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'''Kugel''' ({{ |
'''Kugel''' ({{langx|yi|קוגל}} {{lang|yi-Latn|kugl}}, pronounced {{IPA-yi|ˈkʊɡl̩|}}) is a baked [[casserole]], most commonly made from [[lokshen]] ({{lang|yi|לאָקשן קוגל}} {{lang|yi-Latn|lokshen kugel}}) or [[potato]]. It is a traditional [[Ashkenazi]] [[Jewish cuisine|Jewish]] dish, often served on [[Shabbat|Shabbos]] and [[Jewish holidays]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.haaretz.com/1.5189151 |title=In Search of the Holy Kugel |last=Vered |first=Ronit |date=February 22, 2012 |work=[[Haaretz]] |access-date=March 30, 2019}}</ref> American Jews also serve it for [[Thanksgiving dinner]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Bronner |first=Simon J. |title=Jewish Cultural Studies |page=310 |publisher=Wayne State University Press |date=2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Desai |first=Jigna |title=Rooted Homelands, Routed Hostlands: (en)gendered Mobility in the South Asian Diaspora |page=86 |publisher=University of Minnesota}}</ref> |
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==Etymology== |
==Etymology== |
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The name of the dish comes from the [[Middle High German]] |
The name of the dish comes from the [[Middle High German]] {{lang|gmh|kugel}} meaning 'sphere, globe, ball'; thus the Yiddish name likely originated as a reference to the round, puffed-up shape of the original dishes (compare to [[German language|German]] {{lang|de|[[Gugelhupf]]}}—a type of ring-shaped cake). However, nowadays kugel is often baked in square pans. |
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[[Litvaks]] (Jews from [[Lithuania]], northeastern [[Poland]] and [[northern Russia]]) call the pudding {{lang|yi-Latn|kugel}}, [[Galitzianers]] (Jews from southeastern Poland and [[western Ukraine]]) call it {{lang|yi-Latn|kigel}}.<ref name="Spiel">{{cite book |first1=Joyce |last1=Eisenberg |author2=Ellen Scolnic |title=The Whole Spiel: Funny essays about digital nudniks, seder selfies and chicken soup memories |publisher=Incompra Press |date=2016 |page=132 |isbn=978-0-69272625-9 }}</ref> |
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==History== |
==History== |
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[[File:Kigel.JPG|thumb|Yerushalmi or Jerusalem kugel]] |
[[File:Kigel.JPG|thumb|''Yerushalmi'' or Jerusalem kugel]] |
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The first kugels were made from [[bread]] and [[flour]] and were savory rather than sweet. About 800 years ago, cooks in Germany replaced bread mixtures with [[ |
The first kugels were made from [[bread]] and [[flour]] and were savory rather than sweet. About 800 years ago,{{when|date= September 2023}} Jewish cooks in Germany replaced bread mixtures with [[lokshen]] noodles or [[farfel]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.jewishrecipes.org/jewish-foods/kugel.html |title=What is Kugel? |work=Jewish Recipes |access-date=11 December 2016 |archive-date=7 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190107041907/http://www.jewishrecipes.org/jewish-foods/kugel.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> Eventually [[egg (food)|egg]]s were incorporated. The addition of [[cottage cheese]] and [[milk]] created a custard-like consistency common in today's dessert dishes. In [[Poland]], Jewish homemakers added [[raisin]]s, [[cinnamon]] and sweet [[curd cheese]] to noodle kugel recipes. In the late 19th century, [[Jerusalem]]ites combined [[caramel]]ized sugar and [[black pepper]] in a noodle kugel known as the Jerusalem kugel ({{langx|he|קוגל ירושלמי|kugel yerushalmi}}), which is a commonly served at Shabbat [[kiddush]]es and is a popular side dish served with [[cholent]] during Shabbat lunch. |
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In Romania, this dish is called {{Lang|ro|Budinca de macaroane}} ("macaroni pudding") or {{lang|ro|Baba acolo}}. It is made with or without cheese, but almost always includes raisins.<ref>{{cite web |title=Budinca de Macaroane |url=http://www.lalena.ro/96-reteta-budinca-de-macaroane.html |work=Lalena |language=ro }}</ref> In [[Transylvania]], especially in the [[Hungarians in Transylvania|Hungarian-speaking regions]], a very similar dish is called {{lang|hu|Vargabéles}}.<ref>{{cite web |title=Vargabeles |url=https://www.e-retete.ro/retete/vargabeles |website=E-Retete |access-date=26 April 2018 |language=ro |date=29 March 2010 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Vargabeles - budinca ungureasca de taitei cu branza |url=https://www.gustos.ro/sfaturi-culinare/retete-la-papa-gheorghiu/vargabeles-budinca-ungureasca-de-taitei-cu-branza.html |website=Gustos.ro |access-date=26 April 2018 |language=ro }}</ref> |
