If I didn't already have big plans for Big Guy on Valentine's Day, he would be ripping into a 4-pack of marshmallow doughnuts. I bought this celebratory treat at Wal-Mart. And it wasn't the last box available. When it comes to Valentine's Day, the marketplace presents a full range of choices...flowers, candy, dainty attire that most closely resembles a feathered hair tie. But nothing asks "How Much Do You Love Me?" like marshmallow doughnuts. Being a doughnut connoisseur, I ripped open the crinkly plastic packaging on the purple "artificially flavored sour grape" doughnut. Then I pulled off a chunk. I had to tug really hard, that alone was almost enough to dissuade me from sampling it. But, in the interest of a fair test, I bit into it. Anyone who nibbles this concoction with a straight face loves the giver or is under the age of 5. Three doughnuts remain--artificially flavored strawberry, raspberry and watermelon. Oh yum. I noticed that China made the marshmallow doughnuts. That's probably why the box only cost $3. With Wal-Mart, Martha Stewart and, sadly and much more seriously, Mexico to pick on, it's going to be difficult to squeeze in time for China. But difficult doesn't mean impossible; marshmallow doughnut doesn't mean good; and true love probably shouldn't be so severely tested, unless you really want to know. I predict that Wal-Mart will have a lot of marshmallow doughnut boxes on its clearance rack. I'm saving my remaining three Valentine's Day doughnuts to serve up at Halloween. After 30 years, I feel a spooky kind of love for Big Guy. He's got eight and a half months to think about it.
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