Scary how this site was such a big part of my life for so long and even scarier how many of you are ...
Scary how this site was such a big part of my life for so long and even scarier how many of you are still here and still think Ciao is full of real people. I'm off to bigger and better pastures.
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One of the best things about going to the seaside is the smell of donuts. Forget the ice-creams, candy floss, hot dogs, burgers and fish and chips. If I smell donuts I follow the aroma.
The year before last, I had a special offer leaflet posted through my door from Marshall Ward catalogue. I don’t bother with catalogues now as there are so many good internet sites, offering goods at such competitive and reduced prices, I don’t feel the need for mail order catalogues any more.
In the leaflet was an electric donut maker listed at £20.00. I had never seen one of these before and had only ever attempted to make donuts in a deep fat frier on one occasion. They were lovely, but as the years had gone on, the deep fat frier had given up the ghost and we never replaced it as we were into our “healthy eating” phase by then.
I duly ordered the item, which the catalogue stated “would make perfect ring donuts” and waited eagerly for it to arrive.
The day it arrived I waited impatiently for the kids to come home from school so we could try it out as I knew they would love it. Anyone who has read my previous ops will know we are great fans of kitchengadgets and are real foodies in our house.
The donut maker is electrical and is white in colour and quite heavy considering it is not particularly big.
It is of the same design as a sandwich toaster and on opening has six donut ring moulds, one in the centre, surrounded by five in a circle.
The instruction leaflet came with a recipe for the donuts so we duly mixed the batter up, greased the moulds and turned the machine on.
The red light on the top of the maker (again, similar to a sandwichtoaster) lights up when plugging in and switching on, when the appliance has reached the correct temperature it goes out.
The batter mixture then has to be poured into the moulds and the appliance shut and left for about three minutes, or until they have turned golden brown.
I must admit I was slightly disappointed when I saw how small the things were going to be. They were mini variety donuts and nowhere near as fat and scrummy as the ones you can buy at the seaside.
Anyway we duly waited the three minutes, then dipped them in sugar and cinnamon. The kids thought they were the bees knees. As for me, I can take them or leave them. We have only used the machine on Halloween since buying it, just so we can tie donuts to pieces of string and hang them from a suitable doorway for the kids to have a donut eating competition.
A novelty gadget to have in the kitchen but I would not bother to buy one again. The donuts are too small and chewy for my liking :-)
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