The Fabulous Krispy Kreme

I bought a dozen assorted Krispy Kreme donuts yesterday because i had a coupon that allows me to receive one free dozen of Original Glazed if i were to purchase a dozen. Also, because it was Donut Day yesterday, they gave away a set of 12 lil' donut keychains. Just fabulous.

First out of the box was a chocolate coated 'nut that revealed itself to be pumped full of some white fluffy stuff. It was nice. Next was the crinkly brown one drenched in icing with a hole in the middle. Lightly chocolatey. Didn't last long. A third? Nah...not gonna tell u...go give it a try.

Around here we think of every day as donut day, but those with more self-restraint know the real thing comes the first Friday in June – yesterday, in fact. I did a research on this and found out that the celebration was launched in 1938, during the Great Depression, as a Salvation Army fund-raiser honoring the volunteer who served coffee and fresh donuts by the thousands to homesick soldiers in France during World War I. Betcha didn't know bout this.

Wanna make it yourself, here you go:

7-1/2 cups sugar

3/4 cup lard

8 eggs

3 large cans evaporated milk

3 large cans water

18 cups flour

18 teaspoons baking powder

7-1/2 teaspoons salt

8 teaspoons nutmeg
Cream sugar and lard together, beat eggs, add evaporated milk and water. Add liquid to creamed mixture. Mix flour, baking powder, salt and nutmeg in large sieve and sift into other mixture. Add enough flour to make e stiff dough. Roll and cut. Five pounds of lard are required to fry the doughnuts. Yield: approximately 250 donuts.