Rick, to the best of my knowledge (after 34 years), there are no Portuguese bakeries within hundreds of miles of where we live :-(
Gail, I recall reading an article re malassada-making during Hawaiian Carnaval online a year or two ago. I gather there are a number of Portuguese bakeries at least in Honolulu (and perhaps elsewhere in the islands as well) -- lucky you! Helen, what a wonderful website with all those photos for making rosettes step-by-step -- talk about food porn (LOL!!!). Unfortunately, deep-frying was never one of my culinary strengths (although when I was a child my dad made the best French fries using peanut oil, as a special Saturday afternoon treat occasionally, but I digress) -- and nowadays fried food doesn't much agree with my insides anyway, so all I can do is look and drool. Plus as Nancy notes, there's all that oil to deal with afterwards (yuck!), and we don't have one of those Willie Nelson cars that runs on used cooking oil ;-) ONE FINAL QUESTION: Nancy says they were called "Patties," but for the purpose of my translating I need something closer to the original "Rosas do Egipto": Did anyone ever hear them called "Egyptian Roses [or Rosettes]," "Roses [or Rosettes] of Egypt"? Muito obrigada, Katharine. = = = = = = = = = = P.S. FILHÓS: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filh%C3%B3s Filhós (or filhozes in plural) is a traditional Christmas dessert in Portugal. Filhós are usually made by forming a ball from a mixture of flour, eggs, and pumpkin (paste or dough), which is optional. After the dough has risen, it is molded into a doughnut-like shape. Instead of having a hole in the center, like a doughnut, there is a small pouch. After the dough have been deep fried, sugar and cinnamon are sprinkled on top of the cooled dough; they are then ready to eat. It is the shape of the filhós which separates it from its relative, the malasada [sic]. -- To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. Follow the confirmation directions when they arrive. For more options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership."
