What do you call this fried dough ? There is no single common name in Turkey almost every city even every village calls it something different. İs it the same in the balkans?

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Mamlazic@reddit

If it's classic bread dough it's Mekika (Mekike in plural) and it's godly breakfast with kajmak. Guarateed to keep at least 50 percent of breakfast as lard arround.

If the dough is more like but not all the way to american pancakes than it's Uštipci and its more like a snack. You make them smaller and either sweeten them up with sugar or jam or eat them with soft cheese with leek.

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Longjumping_Lemon783@reddit

Great now I’m hungry

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BattleGoose_1000@reddit

We call it uštipci in Central Serbia

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darksugarfairy@reddit

One of my grandmothers called them "priganice" and the other "uštipci" and they’re from opposite sides of Serbia, so it’s probably the same thing, just with every village calling it differently 😂

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UVTAKMIAAV@reddit

Also "mekike"

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After_March8005@reddit

Dude, "priganica" is different its more flat, "ustipak" is more rounded :)

Source: fat from priganices and ustipci from my childhood

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Worried-Owl-9198@reddit (OP)

It seems like the situation in Serbia is just like in Turkey. I call it pesmet

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starsiege@reddit

same, from Razgrad(Turk) but i know other towns around Razgrad call it something else

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gamer20088@reddit

haha my parents from there call it pesmet too

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fulltime-sagittarius@reddit

In Balıkesir, we call this lokma

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Renacimiento1234@reddit

Pişi

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blackincal@reddit

That is the same word used in Pontian Greek

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Ok_Mix673@reddit

It's called pişi, obviously derived from the Turkish verb pişir-mek

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albatross351767@reddit

We call it pisi

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Worried-Owl-9198@reddit (OP)

My mom’s side is from Varna and my dad’s side is from Tulcea both sides call it pesmet

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Friendly-Advantage79@reddit

I'm in Croatia and I'm taking "pesmet" for my own use. I love it. Both the word and the food.

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cibcib@reddit

Interesting, in Romanian "pesmet" is dried bread crumbles.

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Worried-Owl-9198@reddit (OP)

That’s interesting In Turkey, what you described is called Peksimet

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Useful_Secret4895@reddit

In Greece those bread rusks are called paximadia.

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Worried-Owl-9198@reddit (OP)

Paximadia is the coolest name I’ve heard so far

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blackincal@reddit

It seems it is derived from the name of an ancient cook that allegedly invented them

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Useful_Secret4895@reddit

What's even cooler is a salad with paximadia in a dish with a little water and olive oil, with shredded fresh tomato on top and some nice shredded white unsalted cheese like anthotyro or manouri in top, sprinkled with some fresh thyme or oregano. In Crete it's a staple dish called Dakos.

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MilkFew2273@reddit

That's not paximadia that's τηγανοψωμο or just maybe loukoumades ( lokma) without the honey/sugar

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Useful_Secret4895@reddit

You're probably right but i was talking about dried bread crumbs mentioned earlier in this thread, which are called peksimet in Turkish, the linguistic link being evident.

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Burekenjoyer69@reddit

In Bosnia it depends on how it’s made, with yeast it’s peksimeti, without yeast it’s uštipci

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ReIgniteMD@reddit

Tf is a pesmet my guy that's obviously a Pişi 😤😤😤

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Berat0-0@reddit

no pişi has filling this is hamur kızartması

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Worried-Owl-9198@reddit (OP)

I’m filing for naming rights on this thing, mark my words

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dragon-s_wrath@reddit

We call it 'pişi' in Antalya

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Alice_Ayres@reddit

Omiljeni Uštipak!!! 💕

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Pipirevka@reddit

Lol same! We call it "uštipci" or "prženica"

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Adorable-Ad-1180@reddit

must be diaspora? przenica are something else

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Pipirevka@reddit

I know know. My friends call them przenice so I have to correct them. Should have clarrified. Sorry

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Spicy1@reddit

Nah this isn’t a przenica

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Pipirevka@reddit

I know! But some of my friends call it przenica and I have to correct the.. I am so sorry, should have clarified

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EgoSumDeus_123@reddit

My mom called it uštipak, she is bosnian livin in Turkey

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RadangPattaya@reddit

My gf once wanted these while we were in a restaurant in Niš. She ordered uštipci (like the pic) but received their version of uštipci, which are little balls of meat in that part of Serbia lmao

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BudoB@reddit

Exactly, and "prženice" is what in Bosnia they call "pofezne", or as the Americans say "French toast".

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RadangPattaya@reddit

We also call them prženice here in Novi Sad, unsure if it's called differently in other parts of Serbia

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More-Drawer-4570@reddit

We call it priganice in Montenegro 🤤

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Urtinus@reddit

Pancove- Romanian and Serbian Banat.

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SilasDynaplex@reddit

In romanian there is a similar worded dish, called "frigănele" but it is with bread dipped in batter and fried, not dough.

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cibcib@reddit

This looks more like smaller "scovergi" or "langoși"

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sufnudla@reddit

It's the same here (Serbia). I call them "ushtipci", husband calls them "priganice". Some friends call them "fritule".

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weekelndi@reddit

petulla

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richterfrollo@reddit

My mom (bosnian) calls them uštipke

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Best_Read5612@reddit

In Romania we call them pancove, i’m from the north (Bistrita/Suceava)

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3a3u@reddit

In Macedonian 🇲🇰:

Мекица (mekica)
Тиганица (tiganica)
Питулица (pitulica)

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LeviathanMacedonia@reddit

Also in Macedonian: пешии или пишии, лангиди…

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3a3u@reddit

Ауу лангиди... многу егзотично звучи 😅 Од кој дијалект е?

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Ancient-Respect6305@reddit

Valandovo, Strumica - toj region

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LeviathanMacedonia@reddit

Источна Македонија некои градови.

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rablador@reddit

Pitulice is the name of a small bird in Romanian. Is it the same for pitulica in Macedonia?

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Acceptable-Ratio4339@reddit

And Пишија (pishiya). Tiganica its not the same. Its sweet with milk. See https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funnel_cake

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3a3u@reddit

К'ј се користи пишија?

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TheOneWhoDidntCum@reddit

how come three , three varieties based on size?

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3a3u@reddit

I think it is because of regions and dialects. But I have an impression that питулица are these smaller ones (as in the picture) and мекица are bigger. But I am not sure if this is also just connected to the different regions 🤷

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svetsare@reddit

The amount of variation in such a small country by size is so interesting

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Djubar95@reddit

Uštipci, Mekike (🇷🇸)

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omnitreex@reddit

Petlla

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Idonnuonamemaaan@reddit

My Nanushi called this Lokuma

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Benutzernameprueftau@reddit

No, llokuma is made with eggs and are sweet.

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RonKosova@reddit

Yep we call em llokuma too. When i was a kid i used to think petlla are different because the only time i heard that name was when i ate them at my neighbours house, and of course they tasted slightly different to my moms cooking so my kid brain was like "yep these are different things".

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justlohser@reddit

Actually llokuma and petlla are a bit different

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fxtxxnx@reddit

I think petlla actually have a more watery dough, and they are usually made by dropping the dough in the oil via a spoon. Then they get really crispy outside and soft on the inside. For iftar we drench them in a yoghurt/garlic sauce.

Llokuma on the other hand, are made with a dough more similar to a doughnut. My grandmother would use a cup to shape them, while the other grandmother would cut the dough and all the llokuma would come out like little pillows.

But idk this is just my Ulqinake experience.

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justlohser@reddit

Yesss the same here as someone from Kosovo 🫶

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sony_alb@reddit

We in Albania call them "petulla"

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kimi_no_na-wa@reddit

Exact same thing really, they just don't pronounce the u

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MathPutrid7109@reddit

That's just literary Albanian. We don't pronounve the u in regular speech either.

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MbretiMeti@reddit

My region does pronounce the U in petulla. And llokuma is something totally different to us.

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MbretiMeti@reddit

My region does pronounce it petulla with the U

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Nervous_Spare1056@reddit

My mom calls them the same

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oktaium@reddit

My Albanian grandma from Kosovo calls it Petla too

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zgaropouli@reddit

Petulla me mjalte dhe djathe

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TheArst0tzkan@reddit

in my father's home region they call it "pitoules" (small pies)

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CrashXD1@reddit

In Southern Puglia, Italy, we call it Pettule (or Pittule in some cities) which is very similar. They are a traditional dish enjoyed during Christmas time

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icancount192@reddit

We are of Pontic origin so we call them πισία, "pishia"

We make them more rounded though

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Murky-Lettuce-5817@reddit

we use the same in some parts of Cyprus. Pishia/Pishies

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t3hk1ll3r@reddit

Τσιριχτα, φίλε, τα πισία είναι συνήθως με γέμιση.

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icancount192@reddit

Αααα αυτά δεν έχουν γέμιση, είναι σκέτο ψωμί? Τότε ναι, τσιριχτά, αν έχουν και τυρί

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Bran37@reddit

Same in Cyprus (and maybe ξεροτηανα )

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englisharegerman345@reddit

My grandma from the very northeast corner of turkey (ardahan) calls it bişi (bishi) another instance of the greek unaspirated p becoming b in turkish. Πετρονιον and `υποδρομοδ becoming Bodrum and bodrum (the City and word for basement floor respectively), εις την Πολιν becoming İstanbul, name of Bolu prolly again just being from just (Κλαυδιου)πολις. Πελαμυδες/παλαμυδες as written all the way back by Strabo becoming palamut is an exception i know, which i funnily enough thought was evidence maybe medieval pontic greek speakers were aspirating their p’s.

