kugel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkuːɡl̩/
ipa: /ˈkuɡ(ə)l/
ipa: /ˈkʊɡ(ə)l/
rhymes: -uːɡəl
rhymes: -ʊɡəl
Forms: form: kugels
Etymology: Borrowed from Yiddish קוגל (kugl) (referring to the inflated appearance of some puddings), from Middle High German kugel (“ball; globe”) (modern German Kugel (“ball; (astronomy) celestial body, orb; (geometry) sphere”)); further etymology uncertain.
Senses: examples: text: Many cooks prepare one kugel in honor of the Sabbath. Some families serve extra kugels in honor of a Yom Tov or Rosh Chodesh that falls on a Sabbath. Their idea is to serve as many kugels as there are Torah scrolls read in the synagogue. Kugel recipes run the gamut from sweet to salty, soft to crisp, bland to sharp. They may be baked in the oven or pan-fried on the range.
ref: 1988, “Evening and Morning Meals: Menu Plan”, in The Taste of Shabbos: The Complete Sabbath Cookbook, 2nd edition, Jerusalem, Israel: Aish HaTorah Women’s Organization, →ISBN, page 56:
text: In medieval Poland, kugel covered a range of preparations baked in shallow or deep (usually round) pans without reference to type of ingredients or elaborateness of preparation. The fancier deep-dish versions of kugel resembled bread puddings and were made almost exclusively for Chanukah. However, kugel also provided the practical advantage of being made in advance and then kept warm overnight for serving on Shabbos, when cooking was forbidden. Kugel made with shredded turnips is one of those old Sabbath dishes.
ref: 1999, William Woys Weaver, “Medieval Recipes in the Polish Style”, in Maria Dembińska, translated by Magdalena Thomas, edited by William Woys Weaver, Food and Drink in Medieval Poland: Rediscovering a Cuisine of the Past, revised edition, Philadelphia, Pa.: University of Pennsylvania Press, →ISBN, page 184:
text: With the dipsy-doodle, the kit and caboodle / The truth is brutal, your grandma's kugel
ref: 2004 June 14, Michael Louis Diamond, Adam Horovitz; Adam Yauch [et al.], “Hey Fuck You”, in To the 5 Boroughs, performed by the Beastie Boys, Hollywood, Los Angeles, Calif.: Capitol Records, →OCLC:
text: Our mother wanted us and loved us dearly. Her chicken and fish, her stews, her meatloaves, her lasagna and kugels and everything else were flavorful in their own, unadulterated way.
ref: 2013, Elinor Lipman, “Julia’s Child”, in I Can‘t Complain: (All Too) Personal Essays, Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, →ISBN, pages 5–6:
glosses: A traditional savoury or sweet Jewish dish consisting of a baked pudding of pasta, potatoes, or rice, with vegetables, or raisins and spices.
examples: text: She was minding her own business, taking a visitor from struggle days in London around the sights of the New South Africa, when she was recognised by a clutch of ageing kugels, out doing what kugels of all ages do on a Saturday morning in Hyde Park, namely shopping.
ref: 2000, John Matshikiza, “With the Lid Off: February 1999 – May 2000”, in Todd Matshikiza, John Matshikiza, With the Lid Off: South African Insights from Home and Abroad, 1959–2000, Milpark, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa: M&G Books, →ISBN, part II (John Matshikiza), page 145:
text: Yet [Barbara] Ludman wants to take Michelle [in The Day of the Kugel (1989)] out of the "Kugel" category (a Kugel being a "disgusting, dull, boring noodle pudding"—the people in Johannesburg suburbs whose wealthy lives are one long party).
ref: 2001, Donnarae MacCann, Yulisa Amadu Maddy, “Civil Disobedience and Urban Conflict: The Apartheid Perspective”, in Apartheid and Racism in South Africa Children’s Literature: 1985–1995 (Children’s Literature and Culture; 15), New York, N.Y.; London: Routledge, →ISBN, part 2 (Novels about Contemporary South Africa), page 35:
text: The trouble is that now, in this new century, the kugel is a rare and unprotected species in South Africa. […] The kugels have all left, and the few who stayed behind, protected by their high walls and heavy security, don't venture out at night to come and see themselves in a local revue. Kugels have now re-emerged in the form of black divas – beautiful, glamorous, loud and opinionated women who set store by hair and nails, sunglasses and cars.
ref: 2005, Pieter-Dirk Uys, “Bring on the Blondes”, in Robert Plummer, editor, Between the Devil and the Deep: A Memoir of Acting and Reacting, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa: Zebra Press, Struik Publishers, →ISBN, page 169:
synonyms: JAP
coordinate_terms: bagel
glosses: A wealthy young Jewish woman characterized as materialistic and selfish.