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Savory kugel may be based on potatoes, [[matzah]], [[ |
Savory kugel may be based on potatoes, [[matzah]], [[Cabbage#Cooked|cabbage]], [[carrot]]s, [[zucchini]], [[spinach]], or [[cheese]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cyber-kitchen.com/rfcj/category.cgi?category=KUGELS |publisher=Mimi's Cyber Kitchen |title=Kugels |work=rec.food.cuisine.jewish Archives |access-date=July 2, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120504225513/http://www.cyber-kitchen.com/rfcj/category.cgi?category=KUGELS |archive-date=May 4, 2012 }}</ref> |
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[[Romani people]] call it ''pirogo''. The Romani version is made with raisins, cream cheese, and butter.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.finedininglovers.com/article/inside-culinary-traditions-roma-people|title= Inside the Culinary Traditions of the Roma people}}</ref> |
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A similar traditional [[Belarusian dish]] is [[potato babka]]. |
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In [[Lithuania]], this dish is called [[Kugelis]]. It is baked potato pudding and it is a traditional Lithuanian dish. The main ingredients are [[potato]]es, [[onion]]s, and [[Egg (food)|eggs]]. It may be spiced with [[edible salt|salt]], [[black pepper]], [[bay leaves]], and/or [[marjoram]]. |
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===Jerusalem kugel=== |
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{{Main article|Kugel Yerushalmi}} |
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[[File:PikiWiki Israel 44658 Cities in Israel.JPG|thumb|right|Kugel Yerushalmi packaged for sale at a market in Israel]] |
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{{transl|he|[[Kugel Yerushalmi]]}}, ({{lang|he|קוגל ירושלמי}} 'Jerusalem kugel'), also known as ''Galilean kugel'', is an [[Israeli Jews|Israeli Jewish]] kugel dish originating from the [[Old Yishuv|local Jewish]] community of [[Jerusalem]] in the 1700s. |
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===Noodle kugel=== |
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{{Main article|Noodle kugel}} |
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[[Noodle kugel]] ({{transl|yi|lokshen kugel}}) is an [[Ashkenazi Jewish]] casserole, side dish and popular variety of kugel made with [[lokshen]] noodles and either a variety of dairy or [[pareve]] ingredients. |
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===Potato kugel=== |
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{{Main article|Potato kugel}} |
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[[Potato kugel]] is a potato-based kugel of Ashkenazi Jewish origin, made with grated or pureed [[potato|potatoes]], [[onion|onions]], [[egg (food)|eggs]], [[flour]] or [[Matzah|matzo]] meal, [[Cooking oil|oil]], [[Edible salt|salt]] and [[Black pepper|pepper]]. |
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==Jewish festivals== |
==Jewish festivals== |
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⚫ | Kugels are a mainstay of festive meals in Ashkenazi Jewish homes, particularly on the [[Shabbat|Jewish Sabbath]] and other [[Jewish holiday]]s or at a [[tish (Hasidic celebration)|tish]]. Some [[Hasidic Judaism|Hasidic]] Jews believe that eating kugel on the Jewish Sabbath brings special spiritual blessings, particularly if that kugel was served on the table of a Hasidic [[Rebbe]].<ref>{{cite book |author-link=Allan Nadler |author-first=Allan |author-last=Nadler |chapter-url=http://www.drew.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/112/Holy-Kugel.pdf |chapter=Holy Kugel: The Sanctification of Ashkenzaic Ethnic Food in Hasidism |editor=Leonard Greenspoon |title=Food & Judaism |publisher=Creighton University Press |date=2005 |isbn=978-1-881871-46-0 |pages=193–211 |access-date=2016-01-08 |archive-date=2016-04-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160427014431/http://www.drew.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/112/Holy-Kugel.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> |
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[[File:Matzalasagna.JPG|thumb|250px|[[Passover]] Matza kugel]] |
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⚫ | Kugels are a mainstay of festive meals in Ashkenazi Jewish homes, particularly on the [[Shabbat|Jewish Sabbath]] and other [[Jewish holiday]]s or at a [[ |
