0 artistic works, such as music or writing, that are intended to cause strong sad or romantic feelings but have no real artistic value:
He called it full-on, cellphone-waving arena rock schmaltz, with husky, slow-moving guitars and a wallop of meaninglessly earnest vocals.
Schmaltz may be prepared by a dry process where the pieces are cooked under low heat and stirred, gradually yielding their fat.
The rendered fat of geese and chickens, known as schmaltz, is kept in readiness for cooking use when needed.
Chicken fat was rendered into schmaltz and used for cooking.
Of lesser commercial importance is goose breeding for eggs, schmaltz, or for the fattened liver ("foie gras").
The ingredients were 125 pounds of matzah meal, 25 pounds of schmaltz, over 1,000 eggs and 20 pounds of potato starch.
Schmaltz reveals that he is fifty-five years old (p. 202).
It has been described as walking the line between schmaltz and sincerity, between parody and earnestness.
