gribenes

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Yiddish גריבענעס (gribenes), from Middle High German griebe (“piece of fat, crackling”). Compare modern German Griebe.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡɹɪbənəs/

Noun

gribenes (uncountable)

  1. A snack food in Eastern European Jewish cuisine, combining cracklings of chicken or goose skin with fried onions.
    • 1993, Randi Mayem Singer, Leslie Dixon, Mrs. Doubtfire, spoken by Daniel (Robin Williams):
      Oy, it was such a shanda. I should never buy gribenes from a mohel. It's so chewy.
    • 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.

References

  • “gribenes”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

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