Why are fritters called fruits?

The name of fried dough sticks varies from place to place. "Tianjin calls fried dough sticks fruit; Some areas in Anhui are called avocados; Northeast is called big fruit; Fujian and southern Fujian are called fried ghosts; Chaoshan area and other places are called fried fruit; Zhejiang province has a name for natural tendons (natural tendons are loofah, and old loofah leaves tendons after drying and peeling, which is very similar to the shape of fried dough sticks, so it is called natural tendons).

Fried dough sticks are called fruits in most parts of the north. In the past, fruit meant snacks in the land machine, and fried dough sticks also belonged to it. Later, there were many kinds. With the collective name of dim sum, the name of fruit was inherited by fried dough sticks, because it was eaten the most and almost became synonymous with breakfast in the north. Knowing that the deep-fried dough sticks originated in the Southern Song Dynasty, the people hated the Qin stew couple for framing Zhongliang, kneading the dough into two figures and frying them in a pot, which was called "Fried Ji". Now the fritters are still twisted together.