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kishke

kishke

1 9.9
A traditional Jewish food like a sausage made from roasted animal intestine filled with seasoned matzo meal
  • noun
  • /ˈkɪʃki/
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  • During the holiday dinner, we enjoyed delicious kishke alongside other traditional Jewish dishes.

Examples

  • The aroma of the roasted kishke wafted through the kitchen, enticing everyone to come to the table.

  • When Gentiles talk badly about us, it makes my kishkes hurt so bad, I could plotz.

    Blog text (25)

  • "Nina had never heard the word kishkes before, and the sound of it made her laugh so hard that her milk bubbled up in her mouth and her eyes watered."

    Fiction book (1991)

  • At the family gathering, my grandmother served her famous kishke, which was filled with savory spices and matzo meal.

Synonyms

stuffed derma
vskishke
  • UK
9.9

A traditional Jewish dish of roasted bird intestines filled with matzo crumbs and fat

includes the same recipe but also uses beef intestines
kishka
vskishke
9.3

A traditional Eastern European sausage filled with flour, meat, or vegetables

refers specifically to roasted intestines stuffed with matzo meal and suet

Surface Forms

kishke singular
kishkes plural

Etymology

The word kishke comes from Yiddish kishke, which means 'intestine' or 'gut'. Cooks used to fill the gut with matzo meal, fat, and spices, so the name stuck and today kishke means the traditional stuffed dish served at Jewish meals.