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Makrout el Assel refers to Algeria's freshly deep fried, kind of almond doughnut served in the whole plateful doused in warm honey.

English: Montucas / Deutsch: Montucas / Español: Montucas / Português: Montucas / Français: Montucas / Italiano: Montucas /

Montucas popularly known as Tamales are Honduran dumplings made of corn dough and stuffed with chicken or pork meat. They are wrapped in a banana leaf or corn husk and then steamed or boiled. Tamales or Montucas is one of the common street foods in Honduras. Tamales can also be prepared with no filling at all as a starchy side dish and can be also served with other dishes.

Mixiote refers to a one of the dishes found in Honduras which is made of meat (lamb, chicken) wrapped in maguey leaves and then baked for hours in a wood-fired oven. Mixiotes is also described as steamed packets of seasoned mutton, whose contents may be rolled into thick tortillas and garnished with fiery Chiles de Manzana (very hot, yellow chili peppers) or Guajillo chilies.

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Migas Alpujarreñas refers to a Spanish food, particularly from the Sierra de Alpujarra which is made of fried pieces of bread.

Maito de Tilapia refers to one of the popular dishes from Ecuador which is tilapia, a freshwater fish wrapped in a banana leaf and cooked over an open fire.

Mässmögge which is also known as Mässmocke and Messmocken refer to Switzerland's thumb-sized sugar candies with colored stripes shells in various flavors which are filled with hazelnut praline. It is a specialty of the Basel Region of Switzerland and is available during autumn fairs,, hence the the word Mäss which means messe (German word for "fairs") where Mässmogge are sold.