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Grieben

English translation: cracklings

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German term or phrase:Grieben
English translation:cracklings
Entered by: Rachel Ward

12:32 Nov 6, 2006
German to English translations [PRO]
Cooking / Culinary / recipe
German term or phrase: Grieben
This is from a recipe for Kartoffelpuffer. LEO gives "greaves", which my dictionary defines as tallow. Would "dripping" or "lard" be equivalent?

"100 g Speck, 40 g Grieben und 4 Knoblauchzehen in sehr kleine Würfel schneiden und mit Salz, Pfeffer, 2 Teel. gem.
Kümmel und 3 Teel. Majoran untermengen."
Rachel Ward
United Kingdom
Local time: 08:05
cracklings
Explanation:
according to Langenscheidt, for which Webster claims
"the crisp residue left after the fat has been separated from the fibrous tissue in rendering lard or frying or roasting the skin of pork, turkey, duck, or goose usually used in plural;"

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Note added at 34 mins (2006-11-06 13:06:22 GMT)
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here's what OED says about greaves
"The fibrous matter or skin found in animal fat, which forms a sediment on melting and is pressed into cakes to serve as meat for dogs or hogs, fish-bait, etc.; the refuse of tallow; cracklings."
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Jonathan MacKerron
Grading comment
Thanks Jonathan and everyone. Greaves is a bit obscure, I think.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +3greaves
Stephen Sadie
3 +5cracklings
Jonathan MacKerron
3lardons
Claire Cox
2greaves
Erik Freitag


Discussion entries: 2





  

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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +3
greaves


Explanation:
we have had this before on kudoz

Stephen Sadie
Germany
Local time: 09:05
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 35
Notes to answerer
Asker: I searched, but couldn't find it. Where??


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  BrigitteHilgner: That's the expression I'm familiar with. (I have just discovered to my surprise that Langenscheidt and Pons Collins also offer 'cracklings' as a translation - news to me.
14 mins
agree  Ingeborg Gowans (X)
22 mins
agree  Sandra SAYN (X)
23 mins
neutral  Jonathan MacKerron: see what OED has to say about "greaves", can't imagine that this would be part of a recipe for humans??
31 mins
neutral  Darin Fitzpatrick: A rather obscure term in this context. For instance, M-W does not have this definition.
1 hr
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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5
greaves


Explanation:
I don't think that you could go with "lard" or "dripping" here. "Grieben" are small crunchy bits of meat, which you wouldn't associate with lard imho.


    Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greaves_%28food%29
Erik Freitag
Germany
Local time: 09:05
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 4
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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +5
cracklings


Explanation:
according to Langenscheidt, for which Webster claims
"the crisp residue left after the fat has been separated from the fibrous tissue in rendering lard or frying or roasting the skin of pork, turkey, duck, or goose usually used in plural;"

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Note added at 34 mins (2006-11-06 13:06:22 GMT)
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here's what OED says about greaves
"The fibrous matter or skin found in animal fat, which forms a sediment on melting and is pressed into cakes to serve as meat for dogs or hogs, fish-bait, etc.; the refuse of tallow; cracklings."

Jonathan MacKerron
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 68
Grading comment
Thanks Jonathan and everyone. Greaves is a bit obscure, I think.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Kathi Stock: crackling fat - Griebenschmalz erikasonlinestore.com/cracfatschma.html
11 mins
agree  Cetacea
39 mins
agree  Darin Fitzpatrick: Should be well understood by a general audience.
1 hr
agree  Susan Madden
1 hr
agree  Rebecca Garber
6 hrs
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33 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
lardons


Explanation:
Perhaps?

Definiton:

lardon
Pronounced:LAHR-don
Narrow strips of fat used to lard meats and used to flavor dishes such as quiches or salads or rendered with onion as a base for soup of pasta sauces. The French also use the term lardon to refer to bacon that has been diced, blanched and fried.

plural: lardons
Ingredient



Claire Cox
United Kingdom
Local time: 08:05
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 41
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