Editing Cabbage roll (section)

==== {{anchor|Töltött káposzta|Hungary}}Hungary ====
[[File:Töltött káposzta, 2.jpg|thumb|258x258px|Töltött káposzta in [[Budapest]]]]
Töltött Káposzta, the traditional Hungarian cabbage roll, can be made from sweet or sauerkraut cabbage leaves filled with a mixture of minced pork meat (or sometimes [[Turkey (bird)|turkey]]), eggs, onions, and rice seasoned with caraway, salt, and pepper. In [[Transylvania]] and [[Great Hungarian Plain|Alföld]] regions it is called ''takart''. The Hungarian version often contains minced [[paprika]] and is served with [[sour cream]] on top. It used to be seasoned with saffron. Many Hungarians serve this food during Christmas and New Year's Eve, although it is a common dish throughout the year (sweet version during summer/fall and the sour during winter/spring time). The sour stuffed cabbage is part of the traditional Hungarian pig slaughter menu and it is said that eating this during the holiday season will bring you wealth and health for the new year.

There are lots of regional variations: in [[Zakarpattia Oblast|Kárpátalja]] and Nyírség, for example, they make pinky-sized töltött káposzta for weddings.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Márta |first=Mondik |date=2023-05-22 |title=Öt érdekesség a kárpátaljai töltött káposztáról |url=https://karpatalja.ma/karpatalja/szines/ot-erdekesseg-a-karpataljai-toltott-kaposztarol/ |access-date=2024-05-08 |website=Kárpátalja.ma |language=hu}}</ref>

Although the rolling up of cabbages was first mentioned in the book of [[Miklós Tótfalusi Kis]] (in 1695), a similar dish, the ''káposztás hús'', was known long before it. (not to be confused with [[Székelykáposzta]])

The Káposztás hús was hugely popular. This traditional cabbage stew had a special significance to [[Hungarians|Hungarian]] people. The 17th-century manuscript cookbook of the [[Csáktornya]] court, written sometime before 1662, begins its list of dishes with the phrase "The cabbage meat is the coat of arms of Hungary". "In the old days, there was no dish more suitable for Hungarians than cabbage", said [[Péter Apor]], praising it as the meal of the lords. [[Matthias Bel|Mátyás Bél]] around 1730 also calls "Cabbage with bacon, the coat of arms of Hungary". Lippay also calls it the "coat of arms of Hungary" and states that [[Hungarians|Hungarian]] people can't live without it. [[Kelemen Mikes]] when traveling to [[Turkey]] also writes back, "The beautifully written letter pleases the mind, as does these cabbages with dill and sour cream". Mikes also finds it fitting for a coat of arms: "Even if I had no other praise to say about it, is it not enough to say that it is the [[Transylvania|Transylvanian]] coat of arms?"

But the cabbage roll itself also appears as a motif in the culture. In the renowned writer [[Zsigmond Móricz]]'s short story "Tragedy", the protagonist János Kis dies while eating stuffed cabbage (of which he had vowed to eat fifty).