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As for this comic…
Apple fritters are a divisive donut. They are sometimes the unwanted, misshapen weirdo of the box. Some people don’t like apples in their donuts. But for the right crowd – the smart crowd – the apple fritter is the king of donuts.
Once upon a time, some of the local Tim Hortons locations sold a legendary, rare donut called … the Banana Royale. It was an apple fritter, filled with banana cream, and then glazed and rolled in toasted coconut. It was a Frankensteinian creation that likely should never have been brought into this world, but it was also one of the best things this city ever produced. I think corporate eventually got wind and put an end to such wanton donut experimentation. But some of us still remember.
I remember.
As I matured my favourite donut changed from crullers to sour cream glazed and apple fritters. Still enjoy a jelly or sprinkles every once in a while though.
Also this is a fun comic.
Sour cream glazed is the king of donuts. But apple fritter is the duke.
Wait, sour cream glazed doughnuts is an option?
In Canada, at Tim Hortons, yes.
If you guys weren’t metric, you’d be pretty close to perfect.
We measure people’s height in feet still. Is that good enough? And if you’re talking to old people, they still use Fahrenheit when talking about the weather.
The glazed danish cronuts at I Love Donuts in OKC would like a word I suspect….
I am, of course, excluding fancy local donut places that make crazy, wonderful donut-related concoctions. We have a few of those places, and they are wonderful, but that feels like cheating. I’m talking the mass-produced chain store donuts.
I prefer cake doughnuts over the regular doughnuts. Especially chocolate ones, and/or with quality chocolate icing.
The donut secret (I have heard) is that cake donuts are WAY easier to make than yeast donuts. Yeast donuts require a complex and very large kitchen to facilitate the lengthy rising time required. Cake donuts are quick and simple. Which is why a lot of smaller, independent donut shops just do cake donuts.
Talk about an all-out attack in these comic panels.
We go for maximum action! Maximaction.
Ok. Now I want to try a Banana Royale. That sounds damn good.
If you can get past the unholy unification of banana, apple and coconut, it was pretty awesome.
I feel like the raccoons should get the most treats at the end of this caper. They seem to be doing all the heavy lifting.
Re: the incentive. Pencils, why do you always get between me and true happiness?
The raccoons can get a dumpster full of day-old subs. That’s a king’s ransom to raccoons.
And sorry about your pencil problem.
There’s an old saying, “That will put lead in your pencil,” which seems to apply here. Very elegant! I also noted your non-repro blue pre-sketch. You’re a classically trained graphic artist, are you not?
Guilty as charged. All Puck drawings start on paper, in Colerase light blue pencil.
The raccoons will have to wait for those day-old subs, as their bellies are seemingly full of human flesh at the moment. ;p
Well, not sure they’re getting real bites off. More just puncture wounds.
Ah, the apple fritter… When done well, they are fantastic. Crunchy and lightly glazed exterior around a fluffy inside with firm bits of apple. Fantastic to eat. When done poorly, which is most of the time, they are gloppy, over-glazed junk. I’d rather eat a 5-day old Krispy Kreme than what most places pass off as an apple fritter.
I’d say yes to an aged Krispy Kreme. I think they even had an apple pie filling Krispy Kreme at one time. Would that be an ATTOH KWITTY?
You expect too much from a humble fritter, good sir. Even old fritters are glorious.
I’m not sure what it is exactly, if it’s that the fritters in the oil too long or not long enough, if the oil is too hot or too cold, or if the apple is too wet when it goes in the batter but I find in a lot of fritters the dough around the apple pieces is gooey and seemingly undercooked. Which I hate. I think it’s the moisture from the apple preventing the dough from properly crisping. I wish I knew how the people that avoid that do it.
See, I like me some undercooked morsels. That’s a feature, not a bug.
What, no eagles?
It’s too late at night for the eagles. They clock out at sundown.
Of course, the only woman involved in the entire Hell’s coup reacts to the surprise animal carnage with but a single raised eyebrow. Daphne may find her a bit more formidable.
In the meantime, I vote ATTOH FITTA as the rebellion’s war cry.
I feel like ‘attoh fitta’ is an anagram of something. Not sure what.
Hot tafitta?
So where’s the Dan Fielding look alike
He’ll show soon.
A local doughnut shop has cleverly renamed the Apple Fritter as “Chop Suey”. They also include raisins as an added treat. They are the real deal.
Hmmm. That sounds great to me, but I’m guessing the vast majority of youngsters out there would disagree. The younger crowd increasingly hates raisins. Not sure why.
Sounds good to me! They sometimes used to make apple pies with raisins long long ago.
I’m not in the younger crowd, but they hurt my head.
Ironically, the raccoons and the crows were told the cabal doesn’t want them to have those apple fritters. Oh well, Colin and Tyler will go on a doughnut run. All the sweeter when paid for with the cabal’s debit cards!
Imagine the endless fritter potential. Imagine it!
We certainly have “frittered” away a lot a time talking about fritters…
Oh boo!
You make it sound like pastry discussions are not worth-while, yet for me they are the high point of a day.
*Some*one’s being calm.
Yay! Fritters for all! Good bab-getaway vehicle watching, Colin! You may earn your beard back in no-time, baby!
Your nation, sir, is a great innovator in unhealthy food. You should be proud.
Most of the best stuff comes from the Quebecois. The rest of us just follow their unhealthy, delicious lead.
Thank goodness.
To be fair…this *is* about Colin’s speed.
I thought so. He can handle this.