Gribenes or grieven (
Yiddish: גריבענעס, [ˈɡrɪbənəs], "cracklings";
Hebrew: גלדי שומן) is a dish consisting of crisp chicken or goose skin
cracklings with fried onions.
Etymology
The word gribenes is related to the
GermanGriebe (plural Grieben) meaning "piece of fat, crackling" (from the
Old High Germangriobo via the
Middle High Germangriebe),[1] where Griebenschmalz is
schmaltz from which the cracklings have not been removed.
Gribenes is often associated with the Jewish holidays
Hanukkah and
Rosh Hashanah.[1][2] Traditionally, gribenes were served with potato kugel or latkes during Hanukkah.[2][6] It is also associated with
Passover, because large amounts of schmaltz, with its resulting byproduct gribenes, were traditionally used in Passover recipes.[1][7]
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abKaren Miltner, Blog, "What's on My Plate: Miscellaneous Monday musings", Democrat and Chronicle, November 29, 2010. Found at
Democrat and Chronicle, online blogs section. Accessed January 4, 2011.
^Amy Scattergood, "Chef recipes: A Recipe From the Chef: Ilan Hall's Gribenes Sandwich," '
LA Weekly, December 23, 2009. Found at
LA Weekly websiteArchived 2012-04-05 at the
Wayback Machine. Accessed January 4, 2011.
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abP Campbell, "Restaurant News, Updates: Pastrami, babka and schmaltz and gribenes", October 14, 2010. Found at
Cincinnati.com websiteArchived 2010-10-22 at the
Wayback Machine. Accessed January 4, 2011.