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Fastnacht Day (also spelled Fasnacht, or in Pennsylvania German: Faasenacht) is an annual Pennsylvania Dutch celebration that falls on Shrove Tuesday, the day before Ash Wednesday. The word translates to "Fasting Night" or “Almost Night” in English. The tradition is to eat the very best foods, which are part of the German tradition, and ...
Fasnacht (doughnut) Fasnacht (also spelled fastnacht, faschnacht, fosnot, fosnaught, fausnaught) is a fried doughnut of German origin in Pennsylvania Dutch cuisine, served traditionally in the days of Carnival and Fastnacht or on Shrove Tuesday, the day before Lent starts. Fasnachts were made as a way to empty the pantry of lard, sugar, fat ...
National Donut Day or National Doughnut Day, celebrated in the United States and in some other countries, is on the first Friday of June of each year, succeeding the doughnut event created by The Salvation Army in Chicago in 1938 to honor those of their members who served doughnuts to soldiers during World War I. [1] The holiday celebrates the ...
Yeast dough, jam, icing, powdered sugar or sugar. Variations. Custard. Media: Berliner. Krapfen in preparation. A Berliner or Krapfen is a German jam doughnut with no central hole, made from sweet yeast dough fried in lard or cooking oil, with a jam filling, and usually covered in powdered sugar.
Other varieties and names are Obstkrapfen, Fastnachtskrapfen, Faschingskrapfen, Knieküchle, Auszogne and Kreppel. Greece – Svingi, Thiples, Loukoumades. A doughnut-like snack called Loukoumás comes in two types, a crispy one shaped like the number 8, and a larger, softer one shaped like the number 0.
Oktoberfest (German pronunciation: [ɔkˈtoːbɐˌfɛst] ⓘ; Bavarian: Wiesn, Oktobafest) is the world's largest Volksfest, featuring a beer festival and a travelling carnival, and is held annually in Munich, Bavaria, from mid- or late-September to the first Sunday in October, with more than six million international and national visitors attending the event.
Shrove Tuesday. Concluding day of Carnival or Shrovetide; the day before the start of Lent on Ash Wednesday. Shrove Tuesday is always placed 47 days before the western Easter Sunday. Shrove Tuesday (also known as Pancake Tuesday or Pancake Day) is the final day of Shrovetide, marking the end of pre-Lent. Lent begins the following day with Ash ...
October 1 International Coffee Day: 2015 [11] October 1 World Sake Day: 2007 October 1 World Vegetarian Day: 1977, North American Vegetarian Society [citation needed] October 10 World Porridge Day: 2009 [12] [13] [14] October 16 World Food Day: 1945, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations [15] October 24 World Tripe Day 2013 ...