Meaning of blintse | Babel Free

Definitions

Alternative spelling of blintz.

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Examples

“DAIRY DISHES / Will also be served at the / בשר / HUNGARIAN RESTAURANT / 815 9th St. N. W. / Come⟳ and try⟳ our / Milchige Borsch and Blintses”

“Sternberg features such delicatessen as pickled herring, chopped liver, cheese blintses, kreplach, borsht, with filled fish⟳ every Friday.”

“Like⟳ other holidays, Shovuos has some special dishes. They are made of cheese and other dairy products. That is because the Torah is often compared to milk. Most people eat⟳ a food called blintses. Have⟳ you ever eaten them? Tell⟳ your mother to make⟳ them and see⟳ if you like⟳ them.”

“Cheese Blintses”

“blintses Dairy sleeping bags”

“The great feature of Shevuos is the dairy dishes served in all possible combinations—blintses, kreplakh with cheese, pot cheese and sour cream, cheese strudel with raisins and cinnamon.”

“To her, my mind⟳ was an open⟳ book—the kind of book that used to be circulated to private subscribers only, and nowadays ropes in a stack of blintses from sales of a quarter of a million to all and sundry.”

“In addition to traditional foods such as rolled cabbage, blintses, potato latkes and kreplach, there will be such baked goods as strudel, lekach, mondelbrodt, chalah, dark and white breads, rolls, muffins and biscuits.”

“Mother and Grandmother put⟳ the refreshments on the long table on the terrace. There were cheese blintses and honey cakes in honor of the holiday [Shovuos].”

“The singer […] instructs everyone to decorate⟳ their houses, don holiday attire, march⟳ in the parade, go to the theater, and make⟳ merry at banquets with song and dance⟳ “. . . to spite our enemies, who despise workingmen. . . . But we have⟳ shown them that we know⟳ how to spill⟳ our blood for freedom. . . . Therefore, we drink⟳ a toast to everyone . . . and eat⟳ good blintses. . . . May we live⟳ till next year and not a single one of us be missing!””

“But, if the President is interested in the Jewish vote⟳, as well as in the votes of farmers, or vegetarians, or oculists, this is his privilege. This is the glory of America. We consider⟳ all citizens. I am proud of the fact that whoever wants the vote⟳ of New York State has to eat⟳ blintses. (They are very good, by the way, when properly made.)”

“Milk dishes, such as cheese cake and cheese blintses, are the traditional foods to symbolize the Bible — which is likened to milk, the Rabbi said.”

“Slavic are knish and blintse, which do not need⟳ translation. […] The next is a partnership curse, vern zol fun dir a blintse un fun im a kats, er zol dikh oyfesn un mit dir zikh dervergn, volt men fun aykh beyde poter gevorn, “May you turn⟳ into a blintse and he into a cat, and may he eat⟳ you up and choke to death on you, so that we would be rid⟳ of both of you”—the parties of the second and the third part are taken care of by the party of the first part.”

“According to Dr. Leon Weinberger, professor of religious studies at the University, one of the most delicious dishes served during Chanuka is cheese blintses, which he enjoys making—and eating. […] Spread⟳ the cooked side of the blintse dough with a small amount of cheese filling and fold⟳ in half, bringing sides together. […] Put⟳ sour cream or fruit over the blintses. Serve⟳ hot. Dr. Weinberger emphasizes two points: […] be sure to brown the blintses only slightly.”

“Since she lived only four blocks away, on Burrows Avenue, we were treated to this kind of hysteria regularly. “The blintses!” she wailed. “They’re driving me out of my mind⟳!” / When Papa, feeling guilty at how hard she was working, said: “We can do without blintses, Sadie,” she stared at him aghast. / “Are you crazy? What kind of wedding is it with no blintses?” She made it sound⟳ as though nobody was legally married unless there were blintses on the table.”

“Pancakes, waffles and blintses — especially blintses — are house specialties, said Mrs. Vdenek. “We have⟳ one family coming in from Camarillo every Sunday for our blintses, and I’m kind of proud of that,” she said.”

“Her mind⟳, busy as a computer, put⟳ together a menu for tomorrow’s supper that would dazzle the chef of a fancy hotel. Cold spinach borscht, blintses with sour cream, and for dessert, apple and raisin shtrudel which she had made this morning while awaiting the moment to go out and meet⟳ . . . fah! H. Schenkle.”

“Potato pancakes are another favorite at Stein’s. Over 4,500 are served every week with choice of applesauce or sour cream. Cheese blintses are another delight.”

“There are also dishes with sizzling hot cheese blintses.”

“Judith went to the Syrian general Holofernes’ tent and brought him salty dairy foods which made him drink⟳ a lot of wine. When he passed out, she beheaded him, causing his soldiers to panic and flee⟳. In honor of this great victory for the Jewish rebellion, the custom is to eat⟳ cheese blintses and other dairy foods on Hanukkah.”

“Bubbe—did you know⟳ how I loved you so? Would she again laugh⟳ at my trembling Yiddish? Or glow with pride, as I copy⟳ her blintses?”

“She strolled over to one of the tables and picked up a couple of blintses. They were her favorites, filled with currant jam.”

“[H]is wife, Shprintse, had baked a blintse as big as a cake and everyone wanted to taste⟳ it. So all children of the land⟳ came running, burning with excitement, to see⟳ the blintse as big as a cake, and all the children wanted to taste⟳ it.”

“I had this large khachapuri and the cheese blintse over at this Russian/Georgian bakery. Oh there was cheese alright, lots of it. My stomach definitely complained later, but it was worth it. The blintse was a little pocket of delight, sweet raisins combined with the crumbly and savory cheese.”

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