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While noodle kugel, potato kugel, and other variations are dishes served on Jewish holiday meals, matzo kugel is a common alternative served at [[Passover]] seders which is adjusted to meet |
While noodle kugel, potato kugel, and other variations are dishes served on Jewish holiday meals, matzo kugel is a common alternative served at [[Passover]] seders which is adjusted to meet Passover [[kosher]] requirements. |
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==South African slang usage== |
==South African slang usage== |
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Among [[South African Jews]], the word |
Among [[South African Jews]], the word ''kugel'' was used by the elder generation as a term for a young Jewish woman who forsook traditional Jewish dress values for those of the ostentatiously wealthy and became overly materialistic and overgroomed, mirroring how the kugel is a plain pudding garnished as a delicacy. The women thus described [[reappropriation|made light of the term]], and it has since become an amusing rather than derogatory [[slang]] in [[South African English]] for a materialistic young woman.<ref>{{cite book |author=Sarah Britten |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sZTLigR2t5UC&pg=PT132 |title=The Art of the South African Insult |year=2006 |publisher=30 degrees South Publishers |pages=198–199 |isbn=978-1920143053 |access-date=July 2, 2013}}</ref> |
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==Similar dishes== |
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* [[Zucchini slice]] |
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* [[Kugelis]] |
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==See also== |
==See also== |
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* [[Israeli cuisine|Cuisine of Israel]] |
* [[Israeli cuisine|Cuisine of Israel]] |
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* [[List of casserole dishes]] |
* [[List of casserole dishes]] |
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* [[Túrós csusza]] |
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==References== |
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*[https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C0CE1DF1230F93BA1575AC0A9639C8B63&pagewanted=all "Kugel Unraveled" article] |
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*{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/28/dining/arts/kugel-unraveled.html|title=Kugel Unraveled|first=Joan|last=Nathan|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=September 28, 2005}} |
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Latest revision as of 17:54, 28 November 2024
Type | casserole |
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Place of origin | Jewish communities from Central Europe, United States, France, Canada, United Kingdom, Australia, Argentina, South Africa, and other communities in the Jewish diaspora. |
Created by | Ashkenazi Jews |
Main ingredients | Lokshen noodles or potatoes, less commonly matzo, challah, rice, apple, cornmeal, dough |
Kugel (Yiddish: קוגל kugl, pronounced [ˈkʊɡl̩]) is a baked casserole, most commonly made from lokshen (לאָקשן קוגל lokshen kugel) or potato. It is a traditional Ashkenazi Jewish dish, often served on Shabbos and Jewish holidays.[1] American Jews also serve it for Thanksgiving dinner.[2][3]
Etymology
[edit]The name of the dish comes from the Middle High German kugel meaning 'sphere, globe, ball'; thus the Yiddish name likely originated as a reference to the round, puffed-up shape of the original dishes (compare to German Gugelhupf—a type of ring-shaped cake). However, nowadays kugel is often baked in square pans.
Litvaks (Jews from Lithuania, northeastern Poland and northern Russia) call the pudding kugel, Galitzianers (Jews from southeastern Poland and western Ukraine) call it kigel.[4]
History
[edit]The first kugels were made from bread and flour and were savory rather than sweet. About 800 years ago,[when?] Jewish cooks in Germany replaced bread mixtures with lokshen noodles or farfel.[5] Eventually eggs were incorporated. The addition of cottage cheese and milk created a custard-like consistency common in today's dessert dishes. In Poland, Jewish homemakers added raisins, cinnamon and sweet curd cheese to noodle kugel recipes. In the late 19th century, Jerusalemites combined caramelized sugar and black pepper in a noodle kugel known as the Jerusalem kugel (Hebrew: קוגל ירושלמי, romanized: kugel yerushalmi), which is a commonly served at Shabbat kiddushes and is a popular side dish served with cholent during Shabbat lunch.
