Wow.

[kickaha]

Usually my mother biffs on my birthday (and Xmas) pretty badly. I've gotten presents that I have, quite literally, thought went to the wrong person. (I learned pretty quickly that asking "Are you sure this was for me?" is a bad approach though...) She goes for volume, not quality. The more expensive the better, and if it matches *her* tastes, it *must* be perfect, right??

She did good this year.

I got maple bars overnighted from Seattle. :D

I'm sure most of you have no clue what I'm talking about, but it's a raised bar donut with maple glaze. I *LOVE* these things, and I have never found them outside of the NW. I was *hoping*, what with moving north towards the land where maple sap flows, I'd run into them again, but nope. Totally a NW thing, apparently.

And I have 4. :D Now if you'll excuse me, I need to go get my sugar rush on.

16:13 update: guhhhhhh.... sugar crasssshhhhhhh.... *thud*

Comments

[georgmi.livejournal.com]

Dude, *no maple bars*? WT fricking F?

Sluys' Bakery on Front Street in Poulsbo does "maple men"--nine-inch-tall (and near two-inch-thick) gingerbread-man shaped donuts slathered with maple frosting and dotted with chocolate for eyes, mouth, and buttons. It's diabetes-in-a-bag, but what a way to die...

Hey, new keyboard! Turns out drool is bad for the electronics...

[kickaha.livejournal.com]

Yeah - doing a search for "maple bar ny" got me to the boards on chowhound.com, which has a number of quotes along the lines of...

"A friend of mine is in search of maple bars. I guess they're some kind of donut. Any ideas for where to get great ones?"

'some kind of donut'. HA!

"You can get anything in NYC!" HA!^2

[gwyneira.livejournal.com]

That's just whacked. I don't even really like maple bars, but it would be very weird not to have them.

Next time you're around here, we'll bring you a maple man. :)

[kickaha.livejournal.com]

You're on! :D

Yeah, sweet tea is to the South as maple bars are to the NW: you just sort of *expect* them, everywhere.