'm Aussie of European heritage. We just called them cabbage rolls. We used vine leaves from the grapevines in yard as well. We just used any meat we had and threw it in as well. ( she always browned the meat well first) . A wonderful meal with a couple of spuds and some sour cream to dump on it. Food of the Gods..... Greetings from Dimboola, in Victoria, Australia.

I think "weirdly named" stuff in a can is a sub-genre of WSIAC, so this video was still enjoyable. Speaking of slightly weirdly named stuff in a can: We have a special kind of tinned meat here in Sweden that is called Salta Biten, or the Salty bit/part translated, which is basically cured brisket. It's used in some traditional swedish dishes, mainly our version of Labscouse IIRC.