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While most delis serve kreplach boiled, in chicken broth, the ones at Uncle Bernie’s are deep fried until crisp and served with grilled onions.

In one grouping, the diners - of Irish, German, Polish, Mexican, Cambodian and Italian descents - talked about a dumpling being a universal food, with multiple cultures having a version: pierogi, ravioli, empanadas, kreplach.

Sondheim told a joke whose punch line was “I don’t care. It’s still kreplach.”

Chutzpah Deli, an unassuming Jewish deli in Vienna, serves up delicious kreplach two ways — in a comfort-filled chicken noodle soup or deep-fried and served with onions.

Almost unknown here a decade or two ago, it has joined blinis, kreplach and cheeseburgers as a quick and sustaining lunch for office workers.