Searching For A Good Donut

I do hate to complain, but is there anybody out there who can make a decent donut? We used to have an excellent bakery here, "Harold's". Harold made the best donuts that I have ever tasted. Everybody stopped by Harold's for donuts on the way towork at one time or another during the week. Harold's donuts were big, they were airy, they were lightly glazed. In short, they were perfect.

Harold excelled in other areas, too. His cookies were delicious, his cakes sublime. Little children felt deprived if they didn't get a birthday cake from Harold's. Brides didn't feel properly married if their wedding cakes weren't made by Harold. And, speaking of cookies, Harold had a cookie for each holiday. At Thanksgiving, his cookies were shaped like turkeys, etc., with icing piped on. At Christmas, they were trees and Santa Clauses. At Easter, he produced bunnies. Well, you get the idea.

Alas, the day came when Harold decided to hang up his apron and retire. And, when he went, he just closed the door and went, taking his donut recipes with him. Since then, our town has been bereft, wandering from place to place, unable to find donuts that come close to meeting Harold's standards. And, nobody makes the holiday cookies any more, either. Bummer!

The closest Krispy Kreme is in Branson, but they do make daily deliveries to the grocery stores here. They are pretty good donuts, but they're at their best when they are fresh off the line, hot and dripping with glaze, but we don't experience that. When we get them, they're cold. They're small. They're over-glazed. They're under-filled. Their chocolate tastes funny. Did I mention that they're SMALL? And, if we buy them in the afternoon, to have with our coffee the next morning, they're stale. Bleh.

Walmart's donuts are ok. I guess. But, they only make a limited number of them per day, and when they're gone, they're gone until the next morning. If you can't get there before eight a.m., you might as well stay home and have cereal. And, what's with that glaze ?

It has been several years since Harold's closed, and we still grieve. But, eventually, we'll have to let go. Harold is not coming back, and neither are his donuts. So, we bid a fond farewell and continue our search for the perfect donut. Maybe in time, our memories will fade, and Walmart's donuts will get better and we'll get a Krispy Kreme, and we'll be able to appreciate what we have. Until that day comes, though, we'll make do.

Why? Because, even an inferior donut is better than no donut with the morning coffee.