Tzimmes

{{Short description|Ashkenazi Jewish stew made from carrots and fruits}}

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Tzimmes, or tsimmes ({{langx|yi|צימעס}}, {{Langx|he|צִימֶעס}}), is a traditional Ashkenazi Jewish stew typically made from carrots and dried fruits such as prunes or raisins, often combined with other root vegetables (including yam).{{Cite web | last = Zeldes | first = Leah A. | author-link = Leah A. Zeldes | title = Eat this! Tzimmes, A sweet start to the Jewish New Year | work = Dining Chicago | publisher = Chicago's Restaurant & Entertainment Guide, Inc. | date = 2010-09-01 | url = http://www.diningchicago.com/blog/2010/09/01/eat-this-tzimmes-a-sweet-start-to-the-jewish-new-year/ | access-date = 2010-09-01 | archive-date = 2010-12-30 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101230102101/http://www.diningchicago.com/blog/2010/09/01/eat-this-tzimmes-a-sweet-start-to-the-jewish-new-year/ | url-status = dead }}{{Cite web|url=https://www.myjewishlearning.com/recipe/tzimmes/|title=Tzimmes|work=My Jewish Learning}}

Tzimmes is often part of the Rosh Hashanah meal, when it is traditional to eat sweet and honey-flavored dishes.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/08/dining/tsimmes-recipe-rosh-hashanah.html|title=Tracing a Classic Jewish Dish Throughout the Diaspora|first=Joan|last=Nathan|date=September 8, 2020|via=NYTimes.com}} Some cooks add chunks of meat (usually beef flank or brisket).{{Cite web|url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tzimmes|title=Definition of TZIMMES|website=www.merriam-webster.com}}Joan Nathan, [https://books.google.com/books?id=38xF7g37ZT0C&pg=PA228 Joan Nathan's Jewish Holiday Cookbook], Schocken, 2004; page 228. The dish is cooked slowly over low heat and flavored with honey or sugar and sometimes cinnamon or other spices.{{Cite web|url=https://www.whats4eats.com/vegetables/carrot-tzimmes-recipe|title=Carrot Tzimmes Recipe (Israeli Jewish carrots braised with honey)|date=September 29, 2008|website=Whats4eats}}

The name is a Yiddish word that, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, may come from Middle High German {{Langx|gmh|imbīz|lit=meal|label=none}}."tzimmes, n." OED Online, Oxford University Press, March 2022, www.oed.com/view/Entry/208475. Accessed 17 April 2022. "To make a big tzimmes over something" is a Yinglish expression that means to make a big fuss, perhaps because of the slicing, mixing, and stirring that go into the preparation of the dish.