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tsimmes

tsimmes

9.9
A sweet stew of vegetables and dried fruit often served at Jewish holidays
  • noun
  • /ˈsɪməs/
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  • The sweet aroma of tsimmes filled the kitchen as it simmered on the stove.

Examples

  • For Passover dinner, her grandmother made a large pot of tsimmes with carrots and prunes.

  • My grandmother makes a delicious tsimmes for the holidays.

  • He learned to cook tsimmes from a family recipe passed down through generations.

  • Have you ever tried tsimmes with prunes?

  • For the holiday dinner, Grandma prepared a delicious tsimmes made with carrots and prunes.

  • The tsimmes simmered gently on the stove, filling the kitchen with a sweet and savory aroma.

  • At Passover, it's traditional to serve tsimmes as a side dish alongside the main course.

Synonyms

tzimmes
vstsimmes
9.9

A sweet Jewish stew with carrots and sweet potatoes often served on holidays

is the alternate spelling used for the same traditional sweet vegetable stew

How Sweet

tsimmes
9.9
compote
6 7.2
stew
110 1.0

Surface Forms

tsimmes singular
tsimmes plural

Etymology

Tsimmes comes from Yiddish and names a 'sweet stew' of carrots, fruit, and sometimes meat that is often served at Jewish holidays, like a special holiday 'stew'. So, tsimmes today still means that sweet, slow-cooked dish you eat at celebrations.