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defnotachicken@reddit

I mean how did you get the conclusion that Turkish took it from Greek? Bişi/Pişi comes from Piş(mek) which comes from old Turkish word Bış: to mix / to cook. So there is high possibility that the words origin is Turkish. That aside I am not claiming the food of course, it is a very simple food/snack you can make and I am sure there are lots of examples in different cuisines.

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asdsadnmm1234@reddit

You are right with p in Greeks words becoming b in Turkish but pişi or bişi has nothing to do with Greek.

https://www.nisanyansozluk.com/kelime/pi%C5%9Fi

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icancount192@reddit

Very nice write up, congrats kardas!

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PurpleFlower12@reddit

In Macedonia we have the same word "pishia" but for a little different recipe.

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ichann3@reddit

Families from Samsun (Amisos) and we call it pişi

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lefm2@reddit

Wow it’s the same situation in greek too, it seems. My grandma in Volos fried them filled with feta cheese and called them “kloures”, abbreviated “kouloures”.

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kelvarnsen1603@reddit

My mother is from Afyonkarahisar, an Inner Aegean city, and in Afyon, they call it "pishi" (pişi) as well.

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icancount192@reddit

Yeah, definitely sounds like a Turkish word that my grandparents adopted

Afyonkarahisar

Second battle of Inonu flashbacks

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Renacimiento1234@reddit

Second battle of inönü was near Eskişehir. İnönü is a municipality of Eskişehir if I am not mistaken not Afyon

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icancount192@reddit

Yeah we call it the battle of Afyon Karahisar

Not sure why

https://el.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9C%CE%AC%CF%87%CE%B7_%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%85_%CE%91%CF%86%CE%B9%CF%8C%CE%BD_%CE%9A%CE%B1%CF%81%CE%B1%CF%87%CE%B9%CF%83%CE%AC%CF%81

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thewomanofstone@reddit

In izmir they are called pişi (pishi). Same, more rounded

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Secret_Bee240@reddit

This is interesting. In North Macedonia, they say "пешиjа" (peshia).

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leafsland132@reddit

Nah, in Macedonia we call them Mekici and Pitulici

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Secret_Bee240@reddit

Ja sam čuo pešija kad sam bio u Ohridu.

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leafsland132@reddit

Не разбирам твојте јазик

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Secret_Bee240@reddit

Тоа е мало вероватно. Викам дека сум чул пешиjа во Охрид.

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Plane-Bug-8889@reddit

Why does my Mother from North Macedonia call it that exact same thing.

She is half Greek half slav, but she grew up in North Macedonia as a full Yugoslav.

Where is your Dad from. My Moms Greek side is Macedonian Greek from Kastoria.

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checkliver@reddit

‚Scovergi‘ in south eastern Romania but there are as well other names for it

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flowgert@reddit

You're most probably Arvanit/Albanian

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Kalypso_95@reddit

Man, pitoula (pitoules is plural) is the diminutive of pita, a Greek word, you probably have heard it. Adding -oula in the end of a word denotes a smaller version of the item or can be a sign of affection, like -aki. So if you use a similar word in Albanian, you borrowed it from Greek, not the other way around

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flowgert@reddit

Yet you don't call it petulla or smth similar but you use a completely different term

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blackincal@reddit

Ahem. Cool down, everybody! Although we all have a huge tradition in pies and flatbreads in the Balkans, it seems both Albanian and Greek borrowed the term from Italian /pitta, pizza, pinsa/ (with various theories around its origin, some involving Ancient Greek, Illyrian or Aramaic language). The diminutive /-ulus, -ula, -ulum/ was certainly a Latin one borrowed to both Albanian and Greek.

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TheArst0tzkan@reddit

No, my dad's from southern Messinia (south Peloponnese)

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flowgert@reddit

Aaaa ok. So, Arbëresh?

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TheArst0tzkan@reddit

I don't know. If I have such an ancestry, it propably is a bit distant.

I've heard that some Souliotes had come to live in my village in the 1800s though

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flowgert@reddit

Sì, probabile sia questo

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Isa_Boletini@reddit

Petulla in Albania

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Leicesterman2@reddit

Damm stop stealing food from us

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gleft@reddit

Also from southern Messinia, my grandmother called them "κουταλίδες" (koutalides), I assume because it was one spoonful of dough. Spoon is koutali in greek

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DimitriosKara@reddit

In my father's village in the north of Greece we call it μικίκια (mikikia).

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AidoKush@reddit

We call them “Petulla” which sounds similar

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11_dav1d@reddit

In romania it depends on the region, in wallachia they call them scovergi, in moldavia (where I live) gogoși and in transylvania langoși, just like in hungary

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ufknstupid@reddit

Pişi

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bacharikos@reddit

North Greece, Laggités

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Specialist_Wolf_3225@reddit

Uštipci/Uštipak in Bosnia! A style of fried bread to have with meals and if there’s any left over it’s delicious with Nutella or Eurocrem for something sweet :)

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Glittering-Boss-911@reddit

This ones I know them as "gogoși". They are most filled with sweet stuffing - Jam, chocolate cream, sweet cheese or salted cheese.

Larger ones, more flat, are "langoși". They are served covered with salted toppings - sour cream and cheese, salted cheese (telemea) or sweet like Nutella.

We also have ones that are knotted in the middle named as "minciunele".

I think this fried dough has other names in Romania, but I know only these ones.

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Advanced-Tank9495@reddit

Pişi

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LegitimateWerewolf16@reddit

W call it « sfenj » in Morocoo but it usually has a hole in the middle

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Unusual_Math2106@reddit

It pretty much looks like “lángos”

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ardicli2000@reddit

Mostly called "Pişi". In my family, it is "Lokma"

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Blacklung_arthur@reddit

Λουκουμάδες (Loukoumades) in greece

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dezurnihejter@reddit

We call it Mekice, South Serbia (Niš, Leskovac)

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Monster1010@reddit

In izmir we call this pişi. I thought this is what everyone in turkey called it pişi so im kinda shocked to see all these comments with different names

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Ecstatic_Cry5717@reddit

Vietnam called “Bánh Rán”

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beckuletz@reddit

Gogosi in Romania

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jackieq_2k24@reddit

La mine se mai numesc și 'minciunele' (undeva prin Moldova) / Around me they are also called 'minciunele' (somewhere in Moldavia)

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Scnikel@reddit

Langoș, Gogoși, Pancove, Minciunele, Scovergi... alte denumiri mai sunt? Eu doar pe astea le știu din toată România.

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Flamboyant_modesty_1@reddit

Da de ciurigi ați auzit? Tot in Ardeal.

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5ebu@reddit

Dada, ciurigău am auzit si la prietena mea din Baia Mare.

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rablador@reddit

Am auzit da’ la noi se pronunță puțin diferit - ciureghe, mai aproape de maghiarul csöröge. Da’ specific pentru ce ai postat tu, cele cu gaura. La alea rotunde si goale pe dinăuntru bunica le zicea pancove, am mai auzit si termenul de “minciunele” si am presupus ca le zice asa pentru ca nu au umplutura, spre deosebire de gogoși.

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5ebu@reddit

Stiu pe cineva din Zimnicea care le zicea “cococi”

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buzaneagra@reddit

little lies :)))) so poetic

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scricimm@reddit

Scovergi, te rog.... gogoșile sunt cu paharul!

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beckuletz@reddit

True, acum ca am dat pe google, e diferenta intre scovergi si gogosi. La noi la Moldova le ziceam la toate gogosi. Acum ca imi readuc amint de copilarie, imi e dor de placinte cu branza aka poale-n brau

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5ebu@reddit

Gogosi si la mine la Bacau. Scovergi sunt alea intinse cat o clatita, dar la fel gust si textura si doar prin Maramures am auzit termenu.

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scricimm@reddit

Uuu....ce buuun...poale-n braau!🤤🤤

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reallybi@reddit

Scovergile is clătite.

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GreenWheeat1@reddit

e prima data in viata mea cand aud de cuvantul asta, unde li se zice asa?

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scricimm@reddit

Bărăgan ..si știu asa de ele de la mamaie, deeci de 30 de ani minim...🤷‍♂️

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TheMidnightBear@reddit

Am mai auzit prin Bucuresti.

La noi in Prahova, sunt doar gogosi.

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BrushAlternative2465@reddit

Man of culture

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florifel@reddit

Sunt din Ardeal, scoverzi le zicem noi la clătite :)))

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Desperate-Guarantee4@reddit

Sau crofne / croafne

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rablador@reddit

In ce zona?

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Desperate-Guarantee4@reddit

Banat

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blueemymind@reddit

Mini-Langoș

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Remarkable_Cake_4735@reddit

This!

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Mustafa312@reddit

I was curious about this one and after some searching it comes from Romanian “Gogă” which means walnut which interestingly is a cognate with Albanian “gogël” meaning “ acorn/nut”

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danmarius7@reddit

Pancove in Ardeal.

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AndholRoin@reddit

scovergi, nu gogosi.

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cibcib@reddit

This looks more like smaller “scovergi” or “langoși”

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rovonz@reddit

Pancove in my region

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sumdemian@reddit

In Balıkesir we call it "gödek".

