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Hawaiian malasadas with various fillings. In 1878, Portuguese laborers from Madeira and the Azores started to immigrate to Hawaii to work on the plantations. [7] They brought with them their traditional foods, including fried doughnuts they called malassadas ― now commonly spelled as malasadas.
Leonard's is known as an "old-fashioned, plain-Jane bakery" [3] that popularized pastries and desserts in Portuguese cuisine, like Portuguese sweet bread and pão doce meat wraps, [2] sometimes with a Hawaiian cultural borrowing like haupia, coconut, and guava filled malasadas. [4] [5]
Mardi Gras ("Fat Tuesday"), the day before Lent, is Malasada Day in Hawaii. Being predominantly Catholic, Portuguese immigrants would need to use up all their butter and sugar prior to Lent. They did so by making large batches of malasadas, which they would subsequently share with friends from all the other ethnic groups in the plantation camps.
Malasada: Portugal: A fried dough from Sao Miguel Island, Azores, Portugal. Also popular in Hawaii and in Cape Cod, Massachusetts, where they are called "flippers". Mandazi: East Africa: A fried bread (served with no glazing or frosting) that is popular in areas around the Swahili countries of Kenya and Tanzania.
Hawaii – popular doughnut in Hawaii is the Malasada. They were brought to the Hawaiian Islands by Portuguese laborers from Madeira and the Azores who went to Hawaii to work in the plantations. They are small balls of yeast dough, deep fried, and coated in sugar.
Malasada—a traditional staple on Mardi Gras but popular throughout the year. Modern recipes have it coated with cinnamon sugar and/or filled with various jams and creams like guava, haupia, or custard [18] [19] Manapua—A local iteration of the char siu bao often 2-3 times larger than those found in dim sum restaurants.
Traditionally the people of Madeira eat Malasadas on Terça-feira Gorda (Shrove Tuesday), the reason for making malasadas was to use up all the lard and sugar in the house, in preparation for Lent (much in the same way the tradition of Pancake Day in the UK originated on Shrove Tuesday), Malasadas are sold alongside the main carnival parade on ...
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