gribenes
Meanings
noun
- A snack food in Eastern European Jewish cuisine, combining cracklings of chicken or goose skin with fried onions.
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Etymology
Borrowed from Yiddish גריבענעס (gribenes), from Middle High German griebe (“piece of fat, crackling”). Compare modern German Griebe.
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