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#89760 12/17/2002 6:26 PM
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there is such dish called (literally) lazy noodles. these are noodles made mainly of white cheese (cottage cheese? i'm not sure is it the same) and flour. i wonder what's the name that english-speaking people use for it.


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I found twenty recipes for "Lazy Lasagne" but none for lazy noodles. The cheese named
was mozzarella.


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no, it's definitely not mozzarella cheese. and not a lasagne.


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Maybe if you could give the original name, somebody might recognise it even if they don't know that it means lazy noodles.

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the problem is that lazy noodles is a literal translation. so it is original name and i would like to know the english version of it.


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Well, rav, as Bingley said, maybe if you posted it in Polish (I assume it's Polish?) one of us might recognize it. For example, I know what kielbasa is but I don't know what the literal English translation is. It could be there is an English version of "lazy noodles" that is not a straightforward translation.


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Or, to put it another way, we know what lo mein is but we don't know what it means.


#89767 12/19/2002 1:49 PM
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if you think so, all right. it's kluski leniwe. any conotations?


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On online translator (http://www.poltran.com/) translates kluski as noodles, refuses to translate leniwe all by itself and translates the phrase kluski leniwe as sluggish dumplings.

Googling kluski-leniwe produces a bunch of sites in Polish and one in German. None in English. The word kluski sounds familiar to me but then I'm from Chicago so.


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I found this:

"dumplings made from potatoes, flour, eggs and cottage cheese"
http://web.wanadoo.be/brian.huebner/EM.htm

and this:

"NOODLES & CHEESE, LENTEN (kluski z serem postne):
In lightly salted water cook 16 oz egg noodles of choice until tender. Drain well, dot with butter or margarine (about 2 T and stir in about 2 c grated or crumbled farmer cheese. Dry cottage cheese and farmer cheese may be whirled to a powder in food-processor but do not overprocess because the whey (liquid) may separate from the cheese. Salt & pepper to taste."

http://www.polishnews.com/fulltext/chef/2001/chef59_1.shtml

OK, so pierogi I know. Kluski I don't.

...and no, this is *not a recipe post.


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I think I know what are you talking about. It's not noodles - these are long and thin. I'd rather call klushki/klecki dumplings. but the problem is that there is no "lazy dumplings" in (at least) Britain. cottage cheese dumplings may be? Why do you need a translation anyway? Lasagne is lasagne, guacamole is guacamole, let klushki be klushki!

(cottage cheese = tvorog in Russian, syr in Belorussian)

wellcome on board, rav
I used to be your neighbour - I am from Belarus =


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oh well, sluggish dumplings will have to satisfy me ;)
Faldage: thank you for the link, i didn't know that adress.
AnnaStrophic: thank you for the recipe . that's another thing i didn't know.
vika: 1.wellcome 2.i don't need it necessarily.i'm simply curious about it.


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You're welcome, rav. I found it simply by googling polish-english. It was the second hit.


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It's food that cooks itself without human intervention, also known as laissez fare.



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Ooooh Ted, that is soooo... cool.

And much too profound for your casual summary.




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Umm, rav, I think sluggish dumplings might be open to misinterpretation as dumplings with slugs in. Doesn't sound very appetizing.

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