It’s called ‘oliebollen’ in Belgium and the Netherlands. They also have derivatives with apple inside and some other ones.
Not sure which came first though ( us or be/nl ).
Roasted butter does sound better than the literal translation from dutch ( oil balls ).
Edit: the wiki page references them being invented in the us. The wiki page for the Dutch/Belgian variant mentions Spanish/Portuguese Jews when fleeing the the Netherlands from the Spanish inquisition.
At least I think they’re the same as roasted butter
Oliebollen are fried batter, which is made of flour, yeast, salt, sugar and some liquid (water, beer, milk). I’m not familiar with the American thing but it sounds like they’re literally coating a stick of butter in batter before frying it.
Not an american but, apparently, still as much confused as you are over the concept.
As an American I understand the concept of deep frying as a personal lifestyle choice.
I suppose the best analogy would be the difference between knowing horses were a thing and actually getting on a buking bronco.
I grew being told, playfully, that if fried a shoe would taste nice. But no. Too much of a good thing is bad for you.
It’s called ‘oliebollen’ in Belgium and the Netherlands. They also have derivatives with apple inside and some other ones.
Not sure which came first though ( us or be/nl ).
Roasted butter does sound better than the literal translation from dutch ( oil balls ).
Edit: the wiki page references them being invented in the us. The wiki page for the Dutch/Belgian variant mentions Spanish/Portuguese Jews when fleeing the the Netherlands from the Spanish inquisition.
At least I think they’re the same as roasted butter
Oliebollen are fried batter, which is made of flour, yeast, salt, sugar and some liquid (water, beer, milk). I’m not familiar with the American thing but it sounds like they’re literally coating a stick of butter in batter before frying it.