It’s not even 9 a.m. and my grocery shopping is done for the day. On the way to get comestibles, I took a detour to Pilsen, the Hispanic area of the city (or rather, one of them), and went to the Nuevo Leon Panaderia (bakery), where no English is spoken but the pastries are fresh and inexpensive. In the shop I spied a giant donut—the biggest I’ve ever seen—and snapped it up. Here it is:
I’m nomming it now (no way I’ll finish it!), and it’s very good. What’s great about Mexican pastries is that they’re not as sweet as those of other cultures, which makes them perfect for accompanying a nice coffee or a Mexican hot chocolate.
There will be no comments on how this is unhealthy; you know how I feel about Food Fascists.
Oooooh…LOVE panderias! Enjoy!
That is one healthy donut.
I bagel of you, donut add your unhealthy comments. You’ re just jelly anyway.
🙂
My rule: Never eat something larger than your own head.
Never eat something larger than your own head.
It’s all in the (IIRC) quadratojugal bone. (Skull anatomy is an important tool for separating the various groups at the separation between “reptiles”, mammals, tuataras, dinosaurs, crocodiles and … that’s the lot, isn’t it?)
Heh. I knew I should have been more specific! 😉
Shades of Miss Piggy. (“Never eat what you can’t lift.”)
Conjuring Kliban, are we?
http://www.amazon.com/Never-Anything-Bigger-Other-Drawings/dp/0911104674
Wow!! Enjoy!!
This is the first time I ever saw a fist size donut hole.
That could be a snapchat face. 🙂
Mike
It’s an all day doughnut.
great pic! if you squint your eyes, it looks a little like Karl Rove.
That doesn’t sound very appetizing.
Nice! 🙂
Sage advice from Kliban, one of the great forgotten cartoonists of the latter 20th century: http://static1.squarespace.com/static/507dba43c4aabcfd2216a447/t/5213b751e4b01103f36a72dc/1377023828737/Never+Eat+Anything+Bigger+Than+Your+Head+2
Mmmmm that got me thinking about a giant jelly filled donut & how amusing that would be for someone to eat.
Especially if it has just come out of the oven and when you bite into it, boiling hot jelly (or jam as we say elsewhere) comes out. That’s a lot of boiling jam (jelly). Heh heh.
Jam and jelly are two different types of fruit spread.
Might double as a life preserver in an emergency…
I would like that precisely because it’s not too sweet!
That’s a serious party donut!
Yes I remember Mexican pastries such as the one you show from my time with a Mexican family when I was in high school (1968). They saved them for weekends–you can’t eat those every day! Enjoy!
Some of the local pastry stores I prefer earn my approval by simply having much smaller pastries. (For example, the Apple Fritters at Starbucks are about 1/4th the size of those at 7-11).
I prefer the less sugar option described here.
Most store-bought pies in America have way too much sugar. I wonder what the deal is on the pies in this shop.
To be sure, that one is for sharing!
Simply tell those Food Fascists about its non-fattening.center…….
The donut looks good.
Regarding PCC’s comment about Food Fascists, allow me to recall that as a kid I first learned about the four basic food groups: bags, boxes, bottles & cans. No junk scientist or phony doctor will ever convince me to abandon these long-held and time-tested health principles. BTW, donuts are in either the bag or box groups, depending.
What about the British category of “wrapped in newspaper”?
IMHO, much to small of a surface to volume ratio.
Great photo, though. 😀
“too,” not “to”
Food Pedant™ here:
You might find that the pastry is made with pig fat instead of butter.
This makes it slightly less rich and more appealing to the savoury (sophisticated!) palate.
They used the donut hole to make a normal sized donut.
I should have learned to try more Mexican foods when I was in Pittsburgh. Everything here in Canada that I’ve seen is just endless tortillas (with a few fish or meat steaks)…