Tzimmes

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{{Short description|Ashkenazi Jewish stew}}
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'''''Tzimmes''''', or '''''tsimmes''''' ({{langx|yi|צימעס}}, {{Langx|he|צִימֶעס}}), is a traditional [[Ashkenazi Jew|Ashkenazi]] Jewish [[stew]] typically made from [[carrot]]s and [[dried fruit]]s such as [[prune]]s or [[raisin]]s, often combined with other root vegetables (including [[Yam (vegetable)|yam]]).<ref name="zeldes" >{{Cite web | last = Zeldes | first = Leah A. | 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 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.myjewishlearning.com/recipe/tzimmes/|title=Tzimmes|work=My Jewish Learning}}</ref><ref name="dict" />

Tzimmes is often part of the [[Rosh Hashanah]] meal, when it is traditional to eat sweet and honey-flavored dishes.<ref>{{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}}</ref> Some cooks add chunks of meat (usually beef flanken or [[brisket]]).<ref name="zeldes" /><ref name="dict">{{Cite web|url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tzimmes|title=Definition of TZIMMES|website=www.merriam-webster.com}}</ref><ref name="Nathan">Joan Nathan, [https://books.google.com/books?id=38xF7g37ZT0C&pg=PA228 Joan Nathan's Jewish Holiday Cookbook], Schocken, 2004; page 228.</ref> The dish is cooked slowly over low heat and flavored with [[honey]] or [[sugar]] and sometimes [[cinnamon]] or other spices.<ref>{{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}}</ref>

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}}.<ref>"tzimmes, n." OED Online, Oxford University Press, March 2022, www.oed.com/view/Entry/208475. Accessed 17 April 2022.</ref> "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.<ref name="Nathan" />

==See also==
*[[Jewish cuisine]]
*[[Israeli cuisine]]
*[[List of carrot dishes]]

==References==
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{{Carrots}}
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[[Category:Ashkenazi Jewish cuisine]]
[[Category:Casserole dishes]]
[[Category:Carrot dishes]]
[[Category:Yiddish words and phrases]]

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