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Churro

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Churro

A ridged stick of fried dough coated in cinnamon sugar/World Cuisines

Churros are strips of choux-like dough piped through a star-shaped nozzle and deep-fried until golden. They originated in Spain and Portugal and are now popular across Latin America. They are typically served with thick hot chocolate for dipping or filled with dulce de leche.

Measurements

Length2.5 tenths m
4.5 hundredthsGiraffes
8.3 tenthsWine bottle heights
5.2 tenthsOffice chair heights
Diameter2.5 hundredths m
7.1 tenthsWalnut diameters
2.5 hundredthsTuba heights
Mass5 hundredths kg
167 sextillionGlucose molecule weights
1.1 thousandthsGrocery carts
24.5 billionthsSpace Shuttle launches
Ridge depth3 thousandths m
13.6 millionSilicon atoms
1,500E. coli bacteria
Hollow core diameter8 thousandths m
2.9 hundredthsRugby ball lengths
533White blood cells
1.5 thousandthsParking space lengths
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