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komubijedzwon@reddit

we have it in Poland, we call these pancakes " racuchy"

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neonfill@reddit

pitulici/pishii

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SecretRaspberry9955@reddit

Petulla

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Labeati_@reddit

We also have kulaça. (commonly bigger petlla)

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Sandzakguy@reddit

I wonder if this word has any connection with the word "kolač" which means cake in serbian/bosnian/croatian

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25c59@reddit

My grandma calls brownies "kolaça". We are albanian from Montenegro border with Albania

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Sandzakguy@reddit

Where exactly? Coastline like Ulcinj/Bar or more north like Plav/Gusinje?

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25c59@reddit

Lovka

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Mustafa312@reddit

That’s interesting. We use Kulaç for the round soda bread we make for holidays sometimes.

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SEND_ME_FAKE_NEWS@reddit

I think that guy just doesn't know that the difference is leavening

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Its_Your_Boy_Yuki@reddit

Love eating them

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TheOneWhoDidntCum@reddit

Petulla comes from the word Petë in albanian which means flat

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bolinsthirdtesticle@reddit

I'm 🇭🇷/🇽🇰🇦🇱, in my house we call it "petle"

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BardhyliX@reddit

I've heard petlla petulla but never petle ngl

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bolinsthirdtesticle@reddit

Petle is kind of "croatisised"

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flowgert@reddit

In Italy (more common in the south) the call them "pettole". The shape is a little different; smaller and round like little balls - but the dough the method of cooking is the same like ours.

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cocoadusted@reddit

If you are gej they are called petlla

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SecretRaspberry9955@reddit

Yeah that's everyday talk, petulla is formal.

If you are gej.

But just to double down, I always eaten them with ketchup and grated parm buddy, it doesn't get more straight than that 🤣

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AlbFighter@reddit

When did ketchup become the standard for straight Albos? 😂

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SecretRaspberry9955@reddit

Ironically ketchup has a lot of sugar too, but I've never paired them with sweet flavors like chocolate, honey, jam . Just not for my taste

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Saulgoodbroski@reddit

Llokuma

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Slow-Database-8410@reddit

Petulla in south albania.
Kulec if they are make with yoghurt and eggs.

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bartbark88@reddit

My mom is Albanian from Montenegro, and her kulec were more like crepes

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General-Interview599@reddit

Petulla Tetove

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heisweird@reddit

Llokuma is the sweet one dipped in syrup whereas this one is just fried dough no? You can have this one with cheese tomatoes etc.

Like in Turkey we would call this pisi and lokma would be the sweet one.

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Hour-Plenty2793@reddit

Not really, llokuma is similar but drier and less puffy due to (de)hydration and the amount of yeast.

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Ep1cOfG1lgamesh@reddit

Nah I know small salty ones being called Lokma here too (Zonguldak)

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robininscarf@reddit

Yeah, I totally forgot this. Lokma in Zonguldak can come as both salty and as the dessert version dipped in strup.

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Mephisto11@reddit

Im also Turkish and we also call it lokma. I had debates with people that thinks like you but that’s how I learned. I see that poster has Kosova flair and moms grandfather immigrated from Kosova so makes sense to me.

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ucaposhoh@reddit

Petlla/petulla for the normal Kosovo Albanians

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TimeFarmer9@reddit

We call it lokma in Edirne as well even though most people use lokma as the sweet little ones.

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flowgert@reddit

Qysh ë? Llokumet are the sweets - Turkish delights

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msknowitnothingatall@reddit

In Hungary it’s lángos.

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144_ice@reddit

i just call it pişi

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Mammoth-Database-728@reddit

Petlla?

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Acardul@reddit

Racuchy! Or placki z jabłkami. We have it also in Poland ;)

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mpolo630@reddit

Petulla

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hayriyekurtuldu@reddit

Turkcee akitma yada çörek… lol

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hayriyekurtuldu@reddit

Cörek

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Invictus-XV@reddit

There is no international name for that tasty food fr. In there I heard Pişi (Pishi), Lokma, Bavırsak, Kömbe but the most common is Pişi

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palemon88@reddit

Çankırı: tava çöreği

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Suitable_Animal_1780@reddit

İsn't kömbe a type of burek?

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HattoriiiHanzo@reddit

Tiganopites in my homeplace. They can be either with feta cheese inside or honey on top 🍯

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racotis@reddit

Hamurt kızartması lol. Fried dough. Simple enough.

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JimmyVulmer33@reddit

Pişi

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sensei256@reddit

Priganice, uštipci or mekike in Serbia

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Cool_Seaworthiness18@reddit

So, no one calls it Çörek other than a small village in Edirne?

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Worried-Owl-9198@reddit (OP)

Hangi köymüş o

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youknow_thevibes@reddit

Mandazi

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shqipe81@reddit

Petulla 🇦🇱

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Vesfel@reddit

We called them Krofne.

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Mysterious_Elk5187@reddit

Bıcik(erzincan)

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txmajiki@reddit

lokma/pişi

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Lanky-Opinion9144@reddit

This looks most like mekike -> soft Przenice is -> fried toast And ustipci is of this form but crispier

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emkoz13@reddit

ustipak

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seoskavjestica@reddit

Uštipci (Croatia)

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Blue0105@reddit

Isto sam iz Hrvatske, ali zovem lepinje

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Playful-Dragonfruit8@reddit

Poderane gaće (Ripped underpants)

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glavameboli242@reddit

Same in Bosnia

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EgoSumDeus_123@reddit

Really? Then why my mom called it uštipak? Is it because she borned in Turkey maybe?

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Virtual_Ride_7901@reddit

Uštipak is one - uštipci is more of them

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Maximus_Dominus@reddit

Plural vs singular.

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chomkee@reddit

Išćupci or uštipci from 🇧🇦

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CyanAnge1@reddit

Ja to znam pod "pacica". Znali su peći i prodavati na moru na plaži, u onom za kotlovinu, u dubokom ulju. Pa stave gore nutellu, pekmez, češnjak ili majonezu. Pojedeš jednu i izvrneš se od ulja i kalorija. I stvarno svako selo ima svoj naziv. gif

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Mucay@reddit

Mekika ili Mekica

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iboreddd@reddit

pişi

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Realistic_Actuary_50@reddit

I know that word from my grandmother. In pontic greek, it's called πιşία.

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ballzstreetwets@reddit

Yes !!! With tsokalik? To die for

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Realistic_Actuary_50@reddit

Τι είναι το τσοκαλίκ; Έχω να φάω πιşία χρόνια.

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celothesecond@reddit

Elvish is a beautiful language

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zobor-the-cunt@reddit

Is this based on the idea that orcs used to be elves?

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ballzstreetwets@reddit

Einai tyri aspro san tin feta ala pio skliro pou to etrivan se komatakia kai elione mesa. Θεϊκή γεύση, αξέχαστη. Είμαι 65 χρονών και τα θυμάμαι ακόμα

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Over-Impress8210@reddit

Is it some sour cheese? Like çökelek?

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ballzstreetwets@reddit

Salty and sour

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fulltime-sagittarius@reddit

I love eating this with beyaz peynir in Turkey which is similar to feta cheese

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Over-Impress8210@reddit

Yess

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ReIgniteMD@reddit

Didn't know komşu version of "çökelek" would be so cute lmfao imma call it tsokalik from now on

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giokrist@reddit

For what it's worth, it's the first time that I encounter these words.

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S4K4T4T@reddit

seems like that word took ita root from turkish, I wonder if there is any other word thats used in turkey for that food that derives from greek. It would be so funny to see that both languages borrowed one word from each other for the same thing

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Itchy_Method_710@reddit

Why the weird "ş" ? We call it "pisia" in Northern Greece, at least in Kilkis.

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Greekmon07@reddit

Πισ̌ίδια τα λέει η γιαγιά μου

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ege2000@reddit

Look, dont try to fight us about it. We were both Ottoman countries

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Realistic_Actuary_50@reddit

Who said anything about fighting. Eating, yes. Not fighting.

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ege2000@reddit

This is good to hear, similar cultures and similar food

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Astro_Avatar@reddit

that literally means "you pee" in Romanian.

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ChaosKeeshond@reddit

It means 'personal computer' in Japanese

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fabritek@reddit

Also called pišija in Bitola, huh

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Basturmatsia@reddit

We aldo vall them Bishi in Georgia

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TRUCKASARUS_REX-@reddit

That’s cat in Persian

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iboreddd@reddit

We also call cats pisi pisi

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TRUCKASARUS_REX-@reddit

Interesting I’ve never heard Turks call them that in the past 8 years I’ve been living in turkey I’ve only heard kedi

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iboreddd@reddit

Sorry for confusion. We say pisi pisi when calling them

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TRUCKASARUS_REX-@reddit

Oh no worry’s 😉

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okunmus_dolar@reddit

Also in Azerbaijani language pişik means cat

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Berke80@reddit

This.

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Prior-Painting2956@reddit

Pishies in Cyprus. Also kattimeri and xerotigana

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Cold_Bobcat_3231@reddit

this is katmer

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MlsgONE@reddit

Lmao you call it piss

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Key_Debt_9271@reddit

Peksimeti (Mostar 🇧🇦)

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babyz92@reddit

Mekici are to be eaten with raw honey and feta cheese

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Equivalent_Rope_8824@reddit

Softies, literally.

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FrostyJurassic@reddit

here we call them donuts

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ballzstreetwets@reddit

My yiayia and papou were from Pontos and they called them pishia and they were more like triangles and I wish I could find a place here in the US to have them again.

