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Fritter

A fritter is any kind of food coated in batter

Batter (cooking)

Batter is a liquid mixture, usually based on one or more flours combined with liquids such as water, milk or beer. egg is also a common component....
and deep fried. The word comes from the Latin

Latin

Latin is an Italic language, historically spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. Through the Military history of the Roman Empire, Latin spread throughout the Mediterranean and a large part of Europe....
*frictura ("frying

Frying

Frying is the cooking of food in oil or fat, a technique that originated in ancient Old_Kingdom around 2500BC. Chemically, oils and fats are the same, differing only in melting point, but the distinction is only made when needed....
") by way of Old French

Old French

Old French was the Romance languages dialect continuum spoken in territories which span roughly the northern half of modern France and parts of modern Belgium and Switzerland from around 1000 to 1300....
and Middle English

Middle English

Middle English is the name given by historical linguistics to the diverse forms of the English language spoken between the Norman conquest of England of 1066 and about 1470, when the #Chancery Standard, a form of London-based English, began to become widespread, a process aided by the introduction of the printing press into England by William...
. It can refer to a dessert

Dessert

Dessert is a course that typically comes at the end of a meal, usually consisting of sweet food but sometimes of a strongly-flavored one, such as some cheeses....
, a side dish

Side dish

A side dish, sometimes referred to as a side order or simply a side, is a food item that accompanies the entr?e or main course at a meal....
or a main course

Main course

A main course is the featured or primary dish in a meal consisting of several courses. In North American English, the main course can also be called the entr?e; however, in some menus the main course follows the entr?e, or entry, course, and the salad course....
food.

In British

United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
fish and chip

Fish and chips

Fish and chips is a popular take-away food which originated in the United Kingdom. It consists of deep-fried fish in Batter or breadcrumbs with French fried potatoes potatoes....
shops, the fish and chips can be accompanied by fritters, which means a food item (such as a slice of potato, a pineapple ring, an apple ring or some mushy peas

Mushy peas

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A fritter is any kind of food coated in batter

Batter (cooking)

Batter is a liquid mixture, usually based on one or more flours combined with liquids such as water, milk or beer. egg is also a common component....
and deep fried. The word comes from the Latin

Latin

Frying

Old French

Middle English

Dessert

Dessert is a course that typically comes at the end of a meal, usually consisting of sweet food but sometimes of a strongly-flavored one, such as some cheeses....
, a side dish

Side dish

A side dish, sometimes referred to as a side order or simply a side, is a food item that accompanies the entr?e or main course at a meal....
or a main course

Main course

United Kingdom

Fish and chips

Mushy peas

Mushy peas are dried marrowfat peas which are first soaked overnight in water and Sodium bicarbonate, and then simmered with a little sugar and salt until they form a thick green lumpy soup....
) fried in batter. Hence: potato fritter, pineapple fritter, apple fritter, pea fritter, etc.

Small cakes made with a primary ingredient, mixed with batter and fried, are found in many American cuisines. "Corn fritters" and "apple fritters" are well known, although the American apple fritter is unlike the British one. The creator of the American apple fritter is Don Limbocker, a baker from Salem, Oregon

Salem, Oregon

Salem is the Capital of the U.S. state of Oregon, and the county seat of Marion County, Oregon. It is located in the center of the Willamette Valley alongside the Willamette River, which runs north through the city....
. Fritters may use regular flour, cornmeal, or a mix. New England

New England

New England is a region of the United States located in the northeastern corner of the country, bounded by the Atlantic Ocean, Canada and New York State, and consisting of the modern U.S....
clam cakes and Maryland

Maryland

Maryland is a U.S. state located in the Mid Atlantic States of the United States, bordering Virginia, West Virginia and the Washington, D.C. to the south and west, Pennsylvania to the north, and Delaware to the east....
crab cake

Crab cake

A crab cake is an American cuisine composed of crab meat and various other ingredients such as bread crumbs, milk, eggs, yellow onions, and seasonings....
s are essentially varieties of fritter.

In most Southeast Asia

Southeast Asia

Southeast Asia or Southeastern Asia is a subregion of Asia, consisting of the countries that are geographically south of China, east of India and north of Australia....
n countries like Malaysia

Malaysia

Malaysia is a federation that consists of States of Malaysia in Southeast Asia with a total landmass of . The capital city is Kuala Lumpur, while Putrajaya is the seat of the federal government....
, it is common for a variety of fritters, called "cucur" (such as yam

Yam (vegetable)

Yam is the common name for some species in the genus Dioscorea .These are perennial plant herbaceous vines cultivated for the consumption of their starchy tubers in Africa, Asia, Latin America and Oceania....
, sweet potato

Sweet potato

The 'sweet potato' is a dicotyledonous plant which belongs to the family Convolvulaceae. Amongst the approximately 50 genera and more than 1000 species of this family, only I....
and banana

Banana

File:Banana and cross section.jpgBanana is the common name for a fruit and also the herbaceous plants of the genus Musa which produce this commonly eaten fruit....
) to be fried by the roadside in a large wok

Wok

A wok is a versatile round-bottomed cookware and bakeware originating in China. It is used especially in East Asia and Southeast Asia. South Asia also uses a similarly-shaped vessel known as a karahi....
and sold as snacks. Fritters are extremely popular road side snacks all over South Asia

South Asia

South Asia, also known as Southern Asia, is the southern region of the Asian continent, which comprises the sub-Himalayan countries and, for some authorities , also includes the adjoining countries on the west and the east....
and are commonly referred to as Pakora (Pakoda) or Bhajia in local parlance.

There is some debate as to how to properly classify a fritter. Some consider it a doughnut

Doughnut

A doughnut is a sweet, deep-fried piece of dough or batter . The two most common types are the torus-shaped ring doughnut and the filled doughnut, a flattened sphere injected with jam, jelly, cream, custard, or other sweet filling....
but are mistaken, while others correctly consider it to belong, more generally, to the pastry

Pastry

Pastry is the name given to various kinds of baking made from ingredients such as flour, butter, shortening, baking powder or Egg s. Small cakes, tarts and other sweet baked goods are called "pastries"....
family.

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