Traditional foods include latkes, a fried potato fritter, especially among Ashkenazi families. This type of fritter resembles a crustless quiche. Clam cakes, a savory fritter based on chopped clams, are a specialty of Rhode Island. "Batata vada" in Marathi literally means "potato fritter". The corm is grated into a paste and deep-fried to make a fritter called "Acra". Black-eyed peas form the basis for a popular fried snack, the well-loved "akara" fritter. It is a type of meat pie in a torpedo-shaped yuca fritter. Another regional favourite is the "zucchini fritter". The fried skin after the blubber is called "koro", and analogous to "fritter/crackling". A common food in this region is the deep-fried fritter, also referred to as "sponges". Stamp and Go is a fish fritter made with salt fish in Jamaican cuisine. "Picarones"&colon; a sweet, ring-shaped fritter with a pumpkin base; often served with a molasses syrup. Alcapurria is a fritter dish from Puerto Rico. Rediff wrote "Watch Pori if you want to aimlessly fritter time away". Also "ananasbeignets" (pineapple fritter) are considered a treat.