United States Malasada
punahou school carnival features malasadas.
in 1878, portuguese laborers madeira , azores came hawaii work in plantations. these immigrants brought traditional foods them, including fried dough pastry called malasada. today there numerous bakeries in hawaiian islands specializing in malasadas.
on east coast, in rhode island , southeastern massachusetts, there high population of portuguese-americans. festivals in towns such new bedford , fall river serve portuguese cuisine, including malasadas.
mardi gras ( fat tuesday ), day before lent, malasada day in hawaii. being predominantly catholic, portuguese immigrants need use butter , sugar prior lent. did making large batches of malasadas, subsequently share friends other ethnic groups in plantation camps.
in united states, malasadas cooked in many portuguese or portuguese descendant homes on fat tuesday. tradition older children take warm doughnuts , roll them in sugar while eldest woman — mother or grandmother — cooks them. many people prefer eat them hot. can reheated in microwave, have absorbed sugar, providing different flavor , texture. however, can frozen without sugar.
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