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Dumpling vs Knaidel - What's the difference?

dumpling | knaidel |

As nouns the difference between dumpling and knaidel

is that dumpling is a ball of dough that is cooked and may have a filling and/or additional ingredients in the dough while knaidel is a type of dumpling eaten by jews during passover.

dumpling

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A ball of dough that is cooked and may have a filling and/or additional ingredients in the dough.
  • A term of endearment.
    • My little dumpling.

    Hyponyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * apple dumpling * clootie dumpling * dumpling squid * Norfolk dumpling * * potato dumpling * raspberry dumpling * rice dumpling * soup dumpling

    See also

    * dim sum * noodle * pudding * quenelle

    References

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    knaidel

    English

    (Matzah ball)

    Alternative forms

    * knaidl * knaydl * kneidl * kneydl * knaidel * knaydel * kneidel * kneydel

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • A type of dumpling eaten by Jews during Passover.
  • * 1982 , Bernard Harper Friedman, Choosing a Name'', in ''Coming Close: A Novella and Three Stories as Alternative Autobiographies , page 168,
    • There she tests the offending knaydl . Once again the golf ball scoots around the bowl.
  • * 2000', Beth Hensperger, ''Fluffy '''Knaidlach'' , ''The Best Quick Breads , unnumbered page,
    • What is real chicken soup without Jewish matzoh balls, also known as knaidlach , made from matzoh meal?
  • * 2009 , L. C. Tyler, Ten Little Herrings , unnumbered page,
    • I checked the date on the receipt and it was only a few days beforehand – that is to say, Davidov had been in London immediately before coming to France. And paying cash for smoked salmon followed by mehren tzimmes'' with ''knaidel .
  • * 2011 , Phyllis Glazer, Miriyam Glazer, The Essential Book of Jewish Festival Cooking , page 21,
    • Once asked on a radio show about the derivation of knaidlach', I explained that the original '''knaidlach''' were actually rock hard, and created by Azhkenazic housewives as a weapon of self-defence.The real origin of the '''knaidel , according to author John Cooper, is the south German ''Knödel , or dumpling—popular in German cuisine since the Middle Ages.
  • * 2012 , Jayne Cohen, Jewish Holiday Cooking , unnumbered page,
    • If knaidl' is dark in the center, ascertain whether this is the horseradish filling or an uncooked part. Don't overcook the ' knaidlach or they will fall apart.
  • * 2012 , Sue Boggio, Mare Pearl, A Growing Season , unnumbered page,
    • Auntie Gussie would bring her tsimmes , sugared diced carrots baked with meat, and knaidel , a kind of matzo ball.

    Synonyms

    * (dumpling eaten at Passover) matzo ball