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Tzimmes, or tsimmes (, ), is a traditional Ashkenazi Jew Jewish stew typically made from and such as or , often combined with other root vegetables (including yam).
Tzimmes is often part of the Rosh Hashanah meal, when it is traditional to eat sweet and honey-flavored dishes. Some cooks add chunks of meat (usually beef flanken or brisket).Joan Nathan, Joan Nathan's Jewish Holiday Cookbook, Schocken, 2004; page 228. The dish is cooked slowly over low heat and flavored with honey or sugar and sometimes cinnamon or other spices.
The name is a Yiddish word that, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, may come from Middle High German ."tzimmes, n." OED Online, Oxford University Press, March 2022, www.oed.com/view/Entry/208475. Accessed 17 April 2022. "To make a big tzimmes over something" is a Yinglish expression that means to make a big fuss, perhaps because of the slicing, mixing, and stirring that go into the preparation of the dish.
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