prakes

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Pronunciations

prakes (PROCK-iss)

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Definitions

  • n. Stuffed cabbage leaves that are usually filled with ground beef, minced onion, and rice, and sweetened with raisins or prunes, and served in a tomato sauce.

Example Sentences

  • "I never heard the Yiddish word holiptshes used for stuffed cabbage until the 1960s, when my family came to New York City to eat at Lou Siegel’s and asked for ‘prakas.’ The waiter had no idea what we were talking about, and it took some time to straighten things out." (source)

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Languages of Origin

  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • פּראַקעס prakes, האָלעפּצעס hóleptses 'stuffed cabbage'

      • Who Uses This

      • Older: Jews who are middle-aged and older
      • Ashkenazim: Jews with Ashkenazi heritage

      Regions

      • North America

      Dictionaries

      • The JPS Dictionary of Jewish Words, by Joyce Eisenberg and Ellen Scolnic, (Philadelphia, 2001).

      Alternative Spellings

      prakas, prokas

Notes

  • Common among Philadelphia Jews regardless of geographical origin. Prevalent also among Jews of Romania, Moldova, and Southern Ukraine. See (source)

    Also known as holiptshes, goluptshes, and golomkes.

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