Tuesday is doughnut day

On Tuesdays, I get up early, drive into town and play cards with some of my buddies until 9:00am, when we head off to work. My cousin owns the doughnut shop in town, and so every Tuesday I get a half dozen doughnuts and split them with the guys. Doughnuts were invented here in Maine, about 20 miles down the coast, in Rockland. Captain Gregory, not liking that the traditional fried dough recipe often had an uncooked center, instructed his cook to punch the center out of the dough before frying. It was an immediate success.

Still, even with the almost 600 empty calories (between the doughnuts and the Little Lad's tarts) to start the day off, I came out ok.