Still Friday here for a little while, but around 10AM Saturday we head off to the SF Bay Area (San Jose) to do some shopping. In preparation we purchased some doughnuts today, and I got a Bismarck for the first time in years, as a special treat. I remembered there was another name that I couldn't recall, so I looked it up and it proved to be "Berliner." I don't know where I picked up the name "Bismarck," but Wikipedia says it is common in the upper Midwest and nearby parts of Canada (plus Boston). Evidently it was named after the famous 19th Century German Chancellor, but why I did not discover. It seems that the locals here call it a jelly-filled doughnut. In much of Germany (as well as some other places) it is called a "Berliner," but not in Berlin. In Berlin it is a "pfannkuchen," literally a pancake. In the rest of Germany pfannkuchen is what we would recognize as a pancake, while in Berlin that is called an Eierkuchen (egg cake).
I'm not partial to jelly donuts (which is what I always knew them to be called from Boston to Vermont). I prefer cream filled, especially Boston cream...which is basically a round eclair.
I've always heard Bismark-- so you can add Utah and Maryland to the list.
As for my fav donut, chocolate, nekkid or iced, dating back to my first pregnancy when it was one of one or two things that I could keep down. My nausea and vomiting lasted from *before* I missed my first period to two weeks before he was born.
Well, the press does not help. Truth is that in the election with Biden, a Libertarian got 62+ thousand votes AND more than 3 thousand skipped the Presidential box entirely. David Purdue, the Senate candidate, who was eventually replaced by Ossof, got more votes than Trump in the first round. Still the press continues to yammer about the 60% of the 25% who admit to being Republicans as if they were a driving force. So, who's spreading the fear?
BILL--HERE IS SOMETHING THAT YOU OR SOME OF YOUR SCI-FI WRITER FRIENDS MIGHT FIND VERY INTERESTING: physics that might lead the way to faster than light propulsion, no less! Or at least a way of writing about it that has some real grounding: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZset72bHLI
Still Friday here for a little while, but around 10AM Saturday we head off to the SF Bay Area (San Jose) to do some shopping. In preparation we purchased some doughnuts today, and I got a Bismarck for the first time in years, as a special treat. I remembered there was another name that I couldn't recall, so I looked it up and it proved to be "Berliner." I don't know where I picked up the name "Bismarck," but Wikipedia says it is common in the upper Midwest and nearby parts of Canada (plus Boston). Evidently it was named after the famous 19th Century German Chancellor, but why I did not discover. It seems that the locals here call it a jelly-filled doughnut. In much of Germany (as well as some other places) it is called a "Berliner," but not in Berlin. In Berlin it is a "pfannkuchen," literally a pancake. In the rest of Germany pfannkuchen is what we would recognize as a pancake, while in Berlin that is called an Eierkuchen (egg cake).
ReplyDeleteI'm not partial to jelly donuts (which is what I always knew them to be called from Boston to Vermont). I prefer cream filled, especially Boston cream...which is basically a round eclair.
DeleteI was reading that Berliners/Bismarcks are often filled with cream; don't know as I have ever had one of those, though.
DeleteI've always heard Bismark-- so you can add Utah and Maryland to the list.
DeleteAs for my fav donut, chocolate, nekkid or iced, dating back to my first pregnancy when it was one of one or two things that I could keep down. My nausea and vomiting lasted from *before* I missed my first period to two weeks before he was born.
For the second, two weeks of very mild nausea.
The role of violent threats in Trump’s GOP reign, according to Republicans [Click] Sounds like the Schutzstaffel in Weimar Germany, but less organized and with guns.
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DeleteWell, the press does not help. Truth is that in the election with Biden, a Libertarian got 62+ thousand votes AND more than 3 thousand skipped the Presidential box entirely. David Purdue, the Senate candidate, who was eventually replaced by Ossof, got more votes than Trump in the first round.
DeleteStill the press continues to yammer about the 60% of the 25% who admit to being Republicans as if they were a driving force.
So, who's spreading the fear?
The one-dose problem is very real. [Click] We know lots of Americans skipped their second Covid-19 shot. We just don’t know how many.
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ReplyDeleteThe sooner electrification of big trucks happens, the better; and it may well happen faster than with automobiles. Fingers crossed.
DeleteSome good news!
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BILL--HERE IS SOMETHING THAT YOU OR SOME OF YOUR SCI-FI WRITER FRIENDS MIGHT FIND VERY INTERESTING: physics that might lead the way to faster than light propulsion, no less! Or at least a way of writing about it that has some real grounding: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZset72bHLI
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