Have you ever read the book Homer Price? It's a classic written by Robert McCloskey. In it a boy named Homer helps run the diner's doughnut machine. It goes crazy and their are doughnuts everywhere. My friend Kristen usually shares the story with her first graders and they always love it.
So when I found this wonderful machine on line I immediately thought of Homer. We are definitely doughnut people at our house. Tommy used to know exactly what time the local doughnut shop was taken the raised glaze out of the oven and could time it just right to be there and buy a dozen of really fresh doughnuts.
We also were part of the first night crowd, along with our good friends the Merrills, when Krispy Kreme opened a shop near us. I can still remember getting that hot, fresh, ring of unhealthily fried and sugared dough that night.
So when I stumbled across the "Dough-nu-matic" I was so excited. It's sold by a place called Picnic World http://www.picnicworld.net/picnic-bags-143992.html. The product description reads: Serve up piping hot doughnuts in less than a minute! Dough-Nu-Matic automatically forms, fries and drains delicious mini-doughnuts in under 60 seconds. . .Just add dough and the Dough-Nu-Matic does the rest. Enclosed oil fryer keeps cleanup to a minimum. Dials adjust cooking temperature.
Okay, let's see, "piping hot", "60 seconds", minimum clean-up? I am totally thinking I need to get me one of these things. I can see it now... I'm reading Homer Price while the doughnuts are rolling out of my kitchen by the hundreds. Yum!