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another_countryball@reddit

Bro calls them piss 💀💀💀

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t3hk1ll3r@reddit

Γιατι ρε φίλε, στην Κύπρο δεν τα λέτε πισίες;

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another_countryball@reddit

Να είμαι ειλικρινής δεν το ξανάκουσα, αλλά μπορεί απλά να μην το φτιάχνουμε στην οικογένεια μου. Ψάχνοντας το φαίνεται έχεις δίκαιο όμως

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t3hk1ll3r@reddit

Η διαφορά είναι ότι, όπως και με τα καττιμέρια (η οικογένεια μου τα λέει σάτσια) εσείς τα τρώτε γλυκά. Εμείς οι πόντιοι τα τρώμε μόνο αλμυρά.

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Gimmebiblio@reddit

We are from Pontos too, and my grandma used to make pishia either filled with feta or potatoes. But she also used to make plain ones, that were rounder, smaller and looked a lot like the ones in the picture and we called them τσιριχτά-tsirihta, because when you threw them in the hot oil they would "scream". We'd dip them in a bit of sugar or honey and eat them.

As for having them again... My mom never learned how to make them and after my grandma passed away, I taught myself. I asked a couple of aunts, did a little online search, failed a couple of times but I got there. It's a loooong process, especially if you're making them for 7 people (in my case), but well worth it.

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t3hk1ll3r@reddit

Τσιριχτά (tsirichta)

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ExistingAd9376@reddit

In Serbian is Krofne and in Romanian is Bubuene

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Llabel451@reddit

Those look like they're made from a bread like dough. There is waiting period for dough to rise. WE called them placke. Uštipci are little smaller and made without waiting on dough to rise and may contain eggs.

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MCOC81@reddit

Tiganites 🇬🇷 southern Greek

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ACHARED@reddit

Largely the same here, where I'm from we call it a langoš and then an hour and a half south they call it poderane gaće.

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ArdaUz55@reddit

I dont know the name of this. But its dangerous. You keep eating this. Its delicious.

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KKC_3aaa21@reddit

We call it Mekik in Plovdiv, im Turk

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rydolf_shabe@reddit

in Albania we call it Petulla

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Artistic-Wheel1622@reddit

That's a lángos. The one you are showing are too small. Why so small, Turkey?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lángos

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Full_Forever_6426@reddit

Flancati/flancovti from Slovenia..

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Eldanosse@reddit

My family is from Lüleburgaz and I always heard it as 'kolaç', but they're familiar with the word 'pişi' as well. But I've heard kolaç exclusively growing up.

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erratic_thought@reddit

In Bulgaria we have 2 types. If they are more puffy and small they are called "Buhti" and the larger onesare called "Mekici". This in combination with white cheese and some jam is just the best breakfast. The pic I attached is buhti we made last week.

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No_Gur_5173@reddit

Oh so you have Annona Sp. fruits in Bulgaria? Annona Cherymoya i suspect? I used to do research on these fruits, and still do. Are they popular there or in neighbouring countries? Or more of a exotic one off fruit?

Thx

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Worried-Owl-9198@reddit (OP)

This version exists in Turkey too, though it’s not as popular as the other kind. It’s usually made with soda here it turns out great, Thanks for sharing

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Cuggull@reddit

Soda or Yoghurt I think does the same thing

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Vihruska@reddit

Exactly, the "buhti" are made with soda. People often fill them with a mixture of eggs and white cheese before frying them and often eat them with jam or syrup, sometimes sugar, depending on the tastes.

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chooseauuusername@reddit

This version keçi tırnağı not about with goats but keçi

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VerkoProd@reddit

looks delicious

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Spicy1@reddit

Yooo those sugar apples! Where are you?

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BetonBrutal@reddit

Racuchy in Poland

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Dimi7rozavar@reddit

Мекици / Mekitsi

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pdonchev@reddit

Мекици (mekitsi) or бухти (buhti).

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ipidov@reddit

Бухтите са друго :P
Мекции, тиганици и бухти са все пържено тесто, но се правят от различни видове тесто и имат различен вкус и консистенция

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NotoriousMOT@reddit

Понички (ponichki). The мекици are much flatter.

We also have бухти, which are rounder.

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pdonchev@reddit

Понички определено не са това. Мекици или бухти.

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NotoriousMOT@reddit

Понички: https://www.dimitrovgrad.bgvesti.net/recipes/10843/ponichki-sas-sirene?processing=6&page=57

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AccomplishedFront526@reddit

Аз пък щях да се закълна,че в Бухтите има сирене… очевидно не съм питал едно време майка и баба кое какво е…

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NotoriousMOT@reddit

Има и бухти със сирене: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=VEhhi63-4Y4

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Dimi7rozavar@reddit

Глупости. Хубавата домашна мекица изглежда точно така, може би с една идея по-голям диаметър. Тези дето ги продават по разни заведения са плоски, често хрупкави и не са автентични.

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NotoriousMOT@reddit

Не са глупости и аз никога не съм яла мекици в ресторанти. Но баба ми ги е готвила по-широки и по-плоски от много десетилетия и ти си нямаш хал хабер какво пропускаш. И понички е готвила и те изглеждат точно като на снимката.

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ArachNerd@reddit

И двамата се прави пък според мен, защото вероятно в различните места на България и в различните семейства ги наричат по различен начин. ...Моята баба казва мекица на малките плоски, както и на пухкавите изделия!

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bozhoyo@reddit

Мекиците са големи, това са тиганѝци.

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Sea_Falcon6645@reddit

Mekike in some parts of Serbia also

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ApprehensiveMonth101@reddit

Питки им казваме в североизтока, конкретно тези пържените от снимката

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Emotional-Belt3910@reddit

Oh to be a kid again in my grandma’s house and to smell mekitsi coming in the morning from the kitchen.

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MiltiadisCY@reddit

In Romanian it's called Gogosi. In Cyprus it's Pishies.

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MilosDaDogeDev@reddit

my grandma calls them interchangably, sometimes "Ustipci" and sometimes fir an unk:own reason "Ivan se vozi na jednoj nozi"

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AmazingAd9052@reddit

Uštipci, but sometimes Peksimeti or Lokumi (for smaller, more elongated kind).

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yoblur@reddit

Ustipci

Combined with kajmak or satrica (cottage cheese, sour cream, spring onions) is s tier food

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Worried-Owl-9198@reddit (OP)

That version sounds delicious! If you ever have the recipe, feel free to share it

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yoblur@reddit

My wife makes a bit different version. On your picture the dough is a bit more runny, she makes the dough a bit more solid with flour, yogurt, eggs and milk.

Also really common in Bosnia are ustipci with buckwheat. Also served with pastrma.

If you ever have the opportunity to try bosnian pastrma go for it. Meat is dried just with salt and garlic.

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akefaloskavalaris@reddit

Pitoulitses / Πιτουλίτσες (Northern Greece, grandparents from a mixed village of Greeks and Slavs, as most of the region was)

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lewpardalew@reddit

We call it "tiganites"

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bloomyloomy@reddit

arent they too fat to be tiganites? at first look I thought they were loukoumades but they're also too flat to be loukoumades so I've no idea 😅

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lewpardalew@reddit

They are not pancakes, but thats what they called them in my household and others.

Even google shows them as tiganites.

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bloomyloomy@reddit

I mean i could see them as sweet pancakes (with honey) but i've also grown up with thinner pancakes served with shredded cheese. maybe it's smth about my family or my region... 😅

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lewpardalew@reddit

This sounds delicious tho.

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bloomyloomy@reddit

yup both kinds are 🤤👌🏼

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argy_66@reddit

also laggites

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ArmOk4720@reddit

Ciganites

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lewpardalew@reddit

We fry them and we eat them

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Adventurous_Bet_3412@reddit

Pişi

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sloxetheburduri@reddit

my moms aegean and we call it pişi

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SolidaryForEveryone@reddit

We call it pesmet in Bulgaria

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Sandor64@reddit

Fánk in hungarian.

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Legitimate-Spring754@reddit

Lapótya inkább

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chooseauuusername@reddit

Pişi

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SouthernProfession22@reddit

My mom calls it “Krofne”

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UltraSpeci@reddit

Mekitza

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Own_Information3154@reddit

llokuma/petlla sometimes but they are different somehow lol

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topnde@reddit

Yes one of them is made of just norml bread dough. The other are made with egs and have a more runny dough.

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vordan@reddit

This is "mekici" in my country, N. Macedonia. Eaten with cheese, or sprinkled with sugar, sometimes with some jam... I eat them whenever I get a hold of them.

Very popular, especially for new baby celebrations...

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Wolfiee021@reddit

In Romania we call them donuts (gogoși)

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TheOneWhoDidntCum@reddit

Do you use the word Gogoli?

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Wolfiee021@reddit

No, we only use gogoși, which is plural and gogoașă, which is singular

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PurpleFlower12@reddit

My family ( from central Macedonia) calls them "питулици - pitulici".

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Helingen@reddit

Popečci

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cotorepdefou@reddit

Sfenj

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DS_9@reddit

The real question is, what do you fill it with!?

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thelobstersbrain@reddit

Petulla in albania

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wolowbolob@reddit

Cirtme/sirtme

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quebexer@reddit

I'm Panamanian (Central America), and we call them Hojaldres. I thought it was an exclusive Panamanian disb until I moved to Canada and discovered they are called Bannock.

https://cookpad.com/ve/recetas/15236252-hojaldre-con-sabor-a-panama

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BrokenBarrel@reddit

Mekike, uštipci, mećici. And I think they are called Langos in Hungary

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marosszeki@reddit

Lángos is usually larger and flat, but the idea is very similar yeah

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gotta_do_it_everyday@reddit

Lángos is also savoury, whereas this is sweet - it's fánk.

