Lilli appeared at my desk and said she needed money, saying
she had 7 ones and a 20 but needed 10, so I said, I'll give
you some, what's it for. She was motoring down to Country
Estates where some lady wa selling masks for $10. I noted
the obvious, You've got a kazillion of them, and she 
retorted I'm tired of going places and seeing that other
have prettier masks than mine, which shows she's still a
normal girl. She said, you wouldn't like to give me money
for this, and I agreed. So she said she'd go to the donut
shop downtown to break the 20, and what would you like? A
honey dip, please, but she had no idea what that was.
Apparently down here they are called glazed raised. So off
she went, and I continued my day, looking forward to the
time-honored and law enforcement endorsed pairing of donut
and coffee. She came back presently with two honey dips
and a mask, which I pointedly refrained from asking to see.

Major Dickison's is a fairly bitter blend and I thought it
would go nicely with a piece of sweet pastry.

Well, you know how I disdain things that remind me of bread;
this was about twice as dense as what I know of as a donut
and basically made of unsweetened, heavily salted dough, as
if it were a cut-up piece of frozen bread loaf from the
supermarket. It was gummy and nastily stick-to-the-teeth,
with not even much in the way of glaze - maybe sugar has
become dear again. I found some shards of frosting that had
fallen off onto the counter and pounced on them, but they
turned out to have a soapy citrusy alkaline taste and in
fact were the remnants of a Clorox wipe that she'd swabbed
the neighborhood with.

At some point she came out of her girl cave and asked me Are
donuts always supposed to be salty? KD's Donuts. Remember
that name. One of the ugliest pastry experiences ever.

Today's found art.

- Alexa, read my notifications.
- One new notification for Lilli. Slipper will arrive today.
- Alexa, what about the other slipper?
- Hmm - I'm not sure about that.
- I figured you wouldn't be.

It got to 91 today, 87 in the valley (for a 51-degree
spread during the day at the official station).

So sensibly she had got some rice and beans from her usual
takeout place Manana's ... but forgot and got another 
container of each from Taco Loco in the Ramona Market,
ending up with lots of beans and rice, so I got to do a
direct comparison.

Manana's rice was rather like my quick-serve Spanish:
leftover cooked rice with some commercial salsa tossed in,
very hot, not bad tasting, but very salty.

The beans were, sadly, not the lardy ones that I have come
to like from there and were basically bland and nothing
with a green aftertaste. This can be mostly fixed by a
tablespoon of bacon grease beaten in, or even olive oil.

The rice from Ramona Market was of a strange crumbly
texture and a weird flavor, though very bland: it had been
made with converted rice but stored for a while and
reheated. Thank goodness for the beans, which were bland
as anything but at least made with lard.

After this meal of scanty goodness my ankles started to
blow up. I thought of taking my walk, but Lilli nixed
that, saying that it was this kind of weather that brings
out the rattlesnakes. But then she left the sliding door
open. I would have been gleeful to report that a rattler
or even a garden snake had sneaked in, but no.

Dunkin Donuts Glazed Donuts
categories: copycat, breakfast, breads
Servings: 12

h - Dough
2 Tb yeast
1 c warm water
1/2 c sugar
1/2 ts salt
1/4 lb butter, melted
1/2 c warm milk
2 eggs
2 egg yolks
4 1/2 c AP flour
h - To fry
2 to 3 c oil
h - Glaze
3 c powdered sugar
1/2 c water
1/4 ts vanilla

In the bowl of a stand mixer, mix the warm water, yeast
and 1 ts sugar together and let proof 5 min.

Whisk in the remaining sugar, salt, warm milk, butter,
eggs, and egg yolks. Add in the flour and mix on low
until dough comes together. Knead for 5 min. The dough
should be tacky; place in an oiled bowl and allow to
rise 1 hr in a warm place.

Transfer dough to a lightly floured surface and roll
out to 1/2" thickness (about a 17-inch oval.)

Cut out donuts using a 3.5" cutter. Reuse scraps and
continue cutting out remaining dough. Allow donuts to
rise another 20 to 30 min.

Heat oil in a medium frying pan over medium-low heat. 
Fry donuts until lightly golden on each side. Transfer
onto paper towels and continue to fry in batches.

Combine the glaze ingredients and dip warm donuts in
the glaze.

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