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Btw 小泡芙 is the translation of profiterole.

Pets de nonne are not filled with cream.

Of course you should read 凯瑟琳·德·梅第奇 (Catherine de Medicis).

Here is more vocab around 泡芙 :

泡芙是一种源自意大利 (Catherine de Medicis) 的甜食。蓬松张孔的奶油面皮中包裹掼奶油、巧克力乃至冰淇淋。

在制作时首先使用水、奶油、面和蛋做包裹的面包。这个面包里含的蛋在烤的过程中形成一个空洞。泡芙里面包裹的内涵是通过注射或者将面包顶部撕破后加进去的。使用后面这个方法的话这个被撕破的顶部要被取代。在泡芙的包裹的上面还可以撒上糖、糖冻、果实或者巧克力。

传说泡芙是凯瑟琳·德·梅第奇的厨师发明的，16世纪传入法国。2005年仅在威斯康辛州博览会上共销售了340,000含冰淇淋的泡芙，赢利超过一百万美元。

东京立业而扩展至各地的贝儿多爸爸的泡芙工房以制作、售卖泡芙知名。

http://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%B3%A1%E8%8A%99

Excuter, You get it just right !

It's 小泡芙 .

Thanks

or maybe s.th. like 泡芙

it´s like a Berliner aka Krapfen right?

so

柏林(糕饼) could fit right,right,right? ;-)

Excuter, Pets de nonne are not exactly beignet and are very far from the american circular doughnut (as franck explained).

In chinese the doughnut is 油炸圈饼 or 环状物. 圈 and 环 are used for circular.

Franck,

I thought that 饼 was used for flat cake or cookie.

what about this one

柏林糕饼

Excuter, I beg to differ. 圈 implies a circular doughnut shape, pets de nonne are just balls of fried "pâte à choux".

How about 法式卷心油饼? 油饼 = kind of beignet

so about the tonsils... you can keep ém ;-)

for the english explanation of it see here

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beignet

from there I went on with french doughnut to Google translation and voila, bingo, deng deng... it gave me this:

法国甜甜圈

or 小法式蛋糕

franch, It was expected. The chinese vocab for pastry-making and candy-making is very poor. I have to make do with the direct translation : 修女的放屁 or 法修女的放屁
... no in fact 小蛋糕 sound much better for a presentation. ;)

Yes I know what a cough drop is, but an eyedrop is liquid you squirt into your eye. ;)

kmkfr, shave my tonsils if you can find a Chinese word for pets-de-nonne. It's hard enough to find out 法式棍子面包 for baguette :)

AZERDocMom, My avatar is a picture of Jack from The Nightmare Before Christmas. Great movie. So I should send her some red-packaged cough-drops?

Hi Bazza,

Henning is speaking of lozenge or cough sweet ( in British English).Hi Italiana, why don't you send your penpal a huge pannetone..!

Walter

Btw Franch,

How would you call "Pets de none" (small beignets) in chinese ?

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Henning

Cough drops? Really? I had no idea.

I love 臭豆腐 stinky tofu...it's not chemical warfare : (

Italiana

What's your avatar a picture of?

Obviously the nearest Chinese translation is

止咳糖 (zhǐ ké táng).

It is *not* medicine, and, no, it is *not* a dual-use product for chemical warfare (like 臭豆腐). It is candy.

Henning, I don't know if this is the right term, but it definitely made me think of you as a chemical warfare fanatic.

Was that the wrong English term? I am talking about that hard candy that you preferrably take when you have a sore throat (usually with Menthol). Hustenbonbon?

Eyedrops? LOL

What you send her.

I am always forced to drag suitcases full of cough drops to China, the demand is massive (do not know why, and whether this might be restricted to German cough drops).

Franch is of course correct. Try to avoid white or black packaging (red is preferred). Gifts with a local and/or personal touch are always a good idea; candy is a always a good gift. Now if there is a regional cough drop brand that comes with red packaging, then you hit the jackpot...

;)

Don't worry, there's no ritual involved here, you can just send a "little somethin" (小意思 xiǎo yìsi) that shows that you care, sth personal. A gift must be a token of affection, not a token of cultural understanding... :)

eyedrop

I give her cough drops, or is that what she gives me?

Cough drops.

No joke.