PORCH PONDERINGS

Frittering Two Ways

Dec 2. Today is National Fritters Day!
Write about your fave and if you haven't had fritters, would you like to try one?

Fritters are nothing more than fried dough with a glaze. A doughnut. And who can resist anything fried? I guess apple fritters are the best. That goes along with yesterday’s prompt. So get your apple a day the fun way, in a fritter. Used as a noun.

But then are hush puppies considered a fritter? The savory side of fried foods. What is the legal definition of a fritter? It is a cake, croquette, cutlette, or patty. So I guess you could go either way, sweet or savory.

Then you can also ‘fritter’ the day away doing nothing. Kind of like puttering. It can be used as a verb.

When this virus started to really affect the world and we all got the stay at home and hunker down order, everyone started frittering the days away. https://www.thesaurus.com/browse/fritter%20away%20time

I know when I had to start staying awake til 2 AM during my paradoxical insomnia treatment, I became a champion of frittering away some time. I had to occupy myself for hours after all my daytime chores were done. Frittering the hours away waiting for 2 AM to arrive.

I like multi-purpose words. Fritter.



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