Morning Musically-Minded, Medically-Minded, Masticators!
(Today’s post is sponsored by the letter “M”)
Happy New Year!!!
Over the past 600+ episodes, The Simpsons has taken us on an amazing journey involving music, science, and food to name a few concepts.
And what better way to start your week, then by discussing some of these concepts Monday morning?
So let’s get started this week by discussing one of Homer’s favourite foods, the donut.
Homer and donuts go back to the very first episode of The Simpsons, Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire (Season 01, Episode 01):
Over the past 600+ episodes, there are over a hundred additional images or references of Homer eating donuts.
But how do you make donuts?
So from the Food Network Canada, here is a recipe for “Canadian homemade doughnuts”:
Ingredients:
For the doughnuts:
- 4 cup flour
- 4 tsp baking powder
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 Tbsp ground nutmeg
- 1/2 stick (2 ounces, 1/4 cup or 4 tablespoons) of butter, melted
- ¾ cup buttermilk
- 3 eggs
For the optional cinnamon sugar coating:
- ½ cup sugar
- ¼ cup ground cinnamon
Recipe:
For the doughnuts:
1. In a large bowl whisk together the flour, baking powder, sugar, salt and nutmeg. In a separate bowl, whisk together the butter, buttermilk and eggs. Pour into the dry ingredients and stir well until combined and the mixture forms a dough.
2. On a floured surface roll the dough until it’s about 1” thick. Cut out doughnuts using a 3” round cutter and then cut out the centers with a half inch round cutter.
3. Drop the doughnuts into the hot oil and fry until they are golden and float to the top. Flip and fry on both sides. Drain on paper towels.
For the optional cinnamon sugar coating:
1. Whisk together the sugar and cinnamon and toss the hot doughnuts in the mixture.
Now that we know how to make donuts (or doughnuts), be sure to come back next week when we continue our Monday morning musings.
What’s your favourite Simpsons donut reference/image/scene? Have you ever made your own donuts? Will you try the recipe above? Sound off in the comments below. You know we love hearing from you.
Golly, can’t say I thought about making 🍩’s from home (even with those mini 🍩 machines) when a trip to Krispy Kreme allows you to watch ’em being made ….. oh yeah, the new mini’s are only 90 calories each (be like Homer Simpson and eat the whole box full – mmmmm) 😉
https://youtu.be/gFZfBQvYiZY
We have the Las Vegas Golden Knights 🍩 exclusive to local Krispy Kremes ….
https://imgur.com/a/PyvErFm
Krispy Kreme even offers up a free dozen 🍩’s each time the Las Vegas Golden Knights do a shut out (use your ticket stub and indulge!) ☺️
https://imgur.com/a/AELwOB2
That’s a lotta carbs I better walk off at CES tomorrow 😂
My favourite Simpson’s 🍩 references are the Lard Lads at all of the Universal Studios Theme Parks (those are some Texas sized 🍩’s!)
Sounds yummy Safi, but I’m too lazy to farm for donuts, so I’m definitely way too lazy to actually make real donuts. As a fellow Canadian, when the craving hits, I just head down to Timmie’s! 🤣
I’ve heard good things about those TimBits from Tim Horton’s (Timmies)☺️👍🏻
I think you’d appreciate Pink Box here in Las Vegas (those 🦄 are yummy!)
https://www.pinkboxdoughnuts.com/best-doughnuts-in-las-vegas/
I used to spend winters in Vegas for years, but haven’t been since 2012. Seems lots has changed there since, least of all a new hockey team, and new donuts. Have to go back, see a hockey game, and hit up the buffets. Do they still have crab legs the size of something out of a monster movie?
We’ve got a new Stadium for the Raiders almost done (Allegiant Stadium ) https://allegiantstadium.com
We’ve got 2 New Resorts coming North on the Strip (towards Sahara)
We’ve got a new Resort coming soon on Fremont St
We’ve got a huge Venue shaped like a Sphere coming next year
We’ve got your needs covered 😉
1 Tbsp ground nutmeg seems like WAY too much!
Way too much. As in, potentially dangerous. Please read this and be careful how much you consume. I like the taste of nutmeg, so I was shocked to learn that I can’t add as much to food as I would like.
https://www.thespruceeats.com/health-warning-of-toxic-nutmeg-1807527
Mmmmm donuts…
How big is the cup measurement?
http://www.jsward.com/cooking/conversion.shtml
because this is “Merica”?!? …. I dunno that’s the answer you are looking for, but it sounds like it could be… for either side of the coin as well..
When I saw this post’s title, saliva started to flow inside my mouth…
… and then I noticed all the measures are in imperial units.
Why? Oh why? :'(
LOL!
1/2 stick of IMPERIAL butter and 3 IMPERIAL eggs. Now all the measurements are truly “Imperial”. How big is a Metric egg anywhoo?