Originally Posted by toryvict
I would like to throw in my 2 cents here. In Asia, the literal translation of 'egg roll' is actually a dessert. A sweet, flaky, hollow tube, made of flour, egg and sugar, ranges from 1 - 5 inches long. See pic
here or
here. You can probably find them in Asian malls and Asian bakeries.
My father was the director of the graduate college at the local university....when we were kids, he was always bringing home sweets one of his students or colleagues brought back from visits abroad....Thanks for the memory!