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Awafer is a crisp, often sweet, very thin, flat, lightbiscuit,[1] often used to decorateice cream, and also used as agarnish on some sweet dishes.[2] They frequently have awaffle surface pattern but may also be patterned with insignia of the food's manufacturer or may be patternless. Some chocolate bars, such asKit Kat andToffee Crisp, are wafers with chocolate in and around them.
A communion wafer is a type of unleavened bread consumed as part of the Christian ritual of communion.
Special "spa wafers" (Czech:lázeňské oplatky, Slovak:kúpeľné oblátky) are produced in thespa towns of theCzech Republic and theSlovak Republic (e.g.Piešťany,Karlovy Vary andMariánské Lázně).
A similar biscuit is cooked inHungary called the Molnárkalács. Its origins can be traced back to thePalóc population. It is round and hard (sometimes also rolled) decorated with folk symbols and images and text instead of a simple spiral. It is also eaten with toppings likejams. It is made with special pressing tool, thesütővas.[3]
Christmas wafers are made of only wheat flour and water. Their patterns often depict religious scenes and are aCentral European Roman CatholicChristmas tradition celebrated inPolish,Slovak,Lithuanian andItalian families on Christmas Eve. These do not have sacramental value like the communion wafer. Christmas wafers are symbolic bread to share among guests to emphasize the close relationship by eating bread together. This gesture has a positive meaning, but additional wishes are often made as well. They are calledopłatek (Latin: oblatum) in Polish, as opposed towafel, which denotes a common wafer.
A variation of a wafer, considered a part of the traditional cuisine inArgentina,Colombia,Ecuador,Guatemala,El Salvador,Venezuela, andMexico, is known as anoblea. It is usually eaten as a dessert with two pieces filled witharequipe,dulce de leche, orcajeta (milk caramel), and/or condensed milk in the middle. In some places, they might contain cheese, fruit, or whipped cream, among others.
Thepink wafer is a wafer-based confectionery originally made by Edinburgh's Crawford's Biscuits in the United Kingdom.[4] It is now made byUnited Biscuits, the company that took over the firm in 1960, still using the Crawford's name. The snack consists of crème sandwiched between wafers (dyed pink).
There is a similar product brandedPink Panther wafers.[5][6]
FreskaEgyptian Arabic:فريسكه[freska] is an Egyptian wafer sold only on beaches in the summertime. It is made from two thin circular wafers filled with a thin layer of honey syrup.[7]
Some wafers are produced with achocolate covering. Another popular flavor is lemon.
Piroulines andBarquillos are wafers rolled into a tube, and sometimes filled with cream.
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