In Alberta, between ValleyView and DeBolt, there is Crooked Creek.
It is a small, Mennonite community, where the entire town consists of a general
store (with gas pumps), Scotty's Burger Shack (who make fabulous burgers and
give most of their profits to Ronald MacDonald House - Scotty lost his daughter
to cancer) and an ice-cream-cone stand (summer months only). There are a few
homes, hidden behind stands of trees, away from the road, but the store,
restaurant & ice cream stand are the only visible bits. "Metropolitan" Crooked
Creek, which includes many area farms, has a population of 1121 souls.
But the General Store make the most phabulous donuts - made from scratch, in
small batches, so despite being held in an unheated display case, they are
nearly always warm from the oven. They are expensive, at over double the price
of donuts anywhere else. But, oh, so good! People drive out from Grande
Prairie (about an hour's drive, each way) just to buy their donuts. And they
sell all they can make, as fast as they can make 'em, despite the price.
They're so well known, in the area, that when you type "Crooked Creek Alberta"
into Google (as I did got get the population), "Crooked Creek Alberta Donuts"
appears as a suggested search term!
Rose was in Alberta for the last 3 weeks, so she stopped by, bought a dozen and
froze half, which she brought home for me!
When nuked, they're not as good as when still warm, fresh from the oven, but
still better than just about any other donut, anywhere!
As a food photographer, I make a helluva fine ditch-digger.... but, here's my
attempt.
http://furnfeather.ca/look/donut.html
Comments welcomed.
David.
PS: If you're ever in the area, stop by Crooked Creek for a burger & some
donuts. You won't regret it!
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