cholent
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From Yiddish טשאָלנט (tsholnt), of unknown origin, but may be from an Old French reflex of Latin calēns.
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cholent (countable and uncountable, plural cholents)
- A meat stew traditionally served on the Sabbath by Jews.
- 2007 March 18, Jennifer Bleyer, “‘City of Refuge’”, in New York Times[1]:
- As Mr. Schonfeld climbed the stairs, he was carrying a steaming 18-quart pot containing the traditional Sabbath stew known as chulent.
- 2014 January 30, Seth Kugel, “Wintertime Bargains in Budapest”, in The New York Times[2]:
- Food was prepared with a far defter hand; I had matzo ball soup and boiled beef with horseradish, which sounds terrible but was excellent; Eliza ordered cholent, a thick bean stew, topped with a slice of meat loaf — our Jewish-mom-like server basically forced her.
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meat stew