
Home > Terms > English, UK (UE) > Fasnacht
Fasnacht
A yeast-raised potato pastry that's deep-fried like a doughnut. Fasnachts were originally made and served on Shrove Tuesday to use up the fat that was forbidden during Lent. They're diamond-shaped and often have a slit cut down the centre before frying. They first appeared in Pennsylvania, though there is some argument whether the actual origin is German or Dutch.
This is auto-generated content. You can help to improve it.
0
0
Improve it
- Part of Speech: noun
- Synonym(s):
- Blossary:
- Industry/Domain: Culinary arts
- Category: Cooking
- Company: Barrons Educational Series
- Product:
- Acronym-Abbreviation:
Other Languages:
Member comments
Terms in the News
Featured Terms
Industry/Domain: Holiday Category: Religious holidays
Ash Wednesday
Ash Wednesday is observed by Christians. Marking the first day of Lent, which lasts until Easter (a period of 46 days), it is the day of repentance. ...
Contributor
Featured blossaries
Dindadink
0
Terms
3
Blossaries
1
Followers
The Kamen Rider TV Series
Category: Entertainment 1
25 Terms


dnatalia
0
Terms
60
Blossaries
2
Followers
Best Goalkeepers in Worldcup 2014
Category: Entertainment 1
9 Terms


Browers Terms By Category
- Advertising(244)
- Event(2)
Marketing(246) Terms
- General law(5868)
- Courts(823)
- Patent & trademark(449)
- DNA forensics(434)
- Family law(220)
- Legal aid (criminal)(82)
Legal services(8095) Terms
- Cooking(3691)
- Fish, poultry, & meat(288)
- Spices(36)
Culinary arts(4015) Terms
- Marketing communications(549)
- Online advertising(216)
- Billboard advertising(152)
- Television advertising(72)
- Radio advertising(57)
- New media advertising(40)
Advertising(1107) Terms
- Software engineering(1411)
- Productivity software(925)
- Unicode standard(481)
- Workstations(445)
- Computer hardware(191)
- Desktop PC(183)