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k3nu@reddit

Fánk in Hungarian. We called these šišky at home, which might be Slovak.

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Altruistic_Bell7884@reddit

Also called pánko in some regions

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gaborzitoo@reddit

This would be called lapótya by my grandmother in Vásárhely.

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marosszeki@reddit

I'm also from Vásárhely :) we call it pánkó, but heard lapótya too, I did not remember this word haha, it's been a while

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TurbulentEducator396@reddit

It’s called „fánk“In Hungarian.

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Longjumping_Guide484@reddit

My grandmom made me this size when I was a kid. Big size is more the street food I think.

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Jake24601@reddit

Uštipci but you can translate them to Pinchums in English. You’re welcome.

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UpsetLecture8532@reddit

We call it kolaç, have no idea where the name comes from

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TalsgarTheWanderer@reddit

Hey are you from Thrace region of Turkey by any chance? Think it has a Slavic origin, don't take my word for it though.

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UpsetLecture8532@reddit

I’m not from the thrace region but my grandma is bosnian so it makes sense. Thanks for the info, none of my friends knew what i was talking about so i was sure we made it up lol.

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Acceptable-Ratio4339@reddit

Yes Slavic. From “kolo” meaning circle, wheel

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a_bright_knight@reddit

kolač means pastry /u/UpsetLecture8532

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H3XC0D3CYPH3R@reddit

Eski Slav dilinde yuvarlak ekmek, açma ve poğaça anlamına geliyor:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kolach_(bread)

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UpsetLecture8532@reddit

Tesekkurler kardeşim, ben yazdığımda hep tatlı olan çıkıyordu o yüzden çok bağdaştırmamıştım😁

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H3XC0D3CYPH3R@reddit

Mühim değil, ben de Rusya'da öğrenmiştim. Osmanlı İmparatorluğu zamanında bu topraklarda birçok millet olduğundan dolayı dil etkileşimi yüksek seviyedeydi. Aynı şeye farklı bölgelerde farklı milletler ve etnik gruplar farklı isimler veriyordu. Onun için benim yöremde "Lokma, Pişi" diye bilinen ürün, her bölgede farklı isimlendiriliyor.

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raito990@reddit

Petulla in Albania

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lolacalamidad@reddit

Popriguša?

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Ok_Thanks_1820@reddit

My greatgrandma and grandma call it pesmet, but its known as pişi otherwise afaik.

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Thisisit1987@reddit

Pitolica

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Pogy_Patrick@reddit

Gulaç

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Derion1@reddit

Peksimete and uštipci in Bosnian.

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NomadW1zard@reddit

Normal Turks call this "pişi"

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External_Rough6025@reddit

You mean pierogi ?

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oldyellowcab@reddit

In Turkey it is called pişi by my Balkan-originated wife’s family.

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Content_Office_4886@reddit

we call it uštipci or sometimes peksimeti in Bosnia

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freakybird99@reddit

My grandma calls it pişi but in my home province its called lokma

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Majestic-Ad7409@reddit

We call it “lepinje” but I also know it by the name “pepeluni” and “poderane gaće” (thorn underware)

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Witty-Tangerine-9288@reddit

In Kosova (Petulla)

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blerta90@reddit

Në Kosovë i thojmë petulla, llokum është më i butë, më i lehtë

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SquareFroggo@reddit

Berliner maybe.

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hrvojeh2@reddit

Where i live we call it peksimeti

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weldo420@reddit

Pişi we say

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SantiSpinola@reddit

Gözleme

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Adventurous-Couple63@reddit

In some parts of Greece they are also called γκιουζλεμέδες (giuzlemethes)

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Worried-Owl-9198@reddit (OP)

Neresi diyor oğlum gözlemeyi hahaha

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SantiSpinola@reddit

Ukraynada gagauzlar

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Worried-Owl-9198@reddit (OP)

Çok ilginç gözleme türkiyede çok farklı bir yiyicek

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SantiSpinola@reddit

Bu çiy gözleme, var farklı - etnen, peynirli

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Deltani007@reddit

Greece - Πισία ( Pe-she-a)

The thing around is also called κουρκουτι (kur-kut), thought it was Turkish word

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zvqlifed@reddit

Idk about balkaners but somalis call it "bur"

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AdministrativePie277@reddit

Çörek or pesmet. Sometimes pişi

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devjohn023@reddit

Dohnut, "gogoașă"

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Glum-Wolverine7633@reddit

Mekice

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unknown_freakster@reddit

Here in albania we call them petulla which basically means doughnut

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Spiritual-Couple-456@reddit

Pişi

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painkilleraddict6373@reddit

We make them bigger and call them τραβηχτες πίτες(stretched pita).Usually it goes with white hard salty cheese like kefalitiri, and sometimes souvlaki.

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Dilv1sh@reddit

My grandma called them Cococi (Romania)

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Foreign_Priority_680@reddit

Uštipci

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ai-000@reddit

In middle turkey we call it pişi

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freqiszen@reddit

We call it Kourkouti. It's dough for covering fried food, usually veggies or bacalao

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YpogaTouArGrease@reddit

In my region(south Greece)we call them "τηγανόψωμα" (tiganopsoma- literally "fried-bread)

In Arberesh/Arvanitika Albanian we call them "γκτζένι" (gdjeni- any Albanian to help with the spelling?)

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Mustafa312@reddit

Sounds like “Djeg” which means to burn/grill.

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YpogaTouArGrease@reddit

Most probable

Is "Djeg" in Tosk or Gheg?

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Mustafa312@reddit

I’m Tosk. Not sure if Ghegs use the same or a slight variation of it.

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YpogaTouArGrease@reddit

In any case,thank you :)

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Mustafa312@reddit

Of course :) interesting picture by the way 😂

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YpogaTouArGrease@reddit

I swear, for some reason I looked awfully like that kid when I was his age.

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Mustafa312@reddit

Lmao it’s golden. Here’s my equivalent. Taken in Athens in the late 90’s 😂

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YpogaTouArGrease@reddit

Omg this is so good ❤️

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TheOneWhoDidntCum@reddit

Djeg is standard Albanian and I think Gheg uses the same word too.

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YpogaTouArGrease@reddit

Thanks! :D

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TheOneWhoDidntCum@reddit

Endaksi :P

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KalZaxSea@reddit

İts pişi (pishi) for sure of course

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Andreuw5@reddit

Buhta in Bulgarian. Buhti plural.

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ImLegit4Real@reddit

Podreane gaće (ripped underwear 😂) in HR

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FotiS_12@reddit

Also in Kalamata area, Greece they call them lalagídes. In Athens we would call them tiganítes and we would add honey and maybe some nuts on top of them

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HalfProfessional8451@reddit

Peksimeti

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Connect_Leadership46@reddit

we call them petla or petulla

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TheOneWhoDidntCum@reddit

me t'ik petlla

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overlordqd@reddit

Pişi

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Novel-Celebration-50@reddit

This is pişi bro

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GapetoBG@reddit

Mekitsa

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Boccaccio50@reddit

In Calabria, in Cosenza’s Presila, they are called “cullurielli”. They are usually round shaped with a hole in the middle. Some people add potatoes to the dough mixture(in my town the upper part did not, while people on the lower part of town did).

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pnedelch@reddit

Мекици/ бухтички

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Sufficient-Answer889@reddit

''Priganice'', or rarely ''uštipci''

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EnzoWithTheBenzo@reddit

Uštipke or Uštipci is common i Bosnia and Serbia. Don't know about Croatia tho

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Tharadei@reddit

Gogoşi ( Romania )

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Far-Release8412@reddit

lepinja?

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Worried-Owl-9198@reddit (OP)

Which country ?

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Far-Release8412@reddit

Croatia, but I think Serbia as well—at least some parts of Croatia and Serbia.

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Z3r0gr0und@reddit

Ооо, это же баурсаки!

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ProudGermanic@reddit

Krapfen

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ProudGermanic@reddit

I know I'm not from the Balkan

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ulashmetalcrush@reddit

Gödek we call that Gödek in Çanakkale

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ambitionCreator@reddit

Peksimet in Herzegovina Ustipak in Bosnia

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potatounicorn4@reddit

Mekitsa - Мекица

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_shkarpetka@reddit

in Kazakhstan they call it baursak?

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Sad_Rough_6925@reddit

In Bulgaria we call them "mekici"

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pagan_trash@reddit

Priganice.

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Smooth-Function5678@reddit

in eskişehir we call it pişi and it is my favorite food ever.

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International-Owl453@reddit

lepina. i see people saying uštipci but the uštipci I’ve seen aren’t fried

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youpple3@reddit

I call them " acid reflux few hours later". Taste good though...

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Stverghame@reddit

Smaller ones would be uštipci (singular uštipak), while larger ones would be mekike (sing. mekika)

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Secret_Bee240@reddit

Singular would be mekica. Who the hell says mekika?

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Stverghame@reddit

I do? God forbid different parts of Serbia have different words for something?

How would you get plural mekike from a singular mekica, could you explain that at least (since you focused on my singular form only)?

http://staznaci.com/mekika

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Secret_Bee240@reddit

Because plural is also mekice. I never heard anyone saying "mekike."

