kishkeh

English

Etymology 1

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Noun

kishkeh (uncountable)

1. a fermented mixture of grain and yogurt, dried and ground to a flour
   • 1951, Derrick Brian Jelliffe, Infant Nutrition in the Subtropics and Tropics, page 30:

     Kishkeh, as prepared by an UNRWAPRNE formula, is made by adding 3.5 litres of leban to 2.5 kg of burghul. After drying, the final product is reported to keep for at least a year.

   • 1965, Jamal Karam Harfouche, Social Structure of Low-income Families in Lebanon, page 30:

     […] served fruits and vegetables, cheese, lebneh, kareesheh, kaourma, kishkeh, thyme and other herbs).

   • 1999, Sharon Yntema, Christine Beard, New Vegetarian Baby, page 50:

     Another food, kishkeh, is made “by adding 3.5 litres of leban (soured milk) to 2.5 kilograms of burghul.

2. a dip based on yogurt and bulghur
   • 1995, House & Garden - Volume 50, Issues 7-12, page 122:

     Kishkeh is a cool summer salad of bulgur (cracked wheat), mint and yogurt, and babaganouj has that lovely, smoky Eastern taste because the aubergines are charred under a hot grill before they are peeled.

   • 2016 July 9, Marie-Helene Carleton, “Syrian refugee chefs share their recipes”, in Aljazeera:

     Kishkeh, a Syrian appetiser by Moayyad Hamoud

Etymology 2

Noun

kishkeh (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of kishke
   • 1952, Harry Goldberg, The Hoods, page 31:

     There were small pieces of gefuellte fish and kishkeh on separate plates, intended evidently for Saturday's and Sunday's dinner. I sliced off a thin piece of the kishkeh with my knife.

   • 2012, John S. Elmo, Room for Enjoyment: Memoir of a Design Merchant, page 27:

     I mean, Seymour will push Valium down his throat every minute you're at our table eating our motzahs or kishkeh.

   • 2017, Judith Katz, Running Fiercely Toward a High Thin Sound:

     They came very highly recommended and offered everything: old-time Jewish food like kishkeh and k'nishes, as well as the more modern stuff-little hot dogs, chicken wings, things of that nature.