While I was home I tried to get in all the yummy greasy foods I would eat while I lived there. Who would have thought that something as simple as dough fried in fat would be so freaking awesome.
These yummy little gobs of deep fried goodness are what Rhode Islanders call dough boys. I was first introduced to them when I was a child. We would get them in the summer at Rocky Point Park and they were just about the best snack to have while running from ride to ride. The sugar provided enough energy to keep you happy and zooming around.
They were much larger as a child, I swear they were. I bought two dozen of these babies and had half in sugar cinnamon and half in the classic powdered sugar. I ate far too many and would have eaten more if I wasn’t so old and unable to metabolize the sugar faster.
If you are curious and really want to try these it’s very simple. Get yourself some dough or make some, I’d say the dough is just a simple pizza dough. Pull off pieces a bit larger than a golf ball and flatten them out by stretching like a little mini pizza. Then submerge them in hot oil and fry to golden brown. As soon as they come out of the fryer toss them in a paper bag and dump in the sugar, close the bag and shake to cover.
My mouth is watering just thinking about them. YUMMM!
