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I've scored fritters twice this year. Both without an elaborate pre-order.

Today I was out investigating a scene (client charged). Eureka! It dawned on me I wasn't far from OFD. I punched in coordinates from my phone realized I was no more than 8 minutes away & called them.

I asked them for 5 fritters, they said when do you need them, I told them I was nearby & they said come one we've got 5 right now.

I get there & they were ready for take away. Really efficient service.

I dropped off 2 for a couple of friends who adore them. Gave 1 away to a friend who is expecting a baby the end of next month, that I ran into as I was at Red Hen Bakery picking up sandwich bread. That leaves 2. One for me & 1 for my trusted & hard-working paralegal.

OFD's Apple Fritters-- Make the world a happier place.

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More Lilly gilding from Old Fashioned Donuts, Apple Fritter with pecans. Good size quality pecans added crunchy counterpoint, impossible to resist trying, but an OFD apple fritter is pretty much perfect as is.

Old Fashioned Donut Apple Fritter with Pecans

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The even more analytical among us will know the exact weight too. Since my first visit over seven years ago, I've been curious how much those babies weigh and finally had a chance to put a fritter on the ol' Ohaus balance. A randomly selected specimen (with pecans) tipped the scales at 593.8 grams or about one pound, five ounces. Fritters are now $2.29 (plain, without pecans), still surely one of the best confection values in Chicago.

Old Fashioned Donuts
11248 S Michigan Av
Chicago
773-995-7420

Closed for vacation next week.

Stopped by today on my way to a picnic in Kankakee and was able to get one fresh out of the fryer with pecans. $3 even. Awesome on the long drive.

Was mildly distressed to see a few in the case that were a bit smaller and asked for the big one in the back.

A month or so ago they were as big as my head.

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Well I got drunk and I ate a chicken
I ate a chicken I found in my kitchen
Not just a leg and not just a wing
I'd like to let you know that I ate the whole damn thing

It occurs to me that I am now a whoooole lot closer to OFD (it's a mere ten miles!) AND I heard a rumor that they now accept credit cards. Oh well, I needed to fatten up a bit for winter anyway.

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...of whom I am quite envious!

Great shot . . a fritter as big as your head!

=R=

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Is that the Doughnut Vault's fritter? How was it?

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No, sorry if that was unclear. That was an Old Fashioned Donuts fritter that I brought downtown with me to taunt people at Doughnut Vault. Only there was nobody outside in line to taunt so I just took some pictures and then brought the fritter to my office to share.

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Well I got drunk and I ate a chicken
I ate a chicken I found in my kitchen
Not just a leg and not just a wing
I'd like to let you know that I ate the whole damn thing

That fritter wouldn't fit in the Donut Vault!

Do what?

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Rub it in!

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Got it. I thought, wow they must have gotten the doughnut man from OFD to work for them on their fritter b/c it looked just like and OFD fritter. Since the Doughnut Vault is less than half a block away from the club, if there was no line, I could justify grabbing that fritter, if it tasted like an OFD fritter, after a workout.

Glad to know temptation isn't that close.

Signed-- 8 months & counting, as of today, without dessert!

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Ava-"If you get down and out, just get in the kitchen and bake a cake."- Jean Strickland

Horto In Urbs- Falling in love with Urban Vegetable Gardening

As it turned out, it was samosa day at work, so after a couple of samosas I was in no condition to tackle that bad boy solo. edit: not to mention that I had one of their glazed croissants on the commute

I did drop off a fritter to another LTH friend downtown, and he apparently ate it all by himself. I haven't heard from him lately though, I hope he survived!

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Well I got drunk and I ate a chicken
I ate a chicken I found in my kitchen
Not just a leg and not just a wing
I'd like to let you know that I ate the whole damn thing

An LTHer who could be felled by an Old Fashioned apple fritter is no LTHer at all.

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As a mattra-fact, Pie Face, you are beginning to look almost human. - Barbara Bennett

An LTHer could easily put away an OFAF in one sitting; survival, on the other hand, is another matter entirely. 'Twas beauty killed the beast ...

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