The Dutch and Hungarians eat donuts; households in Italy and Holland serve balls of Fried dough sweetened with sugar and honey on New Year's Eve.

荷兰和匈牙利吃甜甜圈；意大利和荷兰的家庭在除夕制作球油条甜糖和蜂蜜。

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Italy has chiacchiere, which are honey-drenched balls of pasta dough fried and dusted with powdered sugar.

意大利人做chiacchiere。 那是一种用蜂蜜浸透的面团、炸过再撒上糖霜吃；波兰、匈牙利和荷兰人吃甜甜圈。

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A pumpkin arancini with ricotta and tarragon oil was a fresh take on the traditional deep-fried Sicilian rice balls.

还有一道加了意式芝士和龙蒿油的南瓜丸子，其灵感源自传统的西西里油炸饭团。

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If we were to indulge in this behavior one day a year, enjoying fritos drenched in chilli, and deep fried balls of cheese while not moving other than to raise our arms, who would be the worse for it?

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The most popular gift is mithai (Indian sweets), and shops are filled with a spectacular array specially prepared for this festival, from thickly cut squares of barfi (a fudge-like sweet, often coated with a thin film of edible silver leaf) , to soft syrupy gulab jamuns (deep-fried balls of dough) and spongy rasgullas (sweetened cream cheese balls flavoured with rose water).

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