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Puff-Puff are Nigerian traditional round doughnuts made by combining flour, yeast, butter, eggyolk, vanilla flavoring, etc. to make a dought. This dough is then formed into a regular- sized circular or puff form by scooping it into the hollow of your fingers and fry in hot oil on moderate heat.
Puff-Puff are serve as hot or cold snack, sometimes dipped in sugar.
Palinca refers to Romania's strongest alcoholic drink which contains 60% pure alcohol, stronger than the popular Tuica, with only 40% alcohol content.
Many Romanians living in rural areas produce these two (2) alcohol drinks by themselves at home, but there are also plenty of companies that have such drinks in their product portfolio.
Punsch refers to a Swedish sweet, yellow alcoholic drink.
Punsch also refers to Danish strong liqueur which is based on Arrack - a strong distilled spirit made from fermented fruit, sugar cane, rice and anise seeds. It was imported to Scandinavia in the 18th Century from the Indonesian island of Java. It has a specific color which may vary from golden yellow to dark yellow. Due to the presence of its exotic ingredients, it is characterised by a unique flavor with overtones of almond, banana, chocolate, whisky and even tobacco. Danes or Danish people drink it hot to get warm in the winter or as an accompaniment to the traditional almond cake, Kransekake, especially at birthday and wedding parties.