Talk:Zeppola
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Pronunciation?
editZeppoles have been a tradition in my family going back over 70 years. My grandmother made these when I was a child and called them zeppoles with a soft e sound at the end like Zep-pol. I've heard them pronounce with a hard e sound Zep-pole. Which is correct? (Richard LaRusso (talk) 17:22, 5 October 2017 (UTC))
I'm confused...
editWhere i come from, (New Jersey) zeppoles are fried with nothing on them. Is this where i'm from? or is it just something not included in the article? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Greasynmoist (talk • contribs) 01:20, 26 February 2008 (UTC)
I am from Brooklyn, NY, and zeppoles there are deep-fried pizza dough fritters covered with powdered sugar. They are not overly sweet but quite saturated in oil. 2600:1700:5DD0:60A0:1C45:F27F:6E6F:1726 (talk) 06:49, 5 June 2020 (UTC)
American-Italian
editPresumably it's because you're not in Italy. Most American-Italian food differs from the original Italian versions. Asriel (talk) 05:11, 8 October 2008 (UTC)
"Africans originally invented zeppole, but the Italians take credit for everything." really? come on.
The Italian-American community in Rhode Island commonly offers the zeppole pictured - the sweet, filled variety, on St. Joseph's Day. U.S. regions will vary, probably according to where the families came from in the Old Country.LTC (Ret.) David J. Cormier (talk) 13:46, 2 March 2016 (UTC)
- Additional answer to "Africans originally invented zeppole, but the Italians take credit for everything.": the white pizza (Italian: pizza bianca) page had, inexplicably, since the creation of the article, "United States" as its origin, a very serious problem that was later solved definitively by me; in conclusion, it's not us Italians who "take credit for everything". JacktheBrown (talk) 10:23, 16 August 2024 (UTC)
No you're not wrong NJ..
editNot because of differences in US & Italy, it's because the information & pics here aren't complete and need more contributions. The pics shown here as pastries, and descriptions as such are reflecting the way they're made in Salerno & those which are made here from that type of puff pastry kind. But it is not indicative of the way they started out or the way they are made in other regions of both Italy, Sicily & US.
That's Right
editZeppole can also refer to simply fried dough — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.83.44.64 (talk) 16:21, 19 March 2013 (UTC)
Add American Zeppoles, Please
editAmerican zeppoles, particularly the Italian immigrant recipe from New York, absolutely need to be included in this article since, I would wager, a majority of people coming here for information are only familiar with the American variety, typically deep-fried two-inch fritters of pizza dough coated beyond saturation with powdered sugar. By the way. they're forking delicious and everyone should taste them at least once before they die. 2600:1700:5DD0:3E40:25D2:B97C:9FFE:F25B (talk) 03:26, 20 July 2021 (UTC)
- No, it's absolutely not necessary. JacktheBrown (talk) 10:13, 16 August 2024 (UTC)
Requested move 16 August 2024
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Zeppola → Zeppole – I strongly dislike this habit of the English language of writing some Italian foods in the plural, but I'm a fair user; see: https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=zeppola%2Czeppole&year_start=1800&year_end=2022&corpus=en&smoothing=3. JacktheBrown (talk) 10:12, 16 August 2024 (UTC)
- Comment: correct Italian doesn't matter, it's the common name in English that should be used. YorkshireExpat (talk) 17:28, 16 August 2024 (UTC)
- @YorkshireExpat: did you read my proposal? You wrote exactly what I proposed. JacktheBrown (talk) 19:10, 16 August 2024 (UTC)
- I've never heard of it so I don't feel able to make a judgement; I'm just making explicit what you insinuated. YorkshireExpat (talk) 19:15, 16 August 2024 (UTC)
- @YorkshireExpat: did you read my proposal? You wrote exactly what I proposed. JacktheBrown (talk) 19:10, 16 August 2024 (UTC)