Well, must recant on the WWI donuts. Other people liked them. A lot.

After having my friend Mickey over and feeding him a few, I took the rest to my weekly live action vampire game, this held outdoors at UC Berkeley just after rain. Hardly the green fields of France in wartime, but it was still cold and damp, and the grease and sugar were just the ticket to fuel chilled gamers. My friend Michael mentioned that he'd had this recipe before and they were supposed to taste like that and he happily munched one.

So, chalk one up for my cooking skill, and also my somewhat snobbish taste. I don't like the donut recipe much at all, but other people do. Seems like something to make for a donut party if there is one, as one of the variants. Or I could just buy donuts of some sort I actually like.