Knish
A knish is an eastern-European Jewish or Yiddish snack food. It is a dumpling covered with a dough shell ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
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~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ that is either baked or fried. In the most traditional version, the dumpling is made entirely of mashed potato. Another version has the dumpling made of a combination of mashed potato and ground beef. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ It is similar to the Slavic pierogi, the Spanish and Latin American empanada, and the South Asian samosa. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Unlike normal dumplings, which tend to be round in shape, knishes are flatter. The commercial versions are similar in shape to frozen fried fish fillet patties. The eastern-European versions are hors d'oeuvre sized while the New York City versions are the size of hamburgers. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
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