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proof that anything becomes glorious once you batter it and commit to the oil
means To fritter (usually 'fritter away') is to waste something valuable—time, money, energy—in small, careless bits until it's gone; as a noun, it's a piece of food coated in batter and fried.
from Two different words wearing the same coat. The fried-food 'fritter' comes through Old French 'friture' from Latin 'frigere,' to fry or roast—the same root that gives us 'fry.' The wasteful 'fritter,' meaning to break into fragments, likely comes from an older noun 'fitters' meaning 'pieces' or 'shreds,' so to fritter away is literally to crumble something into bits too small to matter.
- name origin
- From Latin frigere, meaning to fry
- global reach
- Nearly every cuisine fries something in batter
- sweet or savory
- Corn, apple, banana, conch all qualify
- verb twist
- To fritter also means waste away slowly
apple fritter — classic american fried pastry made with apples, served at diners and bakeries nationwide
corn fritter — southern us dish of fried cornmeal batter, traditional in soul food restaurants
zeppole — italian fried pastry fritter filled with custard or jam, iconic in naples since medieval times