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orichalcum) wrote2008-07-23 11:40 am
orichalcum) wrote2008-07-23 11:40 am
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A Guide to Doughnuts
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.)
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.)
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The Latin names of those donuts are really cheering me up. I love French krullers, I do I do I do...... want....
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