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Stverghame@reddit

And I never heard anyone say mekica/mekice.

https://web.coolinarika.com/recept/moje-mekike-be131e2c-63d9-11eb-aca3-0242ac12004a

https://www.vm.rs/mekike/

https://zadovoljna.nova.rs/fitnes-i-ishrana/u-cemu-je-razlika-izmedju-mekika-i-ustipaka/

Enjoy.

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Secret_Bee240@reddit

Lol. If you say mekike in eastern Serbia, everybody will laugh at you, sounds retarded 🤣

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Stverghame@reddit

If you say mekice in central Serbia, they might think you're retarded as well.

Also, since you go for those stupid statements, shouldn't easterners be the most open when it comes to dialectal differences given the fact that you're most often being made fun off for that exact reason?

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Frequent_Cranberry90@reddit

I'm from central Serbia and I confirm that if I heard someone call them mekice I would think they're retarded.

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BridgeOne9421@reddit

Im from the south of serbia,we also say mekike :) Never heard anyone say mekice.

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Secret_Bee240@reddit

Vrlo slabo verovatno jer sam u Leskovcu prošle godine video natpis Mekice.

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Secret_Bee240@reddit

At least we don't sound gay like people from western Serbia.

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determine96@reddit

Haha, I guess every country in the Balkans has this, one side make fun of the other for sounding gay, and the other make fun of them for sounding "rural/peasant/uneducated".

But in Bulgaria is the opposite, west is "rough/rural", east is "soft/gay".

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Secret_Bee240@reddit

Yes, here we speak rough and fast. While Westerners speak slowly. Whenever I go from Knjaževac to Niš or Belgrade, I feel like Andrew Tate among feminized boys.

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soviet_bias_good@reddit

Dialects exist!!!! God forbid people speak slightly different from other people of the exact same ethnicity and language!!!!

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Secret_Bee240@reddit

It's called common sense. Serbian language has suffixes -ica for feminine, but -ika is nowhere to be found. Its's devojčica and not devojčiKa. Grammatically speaking form "mekika" is quite inappropriate and illiterate. Also, there is a thing called palatalization, which brings us to plural mekice (old slavonic Мекицы) k + e, i gives c.

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alpidzonka@reddit

I've heard both, in my family it's mekike

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zed-----@reddit

bukvalno svi kazu mekike prvi put cujem za mekice

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Secret_Bee240@reddit

Vikamo i Tiganjice, tova je kad ti baba napravi doma. Mekice su malko po ubavi i ne znae svakoj da gi napravi Pozdrav.

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TantrumZentrum@reddit

Vojvodina: mekika (s) and mekike (p)

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giveme5ive@reddit

Scovergi (Romania)

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VintageBoost1@reddit

Pişi

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diemarburger@reddit

Лангиди/Langidi SE 🇲🇰

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karabulut_burak@reddit

Pişi pişi

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Just_Pollution_7370@reddit

Külür in izmir.

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berkakar@reddit

gödek (çanakkale)

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FishingFun6579@reddit

In bosnia its ustipci, we even call it kolacice where we are from

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ifff0@reddit

Mekitsi (most common one), Tiganitsi, Pitki, Buhti - just a few of the plural names for these in Bulgaria

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soantis@reddit

I don't care what's called but the best way to eat it is with beet molasses. You can't change my mind.

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Worried-Owl-9198@reddit (OP)

No way, it’s perfect with watermelon molasses

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soantis@reddit

Oha karpuz pekmezi mi var?🤔

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RevolutionaryFeed259@reddit

This size - uštipci

Bigger size - mekike

Smaller size (Montenegro only, in my experience) - priganice

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UpperFirstMolar@reddit

Gogosi/Langosi -Romania

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chopin2w67@reddit

Mekitsi (bulgaria)

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GlobalDeparture8518@reddit

Плачат да ги апнеш!

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Traditional_Row_5522@reddit

In Bulgaria, it's called buhti because it's puffed up

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gkgeorge@reddit

In Greece we call them "τηγανίτες" tiganites

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magicgeraldo@reddit

oilballs

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SarahTheBlue_@reddit

We call it pesmet but I know Bulgarians call it Mekitsi and they have it with that delicious cirene cheese.

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Gammeloni@reddit

I know four name of this food. Tiganitsa, lokma, lokmades, pişi. It goes awesome with Ezine cheese and rose jam.

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JrChes@reddit

Pişi

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ckurtis@reddit

Pitulici… are Macedonians the only ones who make them to celebrate the birth of a child?

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SalcanoHector@reddit

Pişi

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PckMan@reddit

In Greece these are called tiganites (τηγανίτες). It comes from tigani (τηγάνι) which means pan. Interestingly this is the same word used to refer to American style pancakes, but it's highly contextual where you get each so there's generally no confusion. Not very popular as street food or served so they're usually home made, especially in the countryside. Loukoumades (lokma in Turkey) are more popular as street food.

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Nevena696@reddit

in Bulgaria we call it “mekica”

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PlasticAgency6769@reddit

τηγανίτες (tiganites)

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ToiletSenpai@reddit

In Bulgaria we call them - Mekitsi

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lolzman472@reddit

uštipak (singular) uštipci (plural)

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ant_gav@reddit

Loukouma or xerotigana. Greece

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International_Bus765@reddit

plaśins in vlach and uštipci in serbian

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ColtWillcox@reddit

Mekice ili mekike.

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SoloGamer505@reddit

In Turkey the most popular name for it by far (afaik) is pişi. At least thats what ive heard so far

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Ok_Garden_5183@reddit

Petulla 🇦🇱

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DiMit17@reddit

Lalagkites

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Civil_Present300@reddit

Gogoși

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aabel2006@reddit

My grandma, the supreme fried dough maker in the family, has 3 types of: scovergi (flat with a tiny hole in the middle and she puts jam on them), gogoși (more puffy and covered in powdered sugar) and nalangâte (but I can't remember exactly their shape or flavour 🥲).

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dmeserb@reddit

Family always called it krofne

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Successful_Noise_349@reddit

Uštipci in Serbia

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Important-Street2448@reddit

poor man's doughnots, haha

loved them as a kid, my grandmother used to make a bunch of them everytime she would make bread

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Vittro@reddit

Pampuska

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nsboL1d@reddit

in my village its mekice if empty and coatted with something and placinte if filled with a cheese/egg filling

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Hot_Sandwich8935@reddit

No one calling them pancove?

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Remote-Pattern-314@reddit

pişi

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Jonight_@reddit

My grandfather calls them τηγανίτες. His mom made it for breakfast when there was something good happening in the family, when it was a holiday or similar in the village.

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kubiric@reddit

That’s bişi

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Fluid_Intention_875@reddit

Those are uštipci

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Tiger489@reddit

Uštipci

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Mal_KS@reddit

Llokuma or Petulla

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r3dNblack@reddit

"Petulla"in Albanian official language. "Petlla" in slang or short version!

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mag339@reddit

Mayalı

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CakiGM@reddit

So far in Serbia I heard people calling them Uštipci, Priganice, Prženice and Mekikice

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ilove8-bit@reddit

PİŞİ!! (turkish)

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Cautious-Age-6147@reddit

singular: uštipak plural: uštipci

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Zothin@reddit

Another name in northern Greece is Λαλαγκιτες (lalag(ee)tes)

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kayaa1p@reddit

Kütahya Eskişehir say Tembel Böreği

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dhojey@reddit

It looks like something we call “Malpuwa” in Nepal.

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Rich-Adhesiveness137@reddit

Tiganites and we put some sugar on them.

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Zneggingz@reddit

There's a very similar thing in Portugal called "filhoses". They look almost identical!!!

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leila----LEILA@reddit

In my village in Romania (Dobrogea region) we call these 'turte'. Loved them as a child. More commonly in my family they would be baked eith little oil on a hot plate (open fire with a metal sheet on top), but they can also be deep fried in oil!

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Alarming-Inspector-6@reddit

"Mekike" or "uštipci"

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Barnylo@reddit

We call it Lalanga and I have no idea where the name comes from. Balkan migrants/very mixed family from Istanbul.

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Barnylo@reddit

I had to ask my mom the one without eggs is pişi and the one with eggs are called Lalanga. I always mix them up.

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Alejandro_SVQ@reddit

If it is just dough, it may be what we have in Spain as "buñuelos". Surely very similar.

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JohnBrownsHolyGhost@reddit

In Montenegro it is priganice. I’ve never heard it called anything else here but maybe someone else knows another name.

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IvaCoMne@reddit

Ustipci as well…

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No-Lime-3644@reddit

Look similar to kazakh and bashkort "bauirsak"

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thewomanofstone@reddit

You mean gut? Like bağırsak?

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Worried-Owl-9198@reddit (OP)

I’m really curious does this name exist in Turkey too?

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Tufan_Madrox@reddit

Hamur

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kuntirella@reddit

Aynen, anneannem de hamur der. Doğma büyüme İstanbullu (1932 doğumlu). Hatta küçükken fırına yollar, git al hamur yapalım çaya derdi.

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DranzerKNC@reddit

Pişi

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Worried-Owl-9198@reddit (OP)

Aşırı yaratıcı

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Tufan_Madrox@reddit

Ben çocukken buna hamur tatlı olanına lokum denirdi. İlk defa pişi kelimesini bulgar bir arkadaşımdan duydum.

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bamboosai@reddit

Hatta hamur kızartması/kızartılmış hamur hahah

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Open_Success8799@reddit

Here in bulgaria we call them “mekitsi”

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EindhovenFI@reddit

Pecipale in Dalmatia.

