Knish

A knish ( /ˈknɪʃ/) or knysh is an Eastern European, and Jewish snack food made popular in America by Jewish immigrants, eaten widely by Jewish and non-Jewish peoples alike. Immigrants who arrived from Ukraine sometime around 1900 brought knishes to America. Knish is a Yiddish word that was derived from the Ukrainian "knysh", meaning "a kind of bun." It is a baked or fried dumpling made of flaky dough with filling. The first knish bakery was founded in New York in 1910." A knish consists of a filling covered with dough that is either baked, grilled, or deep fried. Knishes can be purchased from street vendors in urban areas with a large Jewish population, sometimes at a hot dog stand, or from a nearby butcher shop. In the most traditional...