In a book by John Edge "Donuts:An American Passion", he mentions the
favorite food in Leadville, Co are/were "Little Pittsburgh Donuts."
Anyone know how they came to be called that. The only reference on the
internet is reference to his statement in the book. I live in
Pittsburgh and that is why I am wondering. Arbuckle coffee was made in
Pittsburgh, and it is known as the "coffee that won the west" over a
hundred years ago, so I wondered if there was any relationship between
the two.

Thanks

Tom

> wrote:

>In a book by John Edge "Donuts:An American Passion", he mentions the
>favorite food in Leadville, Co are/were "Little Pittsburgh Donuts."
>Anyone know how they came to be called that. The only reference on the
>internet is reference to his statement in the book.

This has nothing to do with your question, but foods deep fried
at a high altitude are often unusually good examples of their type.
Some of the best fries I've ever had were in Centennial, Wyoming.

Steve

Oh pshaw, on Sat 09 Sep 2006 07:18:50p, Steve Pope meant to say...

> > wrote:
>
>>In a book by John Edge "Donuts:An American Passion", he mentions the
>>favorite food in Leadville, Co are/were "Little Pittsburgh Donuts."
>>Anyone know how they came to be called that. The only reference on the
>>internet is reference to his statement in the book.
>
> This has nothing to do with your question, but foods deep fried
> at a high altitude are often unusually good examples of their type.
> Some of the best fries I've ever had were in Centennial, Wyoming.
>
> Steve
>

Do you happen to know the reason?

--
Wayne Boatwright
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Oxymoron: Sharp Cookie.

Wayne Boatwright <wayneboatwright_at_gmail.com> wrote:

>Oh pshaw, on Sat 09 Sep 2006 07:18:50p, Steve Pope meant to say...

>> This has nothing to do with your question, but foods deep fried
>> at a high altitude are often unusually good examples of their type.
>> Some of the best fries I've ever had were in Centennial, Wyoming.

>Do you happen to know the reason?

No, I don't, and while I've proposed building a vacuum deep
fryer to try to replicate the phenomenon at sea level, this
has never been done. The opposite -- a pressurized deep fryer,
or broaster -- is pretty common. (At least, that's what I
understand a broaster to be.)

Steve

Oh pshaw, on Sat 09 Sep 2006 08:08:31p, Steve Pope meant to say...

> Wayne Boatwright <wayneboatwright_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>Oh pshaw, on Sat 09 Sep 2006 07:18:50p, Steve Pope meant to say...
>
>>> This has nothing to do with your question, but foods deep fried
>>> at a high altitude are often unusually good examples of their type.
>>> Some of the best fries I've ever had were in Centennial, Wyoming.
>
>>Do you happen to know the reason?
>
> No, I don't, and while I've proposed building a vacuum deep
> fryer to try to replicate the phenomenon at sea level, this
> has never been done. The opposite -- a pressurized deep fryer,
> or broaster -- is pretty common. (At least, that's what I
> understand a broaster to be.)
>
> Steve
>

Yes, you're right about the broaster. It makes very good fried chicken.
Can't say what it would do to potatoes.

--
Wayne Boatwright
__________________________________________________

Oxymoron: Sharp Cookie.

wrote:
> In a book by John Edge "Donuts:An American Passion", he mentions the
> favorite food in Leadville, Co are/were "Little Pittsburgh Donuts."
> Anyone know how they came to be called that. The only reference on the
> internet is reference to his statement in the book. I live in
> Pittsburgh and that is why I am wondering.

There was a Little Pittsburgh Mine in Leadville. Maybe that has
something to do with it.

http://www.narrowgauge.org/ngc/graph...p/dspp0021.jpg

Christopher Helms said...

>
> wrote:
>> In a book by John Edge "Donuts:An American Passion", he mentions the
>> favorite food in Leadville, Co are/were "Little Pittsburgh Donuts."
>> Anyone know how they came to be called that. The only reference on the
>> internet is reference to his statement in the book. I live in
>> Pittsburgh and that is why I am wondering.
>
> There was a Little Pittsburgh Mine in Leadville. Maybe that has
> something to do with it.
>
> http://www.narrowgauge.org/ngc/graph...p/dspp0021.jpg


They sliced their donuts in half and inserted ham, cheese, cole slaw,
tomato and french fries.

That's how Leadville got it's name! As a result, because of it's after-
effects, the term "get the lead out" was coined!

Andy's evil twin