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Dumpling vs Spaetzle - What's the difference?

dumpling | spaetzle |

As nouns the difference between dumpling and spaetzle

is that dumpling is a ball of dough that is cooked and may have a filling and/or additional ingredients in the dough while spaetzle is a heavy egg noodle or dumpling used in the cuisine of southern Germany and Austria.

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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    spaetzle

    English

    Noun

  • A heavy egg noodle or dumpling used in the cuisine of southern Germany and Austria
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    See also

    *(wikipedia "spaetzle")