I have heard of potato knish, and beef knish. What are they?
2006-06-10 16:49:34 · 5 answers · asked by Hickemtwiddle 4 in Food & Drink ➔ Ethnic Cuisine
Jaybee has the right answer. There are other knishes around that are round, spiral, etc, with different doughs, but the ones from the hot dog vendors are the real thing. Potato knishes are the most common and are best eaten with mustard. There are also kasha knishes, filled with buckwheat groats and onion. I think knishes are baked, not fried, but I could be wrong on that.
If you are not in NYC and want to experience the real thing, Gabila's Coney Island Knishes will do it. It's a frozen item in the Jewish food section of the freezer.
If you make knishes from scratch, they will probably be good, but they won't be authentic.
2006-06-11 03:26:15 · answer #1 · answered by R 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
A knish is a 4 inch by 4 inch potato-filled pastry that is either deep fried or oven baked. You can also fill it with beef, chicken, fish......etc. They are a popular seller with Hotdog vendors in NYC (the potato ones). Most NYC'ers eat them with mustard in between it. I know this because I love them!
2006-06-11 00:01:19 · answer #2 · answered by jaybee 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Popular in Jewish communities, it's a dough that is either baked, boiled or fried with a filling made of mashed potato, ground meat, sauerkraut, onions, kasha (buckwheat groats) or cheese. More modern varieties of fillings feature sweet potatoes, black beans, fruit, broccoli, tofu or spinach. Similar to Slavic pierogi, the Spanish and Latin American empanada, and the South Asian samosa.
2006-06-11 00:05:05 · answer #3 · answered by Swirly 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jewish filled pastries. No, wait, those are blintzes. arrgh, I screwed up.
2006-06-10 23:52:25 · answer #4 · answered by cdf-rom 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they're kinda like hash browns, you can get them at hockey games.
2006-06-10 23:53:32 · answer #5 · answered by Milk is a deadly poison 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