A flame name on fried breadSourced
Lángos retains a trace of an older cooking method
Hungarian lángos is familiar as fried flatbread. Its name comes from láng, meaning flame. Historically, leftover bread dough was baked near the front of an oven. The name retains an earlier cooking scene despite the familiar fried version.
The fried bread still carries the oven’s flame in its name.
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Reviewed: 2026-10-05