A Guide to Doughnuts

[orichalcum]

The Chicago Tribune published today a guide to 13 different ethnic kinds of doughnuts and where to find good ones in Chicago. It's very interesting from a foodie perspective, but I do feel the need to point out two things:

Take a look at #12, the Long John. Um? I'm just saying, it looks like something made by Nanny Ogg.

I'm not one to mock other people's folklore, but the origin story for #13, the You Tiao chinese doughnut (fritter), is supposedly as follows:
"During the Song dynasty a heroic general was framed for murder by a hated prime minister and his wife. The Chinese people were so angry they twisted strands of dough together and fried them--the strands represented the villains. Says Z.J. Tong, president of the Chicago Chinese Cultural Institute: "The people, they didn't dare speak up, so this was their revenge in a way."

Because when I want justice, I...eat fried foods! That'll show them! Ha, I say!

Mac's sentence of the day: "How I get cupcakes?"
(There are no cupcakes currently in the house, nor are there plans for cupcakes.)

Comments

[digitalemur.livejournal.com]

I WANT A DONUT NOW.

The Latin names of those donuts are really cheering me up. I love French krullers, I do I do I do...... want....

[orichalcum.livejournal.com]

Saw-wee....

[digitalemur.livejournal.com]

It's funny cuz I will seek out donuts of many of these ethnicities! I went a little nuts with the Packi this winter, I get French krullers when I have an excuse, and I have actually made beignets for school before. I frequently default to the good old glazed, though.

[amethyst73.livejournal.com]

Wow. That's even keener than the silent walk protesting we heard about in Shanghai.

Ooo, donuts!

[kenjari.livejournal.com]

Mmmmmm paczki. (It's pronounced a little more like "ponch-key" - they missed the diacritical mark under the a)
My godmother used to bring them when she visited. The prune filling is surprisingly good.

[stone-and-star.livejournal.com]

Reminds me of hamentaschen. (Ha ha! We beat you! Now we make fun of you with food!) But as a result it doesn't seem so strange.

[orichalcum.livejournal.com]

Yes, but there's a difference between ha ha we beat you and "we have no chance of achieving actual justice here, so we will seethe with our doughnuts quietly."

[ladybird97.livejournal.com]

Well, then, the question is valid, isn't it? He sees no cupcakes! He wants to know how he gets them! :)

[orichalcum.livejournal.com]

Yes, but the only answer is the disheartening, "You don't."

We're a little more concerned about his venture into editorial commentary. Upon reading the page in "Sheep in a Jeep" where "Sheep Don't Think to Look Up Front," Mac commented "Sheep is Stupid." Which, well, is true, but I'd rather he not be so judgmental at such an early age...:)

[ladybird97.livejournal.com]

That's AWESOME. *cackle*

[orichalcum.livejournal.com]

See, that kind of response is why I regret not getting to be an Indulgent/Amused Aunt first. :)

[emilymorgan.livejournal.com]

I'm just amazed that you don't accidentally have Mac saying things like "I can haz cupcakez?" *grin*