Chremslach
Appearance
Chremslach(Yiddish:כרעמזלעך,IPA:[ˈχrɛmzləχ];singularchremslorkhremzl,Yiddish:כרעמזל,IPA:[ˈχrɛmzl̩]), is aJewish foodeaten onPassover.[1]Chremslach are small thick pancakes or fritters made of potato ormatzah meal.[2][3][4]Chremslach can also be more dessert-like, including ingredients like dried fruit and nuts.[4]
Similar dishes, or even the same, have different names. Balkan Jews use theLadinotermbimuelos"fritters", cognate withSpanishbuñuelos.[4]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^Claudia Roden,The Book of Jewish Food,Penguin Books, 1999,ISBN0-14-046609-6,p. 169
- ^Dictionary of Jewish Usage: A Guide to the Use of Jewish Terms, bySol Steinmetz,Rowman & Littlefield, 2005, p. 42
- ^A. Soldatov,Yiddish-Russian on-line dictionary,the letter Khof
- ^abcSteinberg, Liz (May 30, 2016)."Chremslach: One Family's Little-known Food That Won a National Spelling Bee".Haaretz. Archived fromthe originalon 21 October 2020.Retrieved10 February2022.
External links
[edit]- Passover chremslachArchived2017-12-03 at theWayback Machine.Retrieved on 1 May 2009
- Russian recipe for chremslach (хремзлах)(in Russian).Retrieved on 1 May 2009