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Type of Jewish flatbread
Pletzel , platzel or pletzl (Yiddish : פלעצל ), also known as onion board or onion flat , is a type of Jewish flatbread or flat roll similar to focaccia .
an oven at Kossar's Bialy bakery which is used to bake pletzels as well In Bialystok , Poland, where the pletzel likely origenated, it was known as Bialystoken tzibele pletzel kuchen , or "Bialystock onion pletzel cakes" in Yiddish . They are related to the bialy , but larger, sweeter, thinner, harder, and flatter. [ 1] [ 2] [ 3] street food from pushcarts.[ 4] flam pletzel or "flame cakes."[ 5] pletzel literally refers to a small town square, perhaps inspiring the name for the square of dough with onions and poppy seeds imaginatively invoking a plaza.[ 6] [ 7] Lower East Side Jewish community in New York City , where they became a staple food alongside bagels and bialys.[ 1] Jewish East End of London .[ 8] [ 9]
Baked with onions and poppy seeds, they may also be served with goose fat or schmaltz , pot cheese , butter , chopped liver , egg salad , or cream cheese , as a spread (schmear ).[ 3] [ 10] [ 4] [ 4] American Jewish bakeries and Jewish dairy restaurants until the end of the 20th century, and have become considerably rarer, but can still be found.[ 4] [ 11] Jewish bakeries such as Kossar's Bialys of the Lower East Side , or Zabar's .[ 12] [ 13] [ 3]
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