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ostkaka

ostkaka noun: a Swedish dessert made from curdled milk.

ostkaka: a Swedish dessert made from curdled milk
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Noun

ostkaka (countable and uncountable, plural ostkakas)

  1. A Swedish dessert made from curdled milk.
    • The ten cent supper, Friday Oct. 22, served at the home of Mr. and Mrs. James Hamilton, for the benefit of the M. E. church, was a most elaborate affair. We shall try to give part of the menu. Fried chicken, sweet poatoes, roast pork, cabbage salad, pickles, jams, jellies, ostkaka...1897 October 29, “Marquette”, in A. Ringwald, editor, The Lindsborg Record, volume I, number 44, Lindsborg, Kan.: A. Ringwald, →OCLC, page [2], column 3
    • Making an ostkaka look as little touched as possible the first time around was important because the hole in the middle could be filled with fresh fruit the next day—and the cake be eaten as a “new” dessert.1968, Dale Brown, the Editors of Time-Life Books, “A Return to Native Cookery”, in The Cooking of Scandinavia (Foods of the World; 3), New York, N.Y.: Time-Life Books, →OCLC, pages 105–106

Examples of ostkaka in a sentence

  • Fried chicken, sweet poatoes, roast pork, cabbage salad, pickles, jams, jellies, ostkaka, delicious,^([sic]) cake and hot coffee.1897 October 29, “Marquette”, in A. Ringwald, editor, The Lindsborg Record, volume I, number 44, Lindsborg, Kan.: A. Ringwald, →OCLC, page...
  • It is important that the ostkaka always looks unspoiled.1995, “Smörgåsbord 4: The Sweet Things”, in Sarah Batschelet, Philip Jenkins, transl., edited by Joachim Römer and Michael Ditter...
  • A few of the menu items include Swedish meatballs, fish casserole, ostkaka, rye bread, coffee rings and a variety of cookies along with more traditional foods such^([sic]) turkey, dressing and ham.2022 February 17, Tena Tankersley, “See you at the smorgasbord”, in Greg Jaklewicz, editor, Abilene Reporter-News, volume 142, number 210...

Forms of ostkaka

pluralostkakas

Origin of ostkaka

From Swedish ostkaka.

Questions about ostkaka

What does ostkaka mean?
Ostkaka means a Swedish dessert made from curdled milk.
How do you use ostkaka in a sentence?
Fried chicken, sweet poatoes, roast pork, cabbage salad, pickles, jams, jellies, ostkaka, delicious,^([sic]) cake and hot coffee.
What part of speech is ostkaka?
Ostkaka is a noun.
What is the plural of ostkaka?
The plural of ostkaka is ostkakas.

Words near ostkaka in the dictionary

  1. ostitic
  2. ostitis
  3. ostium
  4. Ostjak
  5. Ostjaks
  6. ostkaka
  7. ostkakas
  8. ostler
  9. ostleress
  10. ostleresses
  11. ostleries

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