Meanings
- alternativepluralplural onlyAlternative form of haluski.
Place the halushky in a serving dish, sprinkle generously with melted or browned butter, and toss gently.
1977, Savella Stechishin, “Breaded Veal Kotlety”, in Traditional Ukrainian Cookery, 9th edition, Winnipeg, Man.: Trident Press Ltd., →ISBN, page 2143 more examples
And on Fridays through much of the year, a visitor could go up to St. John’s Cathedral, on Dickson Street, in Munhall, and enjoy, if he wanted to put on the feedbag, a lunch, made by the church ladies, of pirohy, bean and lentil soup, and, of course, the ubiquitous halushky, or portions thereof.
1993 September, William Serrin, “Afterword to the Vintage Edition: Homestead Is Every Town”, in Homestead: The Glory and Tragedy of an American Steel Town, New York, N.Y.: Vintage Books, →ISBN, page 417Holena and her mother sat down by the stove, covered the halushky with bacon and cheese, and ate it all up.
1996, Anna Vojtech, Philemon Sturges, Marushka and the Month Brothers, New York, N.Y.: North-South Books, →ISBNThe girls plop the halushky into rolling water, ten at a time, and wait for them to float back to the top, perfectly cooked.
2009, Shandi Mitchell, Under This Unbroken Sky: A Novel, New York, N.Y.: Harper, →ISBN, page 65
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