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prettygoodwordquenelle (kuh-NEL) - n., a dumpling made of lightly spiced minced meat or fish bound with egg and poached; any food molded in an elliptical shape using the bowls of two spoons.
Often served in a cream-based sauce, though these made from pike-fish don't look like they're in one:
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From French, from German Knödel, from Middle High German, diminutive of knode, knot/knob, from Old High German knodo -- which makes it a doublet of Yiddish knaidel.
---L.
Often served in a cream-based sauce, though these made from pike-fish don't look like they're in one:
Thanks, WikiMedia!
From French, from German Knödel, from Middle High German, diminutive of knode, knot/knob, from Old High German knodo -- which makes it a doublet of Yiddish knaidel.
---L.
