Chrain (czech: křen; slovak: chren; german: meerrettich or kren; polish: chrzan; romanian: hrean; russian: хрен, romanized: khren; ukrainian: хрiн, romanized: khrin; yiddish: כריין, romanized: khreyn; hebrew: חזרת, romanized: khazeret; meaning "horseradish" in all these languages) is a spicy paste made of grated horseradish. it is a common condiment for meat and fish dishes in eastern and central european cuisines (slovene, northern croatian, belarusian, czech, slovak, german (especially bavarian), polish, romanian, latvian, lithuanian, russian, ukrainian and ashkenazi jewish cuisine). chrain comes from yiddish כריין, which is in turn a loanword from slavic languages.there are two common ...

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