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By any other name ...

... it's still a doughnut.

Is there a culture without a fried dough treat?

The beignet for the French.

The schmalznudel for the German.

The churro for the Spanish.

Fry bread for Native Americans.

The doughnuts for you know who.

In Amsterdam, particularly at the Christmas season, it's the oliebollen, sometimes studded with bits of fruit and sold fresh at stands all over town.

Posted by Max Brantley on December 30, 2008 07:59 AM |

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And the wonderful Kraepfeln Germans make during Lent--or the gebratene Maeuse Austrian cooks make by frying bits of bread dough and then covering them in powdered sugar . . . .

Posted by: MuddlingThrough [TypeKey Profile Page] | December 31, 2008 05:16 PM

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