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archonpericles@reddit

Lalagethes

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Kalypso_95@reddit

I've heard this word in Thessaly but mostly I've heard tiganites

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archonpericles@reddit

It’s the same dough but lalagethes are twisted fingers not a patty.

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Barnylo@reddit

Where would this be? We call it Lalanga in my family and I'm very curious as to it's origins l.

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archonpericles@reddit

Sparta 🇬🇷

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Zealousideal_Cry_460@reddit

Its "Pişi" dude. Only other name İ've heard people calling it is "lokma" but İ think "Pişi" sounds better and is a more widely used name

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fuzzy3000@reddit

"Lokomići" (where Im originally from in northern Bosnia). And on the other side of the river (Croatia) I know them as "Uštipci".

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ceku1@reddit

Pişi

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Hot-You5694@reddit

In crete we call the loukoumades :)

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Astro_Avatar@reddit

Ciurigi.

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l-blank@reddit

Petulla

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manguardGr@reddit

Looks like "tiganites" but maybe they are the so called from pontic Greeks "pisia",most of the times filled with cheese&eggs or minced meat

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CaptainAnkara@reddit

It is called pişi “pishi” Pişi

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NitkoBitan@reddit

Šulčić on island Rab croatia

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Ardasya@reddit

Pişi

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PotentialMountain531@reddit

I’m Romanian and my mum told me they are “gogoși “ ( donuts).

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Alchemista_Anonyma@reddit

My family is from Aegean/Western Mediterranean region and we call it "pişi" (but pronounced “bişi”)

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stelios34S@reddit

Cyprus here we call this "Pisia" or "kserotiana"

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Patient-Garlic8860@reddit

Mekitsi (Bulgaria)

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Acrobatic_Lead2161@reddit

We call them ‘gogoși’/gowgosh:)) in Romanian

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highfiveladyyy@reddit

Gogosi are sweet.

These are foi prăjite.

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alina25412@reddit

No. These are called "scovergi".

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No-Significance407@reddit

No. These are gogosi :)). Just to further confirm what OP said, that these have different names in every region.

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JeviZ06@reddit

We call this pişi or cırıkta in Sinop. The names shift according to our mood.

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DranzerKNC@reddit

Yeap. We call it Pişi in Samsun as well.

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robininscarf@reddit

Oh, my mum calls this cırtla and we're from Ordu. I guess it's quite close. It must be about the sound it makes when it's put in oil.

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Agillian_01@reddit

I had these a lot in CZ, and they were called Langos there..

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Lazzary@reddit

It's turtă for romanians. Would be fun if we could call them turtles.

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DranzerKNC@reddit

Turta is sweet pie in Turkey

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behemoth_the_puss@reddit

Uštipci (Bosnia)

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keitashschh@reddit

Those are called "Buhti" in Bulgarian. I tell you, it's the best thing ever, either with cheese or some jam/jelly or whatever y'all call it.

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TalsgarTheWanderer@reddit

We call it "lokma" or sometimes "kolaç". Don't know where the name derives from but I've heard many times my relatives used the word. I'm from Kirklareli (in Thrace) if it helps.

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DranzerKNC@reddit

We use kulaç as well but lokma is sweet version

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leafsland132@reddit

Pitulici!

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Substratas@reddit

Petulla.

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DranzerKNC@reddit

We use pişi as well

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Inner_Mycologist7507@reddit

Tiganites

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MaoriaLOL@reddit

in romania most people would call them fried donuts. cause we got too many types of donuts. slap some Nutella on it and they'll be amazing

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minecraft_fan_1234@reddit

Aluat prajit

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zuhtu22@reddit

Pişi

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ipchev@reddit

In bulgaria we call it "Mekica"

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playing_the_angel@reddit

Мекици!

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Scary_Perspective822@reddit

Τηγανίτες according to my grandma.

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Key-Chemical3394@reddit

In my grandma’s village it’s called “pişi,” but take a 20-minute drive and suddenly it’s “biba,” “börek,” or just “that thing aunt Ayşe fries at weddings.” Turkey really said one dough, 81 dialects 😂

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_Niaron@reddit

pişi lokma in turkey

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Shoskiddo@reddit

Ustipki (croatia/bosnia/serbia), miske (Slovenia)

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LykiaQQ@reddit

They are called "Pişi" in my family

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skefender@reddit

Miške (little mice) in Slovenia

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gotnoizzzz@reddit

In my village (somewhere in trikala) we call them lagites (λαγγίτες)

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gotnoizzzz@reddit

In my village (somewhere in trikala) we call them lagites (λαγγίτες)

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TotallyCrazyGreek4@reddit

In Greece we call them tiganites Τηγανιτες

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Bisquare_cycle_thing@reddit

Languši in northern Croatia

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Due-Laugh-8496@reddit

Lepinje - also northern Croatia

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SpeedyPopOff@reddit

In Bulgaria this is called мекица

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Hot_Independence6933@reddit

Koorkooti

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Worried-Owl-9198@reddit (OP)

Which country?

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Hot_Independence6933@reddit

Greece

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OfficeWifi@reddit

PODERANEEE GAĆEEEEEEEE

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ImXenia85@reddit

Gogosi or langosi (Romania, depending on geographical area)

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mekintos@reddit

Fanak / Fanci (North Serbia)

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enevelmusic@reddit

Hungarians and Romanians in Transylvania call it Lángos, which means “with flame” in Hungarian

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MisteRR_545@reddit

Central Hungary: Csörögefánk

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nakedndafraid@reddit

Gogoși, scovergi, pancove, crafle (all plural)

Romania

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Ok_Appointment_3249@reddit

Pişi

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Successful_Crazy6232@reddit

We have something similar called krafna. It's usually filled with some kind of fruit jam, vanilla or chocolate cream.

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Last-Letterhead-7364@reddit

Da nisu možda langošice

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crogameri@reddit

To me it looks more simmilar to fritule.

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Successful_Crazy6232@reddit

Yeah actually your right, however Fritule are smaller and more roundly shaped. Maybe that's why my bells are not ringing right away.

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eugen2-7@reddit

Ovo su definitivno uštipci, krafne su veće i drugačije teksture

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AnxiousPoem431@reddit

In bulgaria we call them mekici i got told we call them that because they come from mekkah.

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KebabEater31@reddit

I call is pişi

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ColdStorageParticle@reddit

uštipci

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Aynmable@reddit

We call it "pişi" in Isparta

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Kitsooos@reddit

Loukoumades or kserotigana.
There are probably more words for them, that I just don't know.

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MOBXOJ@reddit

We call it Luqimats in Sudan

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MOBXOJ@reddit

Hey sudanese person here, we call this Luqimat over here!

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Deadlocked_676@reddit

In Kosovo we call it "Petulla" where i'm from (Prishtina), idk about other cities though

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Best_Foot9349@reddit

Sede šipci na šipci i jedu Uštipci...

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NegDelPhi@reddit

I live in Türkiye, but I'm not Turkish. We have something similar to it in my country and we just call it Lokaymat (small bites/lokma)

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meattruck@reddit

Langites, Greek

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SapientDream199@reddit

In Romania, it’s called scovergi and it’s made in the countryside mostly. It tastes amazing with jam. My friend’s grandma always makes some during the summer and they share with me too.

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Electrical_Suit_1683@reddit

Gogoși in Romania. The name also refers to regular doughnuts.

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robininscarf@reddit

Yeah, Turkey must have 100 different names for fried dough at minumum. My mom calls this "cırtla." The other variations I know are "pişi", "akıtma", "hamur kızartması".

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Rocketman_D_Rou@reddit

In my village we call it “petula” . South Albania

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Fun_Masterpiece2270@reddit

Küçüklere lokma, büyüğüne pişi diyoruz

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Kaliente13@reddit

Priganice, uštipci or peksimet, those are the three terms mostly used in Bosnia

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hopopo@reddit

Albanians call it Lokum. Serbs call it Ushtipak.

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Anto11x@reddit

Pishia 🤤

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compscigirl8@reddit

I have always called it ‘pişi’ growing up

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assprobably@reddit

Need some white/feta cheese next to it...👌 fuck now I am hungry.

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Tassiloruns@reddit

Uštipci.

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Ep1cOfG1lgamesh@reddit

We make it as large as a pizza and call it "gözleme" and we eat it with keş (dried salted yoghurt which becomes cheese like)
I think every culture has something similar from Hungarian langos to native American fry bread ...

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Picami777@reddit

In South Africa we call it vetkoek. Directly translating to fat cake. I make it regularly with sweet curry mince, as it is very tasty and a traditional dish.

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SatansAhole@reddit

Pişi

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DirtAlarming3506@reddit

Krofne in eastern Vojvodina

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GSA_Gladiator@reddit

Мекици (mekitsti), but I have heard бухти (buhti) as well

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St_Charlatan@reddit

Бухтите са по-малки и топчести, мекиците са големи и плоски, това повече на бухти прилича.

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catclaw2@reddit

Llakuma

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bostanite@reddit

My grandma from the Thrace region in Greece used to call them “mikíkia”. I have heard them being called “tiganítes” also.

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ShortJoseph@reddit

pişi

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Cosmodfromouterspace@reddit

Good foods and grandmothers brings the balkans together!

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Zestyclose-Ad-389@reddit

gogoşi in Romania

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mahirdeth31@reddit

Pişi

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Remarkable-Problem33@reddit

Mekike

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foottuns@reddit

In Romania, they are called Gogosi (donuts)

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justp_assing_by@reddit

"Τηγανήτες" -tiwanites in common greek.

