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Pierogi vs Knish - What's the difference?

pierogi | knish |

As nouns the difference between pierogi and knish

is that pierogi is a square- or crescent-shaped dumpling of unleavened dough, stuffed with sauerkraut, cheese, mashed potatoes, cabbage, onion, meat, or any combination of these, or with a fruit filling while knish is an Eastern European Jewish, or Yiddish, snack food consisting of a dumpling covered with a shell of baked or fried dough.

pierogi

English

Alternative forms

* pirogi, perogie, perogi, pyrogy, pyrohy, perogy

Noun

  • (North America) A square- or crescent-shaped dumpling of unleavened dough, stuffed with sauerkraut, cheese, mashed potatoes, cabbage, onion, meat, or any combination of these, or with a fruit filling.

    • Synonyms

    * varenyky/vareniki (plural) * pelmeni (plural) * pedahey

    Derived terms

    * Chinese perogy

    References

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    See also

    * potsticker * pirozhki (Russian pastry, false friends ) * (wikipedia "pierogi")

    Usage notes

    * Russian "pirozhki" () and Polish pierogi (diminutive: "piero?ki") (dumplings) are often confused. The two dishes are quite different. See pelmeni for the Russian version of the Polish pierogi. In certain regions of the Ukraine, these terms (???????, ????????) may refer to either the Polish "pierogi" or the Russian "pirozhki". ----

    knish

    English

    (wikipedia knish)

    Noun

    (es)
  • An Eastern European Jewish, or Yiddish, snack food consisting of a dumpling covered with a shell of baked or fried dough

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