leniwe
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Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Polish leniwe (literally “lazy”) as a clipped form of the dishes pierogi leniwe and kluski leniwe.
Noun
[edit]leniwe (uncountable)
- A simple Polish dumpling made with farmer cheese or quark.
- I decided to throw together some leniwe as a simple supper but when she asked if I could top them with fried sauerkraut the whole affair became less lazy and more high-effort.
- 2013, Rutu Modan, translated by Jessica Cohen, The Property, Drawn & Quarterly, →ISBN, page 52:
- "What will you have, madam?" / "Leniwe, please. But no jam." / "Excellent choice. [as a thought:] Jam is the whole point of leniwe!"
- 2021 September 15, Laura Brehaut, “Cook this: Lazy pierogies with wild mushrooms, cabbage and prunes from Let's Do Dinner”, in National Post[1]:
- "When I was growing up, my parents threw me into swim practice and I swam every day. I would come home with chlorine in my hair — my hair super crispy ... freezing cold. And when I saw this platter of these leniwe with bread crumbs and sugar, I knew that meant that my parents were going out that night, and I got to have dessert for dinner," says Porowski.
- 2023, Michał Korkosz, Polish'd: Modern Vegetarian Cooking from Global Poland, The Experiment, →ISBN, page 144:
- Biting into leniwe and hearing the crunch is my favorite moment.
Polish
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[edit]Adjective
[edit]leniwe
- inflection of leniwy:
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