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tzimmes|ˈtsɪməs|
Also tsimmes, -is; tzimmas, -is, -us; (t)zimes. Pl. same.
[a. Yiddish tsimes of obscure origin.]
A stew or casserole of sweetened vegetables or vegetables and fruit, sometimes with meat. Also fig., a fuss, a confused affair.
1892I. Zangwill Childr. Ghetto I. v. 136 Esther some⁓times compounded Tzimmus, a dainty blend of carrots, pudding, and potatoes. 1893Pall Mall Mag. Oct. 870 It was a good and simple meal of fish, fowl, and fruits, no ‘borsch’, no ‘tabeches’, no ‘tzimmas’. 1903Jewish Encycl. IV. 256/1 Zimes, or compote, consists generally of cooked fruits..or of vegetables, well spiced. 1923A. Yezierska Children of Loneliness 142 Tzimmes—blintzes—a golden-roasted goose swimming in its own fat ravished the senses. 1925S. Raphaelson Jazz Singer 125 Brother Levy, I am the chairman of the Executive Committee. Make yourself a tsimmes from it... All right—all right. 1925A. Yezierska Bread Givers vi. 102 You ought to taste her gefülte fish! Her tzimes! 1946D. Runyon Short Takes 199 Why is he making a big tsimmis out of a grunt? 1958J. Grossinger Jewish Cookery p. xi, Rosh Hashonah..one of the many different styles of tzimmes is a regular part of the holiday's menu. 1968L. Rosten Joys of Yiddish 411 Since making tsimmes took time and various mixings, the word came to mean:..A prolonged procedure; an involved business; a mix-up. 1970S. Ellin Bind xxxviii. 186 I'll be owing money before this tzimmis is over. 1970[see kishke]. 1974R. L. Simon Wild Turkey (1976) vii. 39 Why are you making such a tsimmis? Hecht is dead. 1975G. Meir My Life iii. 37 The Sabbath meal—chicken soup, gefilte fish, and meat braised with potatoes and onions, with a carrot-and-prune tzimmes on the side. 1978Times 29 July 9/2 On a recent visit, latkes were greasy and tzimmis boring. |