Lokshen, also called itriyot, locshen, or lockshen, is the common name for a range of Ashkenazi Jewish egg noodles used across many Jewish dishes, including chicken soup, kugel, kasha varnishkes, and lokshen mit kaese, and served alongside dishes such as brisket, sweet and sour meatballs, and apricot chicken. They may also be served simply with melted butter or a plain tomato sauce. In the United States, lokshen are also used as the basis for casseroles and baked dishes, including tuna noodle casserole and both sweet and savory lokshen kugels.
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According to Jewish food historian Rabbi Gil Marks, lokshen noodles were first made sometime around the 13th century.
Introduction
Lokshen (Yiddish: לאָקשן, lokshn), also known as Itriyot (Hebrew: איטריות), locshen, lockshen, or Jewish egg noodles, is the common name of a range of Ashkenazi Jewish egg noodles that are commonly used in a variety of Jewish dishes including chicken soup, kugel, kasha varnishkes, lokshen mit kaese, and as a side dish to Jewish brisket, sweet and sour meat balls, apricot chicken, and many other dishes.
- In Cuisine: Israeli Cuisine, Wikipedia category list
- Uses Ingredient: Spelt, Infobox main_ingredient field: Eggs, flour, salt, less commonly whole wheat flour, cooking oil, potato starch, matzo meal, rice flour, spelt flour
- Uses Ingredient: Egg, Infobox main_ingredient field: Eggs, flour, salt, less commonly whole wheat flour, cooking oil, potato starch, matzo meal, rice flour, spelt flour
- Uses Ingredient: Flour, Infobox main_ingredient field: Eggs, flour, salt, less commonly whole wheat flour, cooking oil, potato starch, matzo meal, rice flour, spelt flour
Expresses Tradition: Passover and Jewish Holiday Foods, Article body
Jews eat lots of lokshen on Shabbat because noodles are symbolic of the unity of the people of Israel: They are so tangled that they can never be separated.
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