I have a related donut question.
I lived for 7 years in Connecticut. Compared to other northeastern states, there were an outrageous number of donut shops.
In the relatively small town where I went to high school in the 1980s, there were like four locally-owned donut shops. Then there were all the chain donut stores—Dunkin, Twin Donut, Bess Eaton Donuts, more.
Plus all the convenience stores and delis and diners serving donuts.
You couldn’t find a bagel or buttered hard roll to save your life—though these were more widely available than donuts in most of neighboring New York.
I have wondered for years—who the hell was eating all the Connecticut donuts? Across nearly six decades, I can count on one hand the times I’ve actually gone to a donut shop for an actual donut, as opposed to just coffee.
I also have never had friends who were inveterate, regular consumers of donut products.
SO WHO ARE THESE INVISIBLE NUTMEG STATE DONUT-EATERS AND DOES THIS HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH RUMORS OF EXTRATERRESTRIAL LIFE???!???!!