• Terminology
  • Name and Meaning
  • Etymology
• Ingredients and Preparation
  • Dough
  • Filling
  • Preparation
  • Cooking Methods
• Geography and Migration
  • Origin
  • Geographic Spread
  • Date
• Cultural Associations
  • Gender
  • Holidays
• Bibliography

The makers of knedlíky were women. In Eastern and Central Europe, women were relegated to the domestic sphere and given full responsibility for cooking, cleaning and raising children. As a result, dumplings, which were so frequently featured in meals, were cooked by a woman, or the homemaker. It is reported that the test of a well-run household in the quality of the mehlspeisen, or warm dessert, homemade from fresh ingredients; in Czech culture, this would typically be a sweet knedlíky dumpling.

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