snysels, noun

/ˈsneɪs(ə)ls/
Forms:
Also snijsel, snijsels.
Origin:
AfrikaansShow more Afrikaans, cuttings, slices, noodles, from sny cut.
a. Home-made noodle pasta, cut into strips. b. In full melk snysels, a traditional pudding made of noodles cooked in milk, sugar and cinnamon; melkkos.
1913 C. Pettman Africanderisms 457Snijsel,..A preparation of flour somewhat like macaroni, cut into short lengths and used to thicken soup, etc.
1930 M. Raubenheimer Tested S. Afr. Recipes 81Snijsels. Home-made Maccaroni [sic]...Beat egg up with the water and stir it into the flour. Mix well and knead into a very stiff dough...Allow the ‘Snijsels’ to dry off slightly, but it may be used at once.
1934 Cape Argus 5 Jan. (Swart)‘Melk Snysels’ is a popular supper dish.
1934 C.P. Swart Supplement to Pettman. 115Melk-Snysels,..A popular Cape milk food is so called, its chief ingredient being dough cuttings resembling macaroni.
1939 S. Cloete Watch for Dawn 283How fond the children had been of her snysels!...Flour mixed with well-beaten egg till it was stiff dough; a little salt. Then you had to roll the paste, lifting it as you rolled...You rolled it like a carpet and then you cut it length-wise into strips...And melk snysels, cooked with milk, sugar, and cinnamon!
1974 Sunday Times 3 Mar. (Mag. Sect.) 7Our own South African dishes — things like sosaties, the real bredies...And those delicious onions with a sour sauce, melk snysels, koeksisters.
1989 I. Jones Woman’s World Cookbk 96Snysels (Milk Noodles)...A traditional Cape Dutch dessert, in which homemade ribbon noodles are cooked in milk and served with cinnamon or nutmeg — snysels were a favourite supper dish for children.
1990 [see melkkos].
Home-made noodle pasta, cut into strips.
In full melk snysels,a traditional pudding made of noodles cooked in milk, sugar and cinnamon; melkkos.
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