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kishke
/ˈkɪʃkə/
noun 2
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4ADJ.
cholent, melted, old-school, small
VERB + KISHKE
made, stretch
KISHKE + NOUN
mothers
PREP.
from, in, without
Definitions
noun
1
A dish made from stuffed intestine.
Now what is cholent without "kishke"? Our mothers made kishke from the small intestine of a cow. They filled it with stuffing, spices and Shmaltz (chicken fats).
Zelik the Benefactor's wife was the queen of kishke. Her kishke melted in your mouth. It always came out brown and shiny, like chestnuts fresh from the tree.
2
Intestines, guts.
Oy a broch! I was so worried! I knew something was wrong. In my kishkes, I could feel it!
Subsequently she was over the toilet all night throwing up. ‘My kishkas came out from that thing! Some practical joker!’
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Now what is cholent without "kishke"? Our mothers made kishke from the small intestine of a cow. They filled it with stuffing, spices and Shmaltz (chicken fats).
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Zelik the Benefactor's wife was the queen of kishke. Her kishke melted in your mouth. It always came out brown and shiny, like chestnuts fresh from the tree.
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2023, June Hersh, Iconic New York Jewish Food, Arcadia Publishing, page 133, It might seem a stretch, but kishke—a hard-to-find, old-school deli item—was actually considered a sausage, as it was an en
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