Rivels are an

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in some types of

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, often a chicken-based soup (archetypically chicken

corn soup Corn soup is a soup made of maize, corn, typically sweetcorn. Initially popular only in corn-producing areas of the world, the dish is now widespread because of greater corn distribution. Typical ingredients are corn cut from the cob, water, but ...

) or potato soup. Rivels are common in

Pennsylvania Dutch The Pennsylvania Dutch (), also referred to as Pennsylvania Germans, are an ethnic group in Pennsylvania in the United States, Ontario in Canada, and other regions of both nations. They largely originate from the Palatinate (region), Palatina ...

cooking. They are composed primarily of

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and

wheat flour Wheat flour is a powder made from the grinding of common wheat used for human consumption. Wheat varieties are called "soft" or "weak" if gluten content is low, and are called "hard" or "strong" if they have high gluten content. Hard flour, or ...

, which is cut together to create small dumpling-like pieces.

References

Dumplings Cuisine of the Pennsylvania Dutch {{Cuisine-stub

See also

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