fritters

plural of fritter
as in cakes
a small usually rounded mass of minced food that has been fried she loves eating corn fritters with maple syrup

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Recent Examples of fritters For Caribbean food, head to O’Niel Caribbean Kitchen, where treats like saltfish fritters or balchi fish balls are worth the inevitably long waits for a table. Mark Ellwood, AFAR Media, 20 Oct. 2025 The bakery also makes apple fritters, croissant doughnuts and wheat-free doughnuts and serves Equator coffee. Linda Zavoral, Mercury News, 18 Oct. 2025 These fritters are sweet, tart, and spiced, all at once. Phoebe Evans, Southern Living, 1 Oct. 2025 Enjoy the daily rotating lunch special (a nod to the original street food cart) of prawn fritters or duck salad with Vietnamese coffee tiramisu for dessert. Gizelle Lau, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025 Canelés, financiers and, at least for a short while, peach fritters. Allyson Reedy, Denver Post, 12 Sep. 2025 On the food menu are Spanish classics like paella, croquetas fritters, and patatas bravas, or crispy potatoes, along with colorful summer salads and crowd-pleasers like burgers and sandwiches. Siobhan Reid, Travel + Leisure, 8 Sep. 2025 Chickpea flour is the base for these crispy fritters that chef and author Romy Gill likes to pair with cool mint-cilantro chutney. Saveur Editors, Saveur, 4 Sep. 2025 Every bite of this dish, whether spooned from a steaming bowl or crisped into fritters, represents how food can carry the weight of memory, love, and history. Sami Tamimi august 6, Literary Hub, 6 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fritters
Noun
  • This mainstay on the Texas Panhandle has been dishing up hot cakes since 1981.
    Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Brunch will begin next month, with Singh cooking eggs Benedict topped with salmon cakes and her hollandaise sauce.
    Miguel Otárola, Denver Post, 24 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The Double ShackBurger — which typically costs $11 — stacks two quarter pound patties, American cheese, lettuce, tomato and ShackSauce.
    Sabrina Weiss, PEOPLE, 23 Oct. 2025
  • The patties themselves — two 3-ouncers; a combo of chuck, brisket and short rib — were bold and well-seasoned and dangerously flirting with the line between meaty juiciness and greasy slipperiness.
    Jared Kaufman, Twin Cities, 22 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Diners can enjoy croquettes, escargot, croque monsieur, and more.
    Gabi De la Rosa, Southern Living, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Lamb shanks are braised in Malbec till they can be shredded and made into croquettes with provoleta cheese and a yogurt mint sauce.
    John Mariani, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025

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