pyshka

plural pyshki

1. A Russian variety of doughnut, either ring-shaped or without a hole.

   On the corner by the beygal store is an old woman with a pyshka, collecting dowries for orphan girls in Jerusalem: […]

   1970, Avram Davidson, “Goslin Day”, in Damon Knight, editor, Orbit: An Anthology of New Science Fiction Stories, volume 6, New York, N.Y.: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 76

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   A typical menu featured five or six varieties of oukha fish chowder with pies, all kinds of smoked and kippered sturgeon, and telnoe (fish fillets baked in the shape of a goose or lamb with many different spices and with special “lamb” flavor), not to mention pyshki (doughnuts), syrniki (curd cakes), and oladyi (pancakes).

   2010, “Patriarch’s Palace and Twelve Apostles’ Church”, in I. Yudakov, editor, Moscow Kremlin Red Square New Guide-Book, Moscow: Orthodox Society “Radonezh”, →ISBN, page 104, column 1

   The other really tasty local offerings for street food/fast food include pirozhki[…], shawarma[…], and pyshki (пышки). […] Pyshki are Russian doughnuts, wonderful with coffee, and are strongly associated with Saint Petersburg.

   2015, T Turner, “Eat”, in Saint Petersburg (2015 Travel Guides; 14), →ISBN

   I have fond memories of eating pyshki in St. Petersburg about 10 years ago. I […] finally got a few pyshki, which my ignorant Muscovite self no doubt referred to as ponchiki, and ate them right there, standing up and drinking tea.

   2021, Anna Kharzeeva, “The deep-fried bad guy of the Soviet diet. Ponchiki (doughnuts)”, in The Soviet Diet Cookbook: Exploring Life, Culture and History – One Recipe at a Time, →ISBN