In
Canadian cuisine, pieces of fried dough are sometimes called ''''''. According to Bill Castleman, a writer of books on Canadian word origins, the name referred to quick-baked dough "especially in early 19th-century places where people might camp for one night and where there was no frying pan." In 1978, Pam and Grant Hooker of Ottawa, Ontario, founded the
BeaverTails chain of restaurants specializing in the sale of fried dough pastries which are hand stretched to the shape of a beaver's tail. In
Newfoundland, a province in Eastern Canada, fried dough is referred to as a "
touton". A touton (pronounced ) is produced by frying bread dough on a pan with butter or the leftover fat from "
scrunchions" (fried preserved pork) and served with dark
molasses,
maple syrup, or
corn syrup. It is traditionally made from leftover bread dough and pan-fried, as opposed to deep-fried. A smaller
Italian variant common in North America is the
zeppole. Similar food is found in Europe, also typically from outdoor stands in fairs. For example, in
Croatia, fried dough is known as
languši, in
Hungary as
lángos, in
Austria as
kiachl, in
Germany as
Knieküchle while the
oliebol is eaten in the
Netherlands. In north Spain is typical of Carnival season and has a spiritual connection with it, just like 'roscón' in Christmas or 'arroz con leche' in Easter. In
Bulgaria, a similar dish is called
mekitsa. In
Russia a fried flatbread made from yeast dough is called (). A type of soft, fried dough ball frequently coated in sugar can be found in some Chinese restaurants in New York. These dough balls are referred to by any one of a number of names, including but not necessarily limited to "sugar biscuits", "Chinese doughnuts", or the simpler "fried bread". Turkic countries in Central Asia also have a similar food called
Boortsog or
Pişi. In New Zealand and other areas such as Hawaii, the
Māori people cook Parāoa Parai, a fry bread that is a traditional part of a
Matariki feast. In Honduras, there is a fried dough made with flour called a
macheteada. ==Preparation==