Semolina Semolina Semolina is the coarse, purified wheat middlings of durum wheat mainly used in making pasta and couscous. The word "semolina" can also refer to sweet dessert made from semolina and milk. The term semolina is also used to designate coarse middlings from other varieties of wheat, and from other grains, such as rice and maize. "Semolina" is derived from the Italian word "semola", meaning 'bran'. This is derived from the ancient Latin "simila", meaning 'flour', itself a borrowing from Greek "σεμίδαλις (semidalis)", "groats". The words "simila, semidalis, groat," and "grain" may all have similar proto-Indo-European origins as two Sanskrit
Pyzy (dish) Pyzy (dish) Pyzy () are a type of dumpling (kluski). The dish is most commonly referred to in its plural for "pyzy", as it is most commonly served as a main course meal: large oval-shaped kluski, characteristic to Polish cuisine. Potato pyzy are prepared from boiled potatoes, optionally with added flour, eggs and salt, cooked in boiling water. Stuffed with meat, twaróg or mushroom stuffing, alternatively served without stuffing, and instead served with bacon, lard or fried onion. Dishes prepared similar to pyzy are inter alia: kartacze, goły, potato knedle and Silesian dumplings ("kluski śląskie"). Leavened pyzy or "pyzy drożdżowe"