Gribenes

//ˈɡɹɪbənəs// noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A snack food in Eastern European Jewish cuisine, combining cracklings of chicken or goose skin with fried onions. uncountable

    "Oy, it was such a shanda. I should never buy gribenes from a mohel. It's so chewy."

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"Oy, it was such a shanda. I should never buy gribenes from a mohel. It's so chewy."

Etymology

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

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