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Food terms in Yiddish

Recall what your grandma was saying when you went to eat. Courtesy of Katz's Deli in NYC - sent to me by friend in Toronto, Canada. Arein! - Come in! Babka - Coffee cake-style pastry Balobotishe - Respectable, well mannered Batampte - Tasty, delicious Boychik - Young boy (term of endearment) Challa - Ceremonial egg bread Chavver - Friend Chrain - Horseradish Deigeh nisht! - Don’t worry Der mensch trakht un Gott lahkht - Man plans and God laughs Es gefelt mir - I like it Ess gesunt! - Eat in good health! Ess, bench, sei a mensch! - Eat, pray, don’t act like a jerk Fardinen a mitzvah - Earn a blessing by doing Farpitzed - Dressed up to the nines For gesunterhait! - Travel in good health Frailech - Happy Geshmak - Tasty, delicious Gesunte tzores - Troubles one should not take too seriously G’nossen tsum emess! -  The sneeze confirmed the truth! Git Yontif - Happy Holiday Haimish ponem - A friendly face Hak mir nicht in tchainik arain! -...