gribenes
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Yiddish גריבענעס (gribenes), from Middle High German griebe (“piece of fat, crackling”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
gribenes (uncountable)
- A snack food in Eastern European Jewish cuisine, combining cracklings of chicken or goose skin with fried onions.
- 2008 February 20, “Letters”, in New York Times[1]:
- But the only gribenes I ate growing up came from my grandmother’s South Beach kitchen.
- 1993, Randi Mayem Singer, Leslie Dixon, Mrs. Doubtfire:
- Oi, it was such a shanda. I should never buy gribenes from a Mohel. It's so chewy.
Related terms[edit]
- see list in greaves
References[edit]
- “gribenes”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.