gribenes
noun/ˈɡɹɪbənəs/
Etymology Borrowed from Yiddish גריבענעס (gribenes), from Middle High German griebe (“piece of fat, crackling”). Compare modern German Griebe.
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A snack food in Eastern European Jewish cuisine, combining cracklings of chicken or goose skin with fried onions.
- Oy, it was such a shanda. I should never buy gribenes from a mohel. It's so chewy.1993, Randi Mayem Singer, Leslie Dixon, Mrs. Doubtfire, spoken by Daniel (Robin Williams):
- But the only gribenes I ate growing up came from my grandmother’s South Beach kitchen.2008 February 20, “Letters”, in New York Times:
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