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Heh... you caught me.

Looking at the variety and pictures in Wiki, I recognise the stuff known as Krapfen in South, Pfannkuchen in East and Berliner in Northwestern German. Something like that is sold in Budapest since the middle of the nineties -- and when I looked it up in a dictionary, I found my bécsi fánk translates to "Viennese doughnut"...

Though the dough tastes similar, and "Viennese doughnut" also combines fat and sweet, for lack of hole and frosting, I failed to make the connection. "Viennese doughnut", is like what you describe (and, now I notice, like the second donut on the very picture I posted...): thin powder sugar on top, and maybe filled with vanilla or chocolate pudding. (Can't say I am too high on that, either, but less strange than with the frosting.)

*Lunatic*, n.
One whose delusions are out of fashion.

by DoDo on Thu Nov 20th, 2008 at 01:46:01 PM EST
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I note that the Hungarian equivalent of doughnut as per my dictionary, fánk, when applied with qualifiers other than "Viennese", look (and taste) totally different.

csörögefánk ( = c. clinking doughnut):

rózsafánk ( = rose doughnut):

képviselőfánk ( = [parliamentary] representative's doughnut):



*Lunatic*, n.
One whose delusions are out of fashion.

by DoDo on Thu Nov 20th, 2008 at 02:06:53 PM EST
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Oh, the top kind can be found in different French regions under different names. In the South-West they call them oreillettes.
by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Thu Nov 20th, 2008 at 02:30:10 PM EST
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The rose doughnuts look similar to glazed doughnuts in the U.S., except instead of powdered/icing sugar on top, they're dipped in a sugar glaze, with a slightly less intricate cut "pattern." (Those were my favorite, but I haven't wanted to eat them for the past few years. My tolerance for sugary things has lessened over time. I don't know how I was ever able to eat the Halloween candy I would get as a kid all in a couple of days-- eek.)
by lychee on Thu Nov 20th, 2008 at 02:44:14 PM EST
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Oh, I just realized that was jam or jelly in the middle of those. None of that in glazed doughnuts here....
by lychee on Thu Nov 20th, 2008 at 02:46:11 PM EST
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"parliamentary representative's doughnut"

LOL.

We call it a cream puff or profiterole.

Come, my friends, 'Tis not too late to seek a newer world.

by poemless on Thu Nov 20th, 2008 at 02:40:02 PM EST
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DoDonut.
by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Thu Nov 20th, 2008 at 02:11:04 PM EST
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Are you saying I am nuts!?

*Lunatic*, n.
One whose delusions are out of fashion.
by DoDo on Thu Nov 20th, 2008 at 02:14:38 PM EST
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Well, you would know... ;)
by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Thu Nov 20th, 2008 at 02:31:24 PM EST
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You hang out with us, don't you? <ducks, runs>
by lychee on Thu Nov 20th, 2008 at 03:08:55 PM EST
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