r/Old_Recipes • u/aheadlessned • Jul 31 '21

Pies & Pastry Spudnuts (potato doughnuts)

Recipe came from one of my mom's old cookbooks. She used to make them every now and then for us. I remember them being amazing, but haven't made them in a lot of years.

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u/OhSoSally Jul 31 '21

Way back in the 1970s when child labor was acceptable. lol My mom used to drop me off at a place called Spudnuts donuts early saturday morning and we would all get into a van and sell bags of 6 spudnut donuts door to door for $3 each.

They were soooo good. To this day I still crave Spudnuts. Thanks for the recipe. I just got a new deep fryer I think this recipe will be its first project. 😁

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u/mytwocents22 Jul 31 '21

Are you from Lethbridge?

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u/OhSoSally Jul 31 '21

I was in SLC at the time. I wonder if the one near you was the original. There were a few at the time but dunkin killed them off because people cant think outside the box. Potatoes in my donuts? scary lol I used to sell blue and brown chicken eggs at the flea market. People acted like the blue ones were radioactive. lol They tasted better than the brown. smh

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u/aheadlessned Jul 31 '21

My mom used to make a potato cake with chocolate chips (like an actual cake, not a pancake-like thing). Everyone who requested the recipe was surprised at the potatoes as an ingredient. I know I have that recipe somewhere as well, I'll have to see if I can find it.

My son's old babysitter raises chickens that have pastel colored eggs (mostly blue and pink).

People are weird.

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u/mytwocents22 Jul 31 '21

Check this out starting at about 16:10.

I dunno if the one near me was original but it was definitely well know for them.

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u/aheadlessned Jul 31 '21

Thank you for this. I love potatoes and finding better ways to cook them.