Chremslach

Chremslach (Yiddish: כרעמזלעך, IPA: [ˈχrɛmzləχ]; singular chremsl or khremzl, Yiddish: כרעמזל, IPA: [ˈχrɛmzl̩]), is a Jewish food eaten on Passover.^[1] Chremslach are small thick pancakes or fritters made of potato or matzah 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 the Ladino term bimuelos "fritters", cognate with Spanish buñuelos.^[4]

[1]
Claudia Roden, The Book of Jewish Food, Penguin Books, 1999, ISBN 0-14-046609-6, p. 169
[2]
Dictionary of Jewish Usage: A Guide to the Use of Jewish Terms, by Sol Steinmetz, Rowman & Littlefield, 2005, p. 42
[3]
A. Soldatov, Yiddish-Russian on-line dictionary, the letter Khof
[4]
Steinberg, Liz (May 30, 2016). "Chremslach: One Family's Little-known Food That Won a National Spelling Bee". Haaretz. Archived from the original on 21 October 2020. Retrieved 10 February 2022.

Passover chremslach Archived 2017-12-03 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved on 1 May 2009
Russian recipe for chremslach (хремзлах) (in Russian). Retrieved on 1 May 2009

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[1] [1]
Claudia Roden, The Book of Jewish Food, Penguin Books, 1999, ISBN 0-14-046609-6, p. 169

[2] [2]
Dictionary of Jewish Usage: A Guide to the Use of Jewish Terms, by Sol Steinmetz, Rowman & Littlefield, 2005, p. 42

[3] [3]
A. Soldatov, Yiddish-Russian on-line dictionary, the letter Khof

[Liz-4] [4]
Steinberg, Liz (May 30, 2016). "Chremslach: One Family's Little-known Food That Won a National Spelling Bee". Haaretz. Archived from the original on 21 October 2020. Retrieved 10 February 2022.

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