Blintse

But, if the President is interested in the Jewish vote, as well as in the votes of farmers, or vegetarians, or oculists, this is his privilege. This is the glory of America. We consider all citizens. I am proud of the fact that whoever wants the vote of New York State has to eat blintses. (They are very good, by the way, when properly made.)

Milk dishes, such as cheese cake and cheese blintses, are the traditional foods to symbolize the Bible — which is likened to milk, the Rabbi said.

Slavic are knish and blintse, which do not need translation. […] The next is a partnership curse, vern zol fun dir a blintse un fun im a kats, er zol dikh oyfesn un mit dir zikh dervergn, volt men fun aykh beyde poter gevorn, “May you turn into a blintse and he into a cat, and may he eat you up and choke to death on you, so that we would be rid of both of you”—the parties of the second and the third part are taken care of by the party of the first part.

According to Dr. Leon Weinberger, professor of religious studies at the University, one of the most delicious dishes served during Chanuka is cheese blintses, which he enjoys making—and eating. […] Spread the cooked side of the blintse dough with a small amount of cheese filling and fold in half, bringing sides together. […] Put sour cream or fruit over the blintses. Serve hot. Dr. Weinberger emphasizes two points: […] be sure to brown the blintses only slightly.

Since she lived only four blocks away, on Burrows Avenue, we were treated to this kind of hysteria regularly. “The blintses!” she wailed. “They’re driving me out of my mind!” / When Papa, feeling guilty at how hard she was working, said: “We can do without blintses, Sadie,” she stared at him aghast. / “Are you crazy? What kind of wedding is it with no blintses?” She made it sound as though nobody was legally married unless there were blintses on the table.

Pancakes, waffles and blintses — especially blintses — are house specialties, said Mrs. Vdenek. “We have one family coming in from Camarillo every Sunday for our blintses, and I’m kind of proud of that,” she said.

Her mind, busy as a computer, put together a menu for tomorrow’s supper that would dazzle the chef of a fancy hotel. Cold spinach borscht, blintses with sour cream, and for dessert, apple and raisin shtrudel which she had made this morning while awaiting the moment to go out and meet . . . fah! H. Schenkle.

Potato pancakes are another favorite at Stein’s. Over 4,500 are served every week with choice of applesauce or sour cream. Cheese blintses are another delight.

There are also dishes with sizzling hot cheese blintses.

Judith went to the Syrian general Holofernes’ tent and brought him salty dairy foods which made him drink a lot of wine. When he passed out, she beheaded him, causing his soldiers to panic and flee. In honor of this great victory for the Jewish rebellion, the custom is to eat cheese blintses and other dairy foods on Hanukkah.

Bubbe—did you know how I loved you so? Would she again laugh at my trembling Yiddish? Or glow with pride, as I copy her blintses?

She strolled over to one of the tables and picked up a couple of blintses. They were her favorites, filled with currant jam.

[H]is wife, Shprintse, had baked a blintse as big as a cake and everyone wanted to taste it. So all children of the land came running, burning with excitement, to see the blintse as big as a cake, and all the children wanted to taste it.

I had this large khachapuri and the cheese blintse over at this Russian/Georgian bakery. Oh there was cheese alright, lots of it. My stomach definitely complained later, but it was worth it. The blintse was a little pocket of delight, sweet raisins combined with the crumbly and savory cheese.