Mardi Gras and Fasnachts
Time to enjoy this once a year treat!
Time for a non-electrical article!
I’m all about good eats. In fact, my uncle said that while most people eat to live, I live to eat. And I can’t argue with that description. So today I’m going to describe a special donut made only this time of year. It’s the humble fasnacht!
What’s a Fasnacht?
What I’m eating on Fat Tuesday!
I picked up 2 dozen of Krumpe’s Fasnachts yesterday in a mix of glazed, cinnamon and powdered sugar types. You can still walk into the back alley garage to watch (and smell) them being made. Talk about fresh!
Support your local food businesses
We’re very lucky to have Krumpe’s Do-Nuts in an alley less than a mile from my house. Krumpe’s has been in business for over 80 years, and was a hot spot for late night snacks when I was a 16-year old musician in a rock band. Yes, you could walk right into the converted garage in the back ally at 2am and get a box or bag of freshly made donuts. Yum! Read more about Krumpe’s History HERE
What’s some of your own local food traditions?
Please let us know about your own local food specialties and where to get them. It could be fried chicken 🍗 or hot dogs 🌭 or tacos or 🌮 Smith Island cake 🍰. When I travel I always try to sample the local food favorites. And so should you!
Please eat great food out there… Mike
We never miss Krumpe's when traveling thru Hagerstown! Have the T-shirt! Typically park the rig & take the car in town to the shop. Never heard of Fasnachts, but their Donuts are unique.
Great start to the day -- Krumpe's & black coffee!
If in Clarksburg WV, find D'Annunzios pepperoni rolls in North View (some would argue for Tomaro's in Glen Elk). My 3 AM stop as a delinquent teenager. Great Italian heritage in North Central WV -- haven't found good pepperoni rolls anywhere else.
Where do I start? So many special treats come to mind that it’s hard to focus on one. On the sweet side is Ice cream. Many towns I have visited have a “best cream” store and often, they are very good. Some are amazing and even have lines often running out the door. On the savory side is sausage. Years ago, I discovered an absolutely amazing sausage shop called Lockeford Sausage which is in a tiny town in the Central Valley of California called Lockeford about 20 minutes northeast of Stockton. If you Google it, you will see pictures of the lines that often run out the door and around the block! The store is packed full of absolutely amazing varieties of home made sausage. I assume most of Mike’s readers have RVs and love to travel so there you go. Just make sure you have extra freezer space so you can take some sausage home with you!