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funnel cake

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  • noun US A specialty food made from deep-fried batter and originally associated with the Pennsylvania Dutch region of the United States.

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  • chained_bear commented on the word funnel cake

    "(N. Amer.) a type of deep-fried cake of Pennsylvania German origin, made by pouring batter through a funnel into hot fat." (OED) Hey! Don't forget sprinkling it with powdered sugar!

    February 13, 2007

  • uselessness commented on the word funnel cake

    When you say it that way, it doesn't sound nearly so appetizing. Gross.

    February 13, 2007

  • chained_bear commented on the word funnel cake

    You must be joking. Funnel cake is awesome--deep-fried slightly sweet dough covered with sugar. How can it be wrong? OK, OK, "hot fat" doesn't sound so nice. But still!

    February 13, 2007

  • jennarenn commented on the word funnel cake

    Wow. You poor thing, you've never had a funnel cake. Think of a fritter, think of a hot doughnut, think of those little drips of waffle batter that always hang off the sides of the waffle. You haven't *lived* until you've had a funnel cake.

    February 13, 2007

  • trivet commented on the word funnel cake

    mmmm... something primordial about the taste of fried dough and its cousins:

    fry bread

    elephant ears

    churros

    doughboys

    zeppole

    beignet

    johnnycake

    hushpuppy

    sopiapilla

    and various donuts...

    February 13, 2007

  • uselessness commented on the word funnel cake

    Oh trust me, I have had and will continue to have funnel cakes. They. Are. Awesome.

    But hot fat? That phrase alone is pretty stomach-churning. Not to mention the common association of funnel cakes with tacky traveling carnivals: greasy crap food, nauseating spinny rides, and stinky unshaven loudmouth carnies. Maybe my revulsion is due to some bad childhood experiences. On their own merits, anyway, funnel cakes are seriously scrumptious, and I'm sorry for causing you to think I meant otherwise.

    February 14, 2007

  • reesetee commented on the word funnel cake

    I agree, uselessness. It's all in the describing. If someone were to ask whether I'd like a ball of dough fried in hot fat, I'd probably say no. On the other hand, I'd take a doughnut any damn time. ;-)

    February 14, 2007

  • chained_bear commented on the word funnel cake

    Actually, I'm starting to like "hot fat" as a phrase. I'm trying to think what list I could put it on...

    February 14, 2007

  • uselessness commented on the word funnel cake

    "Synonyms for voluptuosity"? ;-)

    February 14, 2007

  • seanahan commented on the word funnel cake

    This is the perfect food to have at a fair.

    February 14, 2007