Chremslach

{{Short description|Jewish holiday food item}}

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Chremslach ({{langx|yi|כרעמזלעך}}, {{IPA|yi|ˈχrɛmzləχ|IPA}}; singular chremsl or khremzl, {{Langx|yi|כרעמזל}}, {{IPA|yi|ˈχrɛmzl̩|IPA}}) is a Jewish food eaten on Passover.Claudia Roden, The Book of Jewish Food, Penguin Books, 1999, {{ISBN|0-14-046609-6}}, p. 169 Chremslach are small thick pancakes or fritters made of potato or matzah meal.Dictionary of Jewish Usage: A Guide to the Use of Jewish Terms, by Sol Steinmetz, Rowman & Littlefield, 2005, p. 42A. Soldatov, [http://www.jewniverse.ru/biher/Yiddish/Khof/Khof.htm Yiddish-Russian on-line dictionary], the letter Khof Chremslach can also be more dessert-like, including ingredients like dried fruit and nuts.

Similar dishes, or even the same, have different names. Balkan Jews use the Ladino term bimuelos "fritters", cognate with Spanish buñuelos.{{cite news |last1=Steinberg |first1=Liz |title=Chremslach: One Family's Little-known Food That Won a National Spelling Bee |url=https://www.haaretz.com/food/chremslach-spelling-bee-and-family-tradition-1.5389421 |access-date=10 February 2022 |publisher=Haaretz |date=May 30, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201021075508/https://www.haaretz.com/food/chremslach-spelling-bee-and-family-tradition-1.5389421 |archive-date=21 October 2020 |url-status=dead}}