Definitions
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- noun   A snack food in Eastern European Jewish cuisine, combining 
cracklings of chicken or goose skin with fried onions - noun Cracklings from rendered chicken fat
 
Etymologies
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Examples
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A friend of mine calls gribenes "chicken crack" - both addictive and dangerous.
Articles 2010
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By using chicken skin for its texture and powerful flavor in all sorts of dishes, chefs are legitimizing what used to be a guilty pleasure, whether they call it gribenes, yakitori kawa or cracklings.
NYT > Home Page By SARAH DiGREGORIO 2011
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By using chicken skin for its texture and powerful flavor in all sorts of dishes, chefs are legitimizing what used to be a guilty pleasure, whether they call it gribenes, yakitori kawa or cracklings.
The Seattle Times 2011
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Baking S - The same little bits from rendered chicken fat are called "gribenes" in yiddish.
Pork Rilettes Lindy 2006
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My rabbi friend reminded me about the Jewish bacon of my youth, gribenes, pieces of chicken skin deep fried in schmaltz, onions and salt until crispy brown.
Jay Weston: The Atkins "Schmaltz" Diet: Memories of Jewish Food! 2010
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Traditionally you would just use a bit of raw minced onion in the mix, but I like the strong caramelized onion in the schmaltz, it gives you that nice gribenes flavor.
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The latter are the gribenes, which you can lift out with a slotted spoon and put on some paper towels to drain.
Odd Ducks Lindy 2009
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So Jews fattened the geese, ate their meat, used their fat, made gribenes cracklings out of the skin and enjoyed their livers.
The Foie Gras Wars Mark Caro 2009
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So Jews fattened the geese, ate their meat, used their fat, made gribenes cracklings out of the skin and enjoyed their livers.
The Foie Gras Wars Mark Caro 2009
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There's going to be confit, a giant pot of duck soup, gribenes-a salty, crunchy garnish for a salad or other use, and a fancy duck breast dinner dish for 2 people.
Odd Ducks Lindy 2009
 
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