On Mar 20, 1:45*pm, Cary Walker <Cary.Walker.
> wrote:
> My grandmother, who was of German descent, used to make this wonderfully
> delicious pastry that we called doughgies. I remember that she deep
> fried it in lard in a huge cast iron frying pan. It went in as a flat
> piece of dough and came out as this light and puffy piece of heaven. My
> favorite topping was butter and salt but others would put sugar on it
> too. Oh, my mouth is watering just thinking about it.
>
> Anyway, I have searched high and low on the internet for a resipe for
> this and have only ever found one reference to it ('Uncle Phaedrus,
> Finder of Lost Recipes'
> (http://www.hungrybrowser.com/phaedrus/m0704M05.htm)) but the answers
> given were just for fried dough. Close I think but not a hit. So I was
> hoping someone here might have an idea of what I'm talking about and
> maybe be able to provide a recipe.
>
> Anyway, thanks for any help you guys can give me.
>
> --
> Cary Walker

Fried dough is a doughnut. Take it from an expert. I made doughnuts
for 8 years, 6 nights a week!

John Kuthe...