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cikabrada@reddit

priganice(plural), maybe more Monetenegrian word. Also, lokume(plural)

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No_Comparison7629@reddit

Donuts

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Sad_Site8284@reddit

Uštipci in Slavonia. I have also heard the name 'Poderane gaće' - 'Ripped pants' or sometimes 'Langošice' which is Hungarian name for the dough

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elbatalia@reddit

Pisia if filled or lalagites if simple

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GlebstarTP@reddit

Scoverci (Romania - Moldova)

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Tension-Different@reddit

In Greek Thrace and Macedonia sometimes they are called Λαλαγγίτες (lalagites) but there is also a version of it that is thinner and looks like pancakes or crêpes. This other version is what people usually refer to as Λαλαγγιτες. The one in the picture most people refer to as Λουκουμάδες (loukounades - lokma) or Τηγανόψωμα (tiganopsoma - fried bread).

What my grandmother used to make looked a bit more like the Calabrian zippoli.

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Worried-Owl-9198@reddit (OP)

In Turkey Trakya, there isn’t a fixed name either everyone uses something different. People with roots from Greece often call it lokma, while those from Bulgaria or Romania say pesmet

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ATOM1050@reddit

Zetski kolac

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Hedonist_Atayiz@reddit

In turkey we call it "lokma, pişi" in bulgaria "mekitsi"

Türkiye'de lokma, pişi bulgaristan'da mekitsi diyoruz

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Fare-Snake@reddit

Ustipci (Bosnia), peksimeti (Herzegowina).

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Nikoschalkis1@reddit

My mother's family which comes from Asia minor calls them mikikia.

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RS_Wind@reddit

Kolacice

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Additional-Owl3270@reddit

Looks like mekichki (мекички) or бухтички (buhtichki)

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Eurokremable@reddit

Uštipci

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azzurro99@reddit

Уштипци (uštipci) in Serbian

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Bokko_art@reddit

Bişi

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GotchYaBitchhhh@reddit

Mekici

Langidi

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Sfocus@reddit

this is fried dough ı never heard of any name

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thedrunkmind@reddit

~ Lohum (Çerkez/Circassian)

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AuraTree@reddit

Mekik as we call it in Balıkesir, Türkiye. Our grandparents were from Veliko Tarnova region.

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l0rdtac0s@reddit

Uštipci (🇧🇦)

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MB4050@reddit

What's inside it? In Italy we have something that looks similar, called "mozzarella in carrozza". It's filled with molten cheese and occasionally anchovies too. Nowadays they do them with ham, for those who don't like anchovies

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another_countryball@reddit

If they are what I think they are, we call them Loukkoumades (λουκουμάδες) in Cyprus, they traditionally come covered in syrup and during the theophany we throw one out the window on the roof to ward of the kalikantzaroi (some gremlin like creatures)

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Tiny-Mulberry-2114@reddit

Looks a lot like "poderane gaće" (translated:ripped underpants) but they have a hole in the middle so not sure if this is that.

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Cold_Bobcat_3231@reddit

Pişi ş=sch sound

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Any-Isopod-5245@reddit

In Romania we call them gogoși, but they are rounder (cutted with a glass) and they grow more.

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shm_stan@reddit

Father side is from Eastern Bulgaria and say "mekik", while Mother side is from Eastern Greece and say "lokma".

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Fun_Strawberry_4168@reddit

Lupačići

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tr_gardropfuat@reddit

Mafiş, family is from east of Turkey near Armenian border.

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BaBaYoRgUnNnNnn@reddit

hamur kızartması xd

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bobo21D@reddit

Meki tsitsi (soft breasts) 👍👍💯

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blackdragonstory@reddit

We call them lepinje.

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floegl@reddit

In Greece, I know the salty version as klivanes and the sweet version as loukouma.

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k4k4yapar@reddit

Lokmades

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Nashud@reddit

Mekika/Uštipak (Uštipci plural)

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ballzstreetwets@reddit

It is salty, and you can say somewhat sour

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Accomplished_Bag_804@reddit

Uštipci. The longer version is called mekika

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Rich_Plant2501@reddit

Are they made with eggs or without eggs? If they are made with eggs I would call them uštipci, if it's without I would call them mekike.

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Leabrodre@reddit

We call it "Pişi" in Kastamonu

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Character_Hamster890@reddit

Lokma

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sinred7@reddit

The ones in the photo are most likely cheese and parsley in, not sweet. Shouldn't lokma be sweet?

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Character_Hamster890@reddit

There are different versions, we prefer eating this along with soft cheese. The other one is made with şerbet, but that one is like tennis ball shaped.

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PrinceHeinrich@reddit

There are sweet versions and salty versions. Never seen lokma filled with cheese yet though.

Lokma is the answer for me too in turkish

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sinred7@reddit

Mum calls it Bishi... lokma for me is much smaller balls with syrup poured on it... IcAnadolu...

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parrotthatlovesonion@reddit

Well all recipes with dough have a version with cheese

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maxi4493@reddit

Mekike, uštipci in my parts of Serbia. I know there are more names just can't remember any right now.

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stressed_traveler@reddit

Im greek from the Mani region, we call them τηγανοψωμα (fried breads) or λαδένια (oiled), usually eat them with feta too. They are a household basic

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Usernamenotta@reddit

Romania We call it 'gogoașă'

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TheLonelyPrincess741@reddit

My grandma calls them lepinje though i know that the common use for the word lepinja means something completely else.

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NegotiationWest5520@reddit

Keçipatisi

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Worried-Owl-9198@reddit (OP)

Edirne tarafı kullanıyor bu ismi

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NegotiationWest5520@reddit

Evet

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marosszeki@reddit

We call them pánkó in Transylvania, in Hungary it's fánk.

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Leila_Nit@reddit

Uštipci

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Keke_Papaya@reddit

Uštipak

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parrotthatlovesonion@reddit

Pesmet

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Worried-Owl-9198@reddit (OP)

In Tekirdag,we call it pesmet. Where are you from?

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parrotthatlovesonion@reddit

Bulgaristan türküyüm. Babamın köyünde adı böyle. Siz göçmen misiniz?

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Worried-Owl-9198@reddit (OP)

Tamam şimdi oldu hangi şehirdensin göçmenler arasındada ismi değişiyor

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parrotthatlovesonion@reddit

Ben doğma büyüme Sofya danım. Babam Kubrat, Razgrad tarafından.

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Worried-Owl-9198@reddit (OP)

Anladım bizimkiler varnadan

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Accurate-Report3794@reddit

Biz Varna'da kolaç diyoruz

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Worried-Owl-9198@reddit (OP)

Her köyde ismi farklı inanılmaz bir şey hahaha

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parrotthatlovesonion@reddit

Yeterince yakın

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megatronized@reddit

Biz de tekirdağ’da lokma diyoruz değişiyor demek ki burada da. Bir taraf Yugoslavya bir taraf Bulgar göçmeni

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Worried-Owl-9198@reddit (OP)

Evet evet tüm köyler farklı diyor sen ne tarafdansın

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megatronized@reddit

Benimki karışık Kaspiçan, Novipazar, Radovişte diye gidiyor. Burada da Tekirdağ-Kırklareli olarak dağılmışız

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Ok_Combination_2472@reddit

Benim anneannem de Bulgaristan göçmeni, o da pesmet diyor

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parrotthatlovesonion@reddit

Önemli olan da adı değil tadı tadı. Ben bayılıyorum

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Ok_Combination_2472@reddit

Doğru dedin kral ahahah

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levYMANN@reddit

Langoš

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Department-Flimsy@reddit

Palčići, Croatia

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NoAlarm8123@reddit

I know them as Uštipci but that is certainly not the only name for them.

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TheBlondeAquarius@reddit

in Serbia it's Uštipci / Mekike

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Ludalada@reddit

Most people call this "uštipci" but I have also heard "lokumi"

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MisterElal@reddit

Poderane gače/langoš

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somerandomguyblabla@reddit

I forgot

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BeatnologicalMNE@reddit

Too big to be "priganice" or "uštipci" so we called these bigger ones "lepinje" despite that it's not lepinja at all.

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Worried-Iron-3571@reddit

or gogoşi when they’re spheres

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TheSlav87@reddit

crofna

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Worried-Iron-3571@reddit

turte in romania

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V3K1tg@reddit

over here we call it Mekica

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Tricky-Original6168@reddit

Kıygaşa in Tatar

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Worried-Owl-9198@reddit (OP)

Kazan tatarları mı diyor kırım tatarları mı

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Tricky-Original6168@reddit

Kırım

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pakalu_papitoBoss@reddit

Ikiși

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GeorgiPetrov@reddit

The big ones - Mekitsi.
The small bite-sized ones - tiganitsi/tiganitchki.

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freya_sinclair@reddit

in serbia (south-east) we call them mostly uštipci

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jellyonbelly@reddit

Buhti or mekici depending on the size 😄

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kopetenti@reddit

In Albania we call the "petulla" and I discovered they are also called in a similar way ("pettole") in Puglia, Italy.

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hasko09@reddit

I'm from the aegean side of Turkiye and we call this "pişi" if it had cheese in it then we'd call it "pide" but this one is just plain pişi.

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pakalu_papitoBoss@reddit

Kıygașa-tatarça

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volkivolki@reddit

Lokma

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General-Interview599@reddit

Ah, my mom used to make these. Rip mom.

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Worried-Owl-9198@reddit (OP)

May she rest in peace

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