Talk:List of doughnut varieties

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I find it intriguing that churros are listed in the regional varieties list, despite not being a traditional doughnut shape, despite this same criterion having apparently disqualified "funnel cake". I mean, sure, churros are simply extruded strips of doughnut, but they aren't doughnut shaped. Even approximately. JulesH 22:13, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

note: 'figure of eight'-shaped pretzels (especially the hard, packaged variety) seem irrelevant to doughnuts -- Isn't the traditional pretzel shape topographically a torus? ;) JulesH 22:18, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

In regard to the churros 'non-exclusion' as a type of doughnut: a third criterion for 'inclusion', other than the two criteria of:

(1) 'fried dough food'

(2) toroid shape

would perhaps be:

(3) commonly (and/or historically) explicitly described, referred to, and accepted (and/or, where appropriate, translated) as a doughnut, or type of doughnut

Criterion (3) would exclusively need to be applied where either (but probably not both) of the other two criteria did not apply

Ericross

"Facturas" are cited as being the Argentine variety for donuts. However, "facturas" are the common denomination for all sweet pastries you may find at a bakery (this includes stuff such as croissants, "churros", and many others). In fact, doughnuts are often found among other "facturas" (they're called "donas" in spanish, a phonetic approximation)