Chuckwagon Apple Fritters

I’ve been thinking about the Good Humor truck a lot lately. Like, a lot. This happens to me almost every summer.

I get super hot.
The sweating starts.
The farmer’s tan shows up.
The sweating continues.
And I think about ice cream like it’s my job.

Every summer when I was a kid, we would spend our days at the local pool. My brother and sister were champion swimmers and they were rocking the butterfly and breaststroke on the neighborhood swim team.

I was a champion eater. Which meant that I was super good at floating. So I was allowed to tag along on pool days. Score!

Around 11:19 a.m., I’d start to get excited. At 12:31 p.m. I was pretty pumped. And by 1:03 p.m., I was straight up freaking out.

Waiting. Stressing. Counting and recounting my coins. Crying a little.

And then, in the far-off distance, I heard it…

Diddly ding da ding da ding ding-a-ling a ding dongggggggggggggg

(Whatever. That’s totally the song.)

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Pasilla Mole Cupcakes

I really like making things that involve stirring. Lots and lots of stirring.

Sauces, syrups, soups…  stirring.

I think it’s good for my silly brain.

There’s a little groove in my palm where my favorite wooden spoon fits. I stand at the stove and I just stir.

Between the repetitive motion and the crazy-good smells wafting out of my pot, nothing is better at prying my jammed up thoughts loose.

I’m stirring an anise and orange syrup – I just worked out the final digit of pi!

While agitating a batch of roasted chile soup – Hey, I’ve cracked the riddle of the sphinx!

As I stir a mole verde sauce - I solved a Rubik’s Cube! In 30 seconds flat! Blindfolded!

You get the picture. Mental liberation through stirring.

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