BLOGGER SPOTLIGHT
Apple moth is making headlines
Published: Thursday, Mar 6, 2008
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Perusing the headlines
By EMPEROR NORTON II
The Satur-day, Feb. 29 Press Demo-crat reports that the dread-ed apple moth was discover-ed in Sonoma.
This little guy is gonna eat up all our wine grapes and the three apple trees left in the one or two apple orchards.
Look for some spraying controversy this year. Can’t let those vineyard folks down.
Turns out the light brown apple moth is a native of Australia and New Zealand (put another moth on the barbie, mate).
Curious as to how he turned up in the US of A? Seems he’s an illegal alien.
No, he didn’t sneak in with the Al-Qaeda. He rode in on apples imported from Australia and New Zealand.
You know, APPLES, those things that Sonoma County once grew the best of, but now we can’t make enough money at it, so it’s cheaper and more lucrative for Mr. Safeway and Mr. Costco to import them from the food factories in China, Australia and New Zealand Wine is more profitable anyway, so we tore out all the apple and fruit orchards and vegetable farms and put in vineyards in every field until we got more grapes than anyone can drink.
How do you like them apples?
—Posted March 1, 2008
Keny’s Donuts
By CHERYL ARONSON
In troubling times such as these, with the war that just won’t quit, housing slump, the impending depression and the soaring costs of food in a land where we should have plenty, I’m gonna blog about something a tad bit lighter: The apple fritter.
Admittedly, it’s a “fritter” and by its very definition “a dough that’s been deep-fried within an inch of its life,” perhaps not so “light” after all.
A good apple fritter should sink a battle ship when made right, but keep you coming back for more of the “good sunk.”
Compared to where I grew up in my native Northern California, we don’t have a lot of local donut dens around Petalumsky for some reason. I blame it on the “evil ones,” those Atkins followers. Mmm-hmm. It’s a carb conspiracy.
I’m probably gonna regret letting “the fritter out of the bag,” because now my beloved fritters will be sought by many, but I believe in sharing a good thing and supporting businesses that earn my loyalty.
So, if you’ve been frettin’ about your fritters, this donut lover and blogger has just the recipe for you.
It doesn’t involve schlepping out the flour and sugar or the deep fat fryer. It simply means moseying over to a special neighborhood donut palace over on the west side commonly known as Keny’s Donuts.
Ahh. So then, you’ve heard of Keny’s? If you’re between the ages of 13 and 18 you’re probably racking up the frequent fritter miles.
Most westside teeners know and inhabit Keny’s, and it’s a must-do donut destination for Petaluma High Schoolers as well as this fritter-loving blogger.
Keny’s is simple and comfortable. It reminds me of a place you might still find in the Midwest. It’s decor a delightfully forgotten late ’50s, early ’60s retro the way a good donut shop oughta be, and the funky Formica-like flooring reminds me of our hometown “department store.”
I hold all genre of donuts to be equal in the eyes of the entire donut kingdom, but of course, like everyone else, I have my faves.
The apple fritter, known sometimes by those prissy Atkins devotees to be the “gut bomb” of the donuts, is “King Donut” in my opinion.
We were meant to eat carbs. Perhaps not donuts on a regular basis, but carbs nonetheless. Athletes know this.
And a good donut once in a while is grounding and soothing. Especially the common apple fritter.
—Posted Feb. 26, 2008