In Romania, this dish is called Budinca de macaroane ("macaroni pudding") or Baba acolo. It is made with or without cheese, but almost always includes raisins.[6] In Transylvania, especially in the Hungarian-speaking regions, a very similar dish is called Vargabéles.[7][8]
Savory kugel may be based on potatoes, matzah, cabbage, carrots, zucchini, spinach, or cheese.[9]
Romani people call it pirogo. The Romani version is made with raisins, cream cheese, and butter.[10]
Varieties
[edit]Jerusalem kugel
[edit]Kugel Yerushalmi, (קוגל ירושלמי 'Jerusalem kugel'), also known as Galilean kugel, is an Israeli Jewish kugel dish originating from the local Jewish community of Jerusalem in the 1700s.
Noodle kugel
[edit]Noodle kugel (lokshen kugel) is an Ashkenazi Jewish casserole, side dish and popular variety of kugel made with lokshen noodles and either a variety of dairy or pareve ingredients.
Potato kugel
[edit]Potato kugel is a potato-based kugel of Ashkenazi Jewish origin, made with grated or pureed potatoes, onions, eggs, flour or matzo meal, oil, salt and pepper.
Jewish festivals
[edit]Kugels are a mainstay of festive meals in Ashkenazi Jewish homes, particularly on the Jewish Sabbath and other Jewish holidays or at a tish. Some Hasidic Jews believe that eating kugel on the Jewish Sabbath brings special spiritual blessings, particularly if that kugel was served on the table of a Hasidic Rebbe.[11]
While noodle kugel, potato kugel, and other variations are dishes served on Jewish holiday meals, matzo kugel is a common alternative served at Passover seders which is adjusted to meet Passover kosher requirements.
South African slang usage
[edit]Among South African Jews, the word kugel was used by the elder generation as a term for a young Jewish woman who forsook traditional Jewish dress values for those of the ostentatiously wealthy and became overly materialistic and overgroomed, mirroring how the kugel is a plain pudding garnished as a delicacy. The women thus described made light of the term, and it has since become an amusing rather than derogatory slang in South African English for a materialistic young woman.[12]
Similar dishes
[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Vered, Ronit (February 22, 2012). "In Search of the Holy Kugel". Haaretz. Retrieved March 30, 2019.
- ^ Bronner, Simon J. (2021). Jewish Cultural Studies. Wayne State University Press. p. 310.
- ^ Desai, Jigna. Rooted Homelands, Routed Hostlands: (en)gendered Mobility in the South Asian Diaspora. University of Minnesota. p. 86.
- ^ Eisenberg, Joyce; Ellen Scolnic (2016). The Whole Spiel: Funny essays about digital nudniks, seder selfies and chicken soup memories. Incompra Press. p. 132. ISBN 978-0-69272625-9.
- ^ "What is Kugel?". Jewish Recipes. Archived from the original on 7 January 2019. Retrieved 11 December 2016.
- ^ "Budinca de Macaroane". Lalena (in Romanian).
- ^ "Vargabeles". E-Retete (in Romanian). 29 March 2010. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
- ^ "Vargabeles - budinca ungureasca de taitei cu branza". Gustos.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved 26 April 2018.
- ^ "Kugels". rec.food.cuisine.jewish Archives. Mimi's Cyber Kitchen. Archived from the original on May 4, 2012. Retrieved July 2, 2013.
- ^ "Inside the Culinary Traditions of the Roma people".
- ^ Nadler, Allan (2005). "Holy Kugel: The Sanctification of Ashkenzaic Ethnic Food in Hasidism" (PDF). In Leonard Greenspoon (ed.). Food & Judaism. Creighton University Press. pp. 193–211. ISBN 978-1-881871-46-0. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-04-27. Retrieved 2016-01-08.
- ^ Sarah Britten (2006). The Art of the South African Insult. 30 degrees South Publishers. pp. 198–199. ISBN 978-1920143053. Retrieved July 2, 2013.
External links
[edit]- Nathan, Joan (September 28, 2005). "Kugel Unraveled". The New York Times.