An East Coast favorite; living in Minnesota, I’d never heard of it ’til today.
Cruller:
A traditional cruller (or twister) is a fried pastry often made from a rectangle of dough, with a cut made in the middle that allows it to be pulled over and through itself producing twists in the sides of the pastry. Crullers have been described as resembling “a small, braided torpedo”[1] and having been “a staple of the New England diet since the Pilgrims’ day”. [Wikipedia]
From “Why You Can’t Resist the Office Doughnuts,” by Tamar Haspel (Discover Magazine, November 2016):
I’ve been there. I remember afternoon meetings when there was no earthly reason I should be hungry, staring down the damn cruller. The meetings were long. I stood no chance. I am Pavlov’s dog. We’re all Pavlov’s dogs.
I’d look awful with big, floppy ears. Can I be Pavlov’s cat, instead?
