palatschinke
palatschinke noun: a pancake of a thin crepe-like variety common in the Balkans, Central and Eastern Europe.
Noun
palatschinke (countable and uncountable, plural palatschinken)
- A pancake of a thin crepe-like variety common in the Balkans, Central and Eastern Europe.
- At Sacher’s the guest can obtain no bread, even with the most urgent entreaties, but he can be served with all the “palatschinken” he desires, though this favorite Vienna dish—a glorified pancake filled with jam—requires the finest white flour.1919 April 17, “Vienna Is Much Changed by War: Prices Are High, Life Is Dull, and Commodities Are Very Scarce”, in Harrisburg Telegraph, volume LXXXVIII, number 90, Harrisburg, Pa., →ISSN, →OCLC...
- Our great producers, namely Joseph Schenck and Jessie Lasky, do not eat caviar and breast of chicken. They enjoy spareribs and sauer-kraut with palatschinken.1931 February 11, Louella O[ettinger] Parsons, “Ruth and Rockne to Make Talkies: Baseball and Football Kings to Make Series of Sports Films”, in The Morning Post, volume 56, number 11, Camden, N.J....
- Synonyms:
- palacsinta
Examples of palatschinke in a sentence
- DINE tomorrow at the city’s Viennese stronghold—the VIENNESE CAFE in The Blackstone Hotel. […] Desserts: rum cake, palatschinken, apple strudle.^([sic])1938 January 29, “Places to dine”, in The Washington Daily News, 17th year, number 72, Washington, D.C., →OCLC, page 7, column 3:
- A similar cake is the Hungarian palatschinken filled with jam or cheese, folded over and sprinkled liberally with sugar.1939 July 3, “Pancake Recipes from Abroad Make an Interesting Collection”, in The Gazette, volume CLXVIII, number 157, Montreal, Que....
- Our desserts were gypsy nudeln (thin noodles sprinkled with powdered sugar and served with a prune jam imported from Czechoslovakia) and palatschinken (light pancakes with cream cheese or marmalade).1949 April 7, Paul V. Coates, “Dining around Town”, in The Mirror, volume 1, number 154, Los Angeles, Calif., →OCLC, page 35, column 1:
- I make a palatschinke from the pancakes and fill them with whatever I have around: chipped beef or cooked ground beef, flavored with dried parsley and dusted on the outside with paprika.1969 June 14, Johna Blinn, “*Celebrity* Cookbook: ‘Foods Interfere with Psycic^([sic]) Powers’ Says Astrologer Jeane Dixon”, in The...
Synonyms of palatschinke
Forms of palatschinke
| plural | palatschinken |
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Origin of palatschinke
From Austrian German Palatschinke. Doublet of palacsinta and placenta.
Questions about palatschinke
- What does palatschinke mean?
- Palatschinke means a pancake of a thin crepe-like variety common in the Balkans, Central and Eastern Europe.
- How do you use palatschinke in a sentence?
- DINE tomorrow at the city’s Viennese stronghold—the VIENNESE CAFE in The Blackstone Hotel. […] Desserts: rum cake, palatschinken, apple strudle.^([sic])
- What part of speech is palatschinke?
- Palatschinke is a noun.
- What is the plural of palatschinke?
- The plural of palatschinke is palatschinken.
Words near palatschinke in the dictionary
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