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Gone in 60 Wrote:… what kind of food Ireland is famous for...
Guinness!

Guinness!


A few years ago, I was stuck in the Dublin airport trying to get home from a trade show. The gate agent gave the time that the plane was supposed to depart not in hours or minutes, but in how many Guinnesses I could reasonably be expected to consume before the flight departed.

I thought that was a novel concept. I limited myself to the number that would allow me to still be aware that I was at an airport waiting for a flight.

The “bar”. Which we call a “Long John” here in the Midwest is every bit the doughnut that anything from Tim Horton’s. The original doughnuts, from my very limited research on the topic, were first developed in 17th century New York by Dutch immigrants who stuffed nuts and fruit into dough balls to keep the center from being soggy from frying. So, no hole. The ring shape was developed for the same reason as the fillings, to promote even cooking of the dough. So, Bismarcks, Crullers, Long Johns, pączki, Bear Claws, and cake and raised dough rings are all part of the lovely and wondrous doughnut family.

However, the ones with the hole look most like motorcycle tires so the post instantly becomes appropriate for this forum.

Wherever they came from, it's something I eat when my wife isn't supervising me.