Tzimmes

Tzimmes

Tzimmes or tsimmes (Yiddish, Hebrew: צימעס) is a traditional Jewish dish in which the principal ingredient is diced or sliced carrots, sometimes combined with dried fruits like prunes or raisins, or chunks of meat (usually brisket or flanken). The dish is cooked slowly over low heat and flavored with honey and sometimes cinnamon. The variations are endless. The non-meat version tends to be sweeter, along the lines of candied yams.

Tzimmes is often part of the Rosh Hashanah meal, when it is traditional to eat sweet and honey-flavored dishes.

The name may come from the German words "zum" (for) and "essen" (eating). Some say the word is a corruption of the word 'simmer.' "To make a big tzimmes over something" means to make a big fuss. [ [http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071121/COLUMNISTS02/311210019/-1/columnists02 FeastNH.com: Challenge: Quick, healthy, Norwegian & Jewish ] ]

References

ee also

Jewish cuisine

External links

* [http://www.jewish-food.org/recipes/tziindex.htm Tzimmes recipes, both meat and non-meat]


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  • tzimmes —    (TSIM mes) [Yiddish, from Swabian dialect] In Jewish cooking, a sweetened stew or casserole of meat or vegetables, fresh and dried fruits, etc., often served at the Jewish New Year. By extension, a fuss, hullabaloo, or uproar.    We also had… …   Dictionary of foreign words and phrases

  • tzimmes — noun Etymology: Yiddish tsimes, from Middle High German z, zuo at, to + imbīz light meal Date: 1892 a sweetened combination of vegetables (as carrots and potatoes) or of meat and vegetables often with dried fruits (as prunes) that is stewed or… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • tzimmes — noun a stew of fruit or vegetables traditionally served on Rosh Hashana …   Wiktionary

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  • tzimmes — tzim·mes …   English syllables

  • tzimmes — tzim•mes or tsim•mes [[t]ˈtsɪm ɪs[/t]] n. 1) coo a casserole or stew of vegetables, fruit, and sometimes meat 2) sl. fuss; uproar; hullabaloo • Etymology: 1890–95; < Yiddish tsimes < MHG z, ze, unstressed var. of zuo at, to+imbīz light… …   From formal English to slang

  • tzimmes — /ˈtsɪməs/ (say tsimuhs) noun (in Jewish cookery) a casserole or stew of vegetables, fruit, and sometimes meat, cooked very slowly. Also, tsimmes …  

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