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Post by Rob Hanesworth on Jul 29, 2018 17:31:31 GMT -5
Krispy Kreme would have to improve significantly to be horrible. I know you folks feel the same about Dunkin. I think DD is marvelous. Many years ago we had a Dunkin Donuts shop that I really liked. Then they sort of disappeared around here for a while. Now they are back and my limited experience with them is positive. They are not on my normal travel path at donut time (a.m.).
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Post by coachdoc on Jul 29, 2018 17:34:31 GMT -5
The coffee is good, consistent and the bathrooms are clean, Doug would approve.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 29, 2018 21:19:51 GMT -5
The American Dream in action.
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Post by Cosmic Wonder on Jul 29, 2018 22:04:15 GMT -5
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Post by Marty on Jul 29, 2018 22:04:51 GMT -5
For our MN folks, those apple fritters came from Han's Bakery in Blaine and if you want some really special baked goodies go to Don Pancho's on Caesar Chavez blvd in West St Paul.
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Post by millring on Jul 29, 2018 22:27:37 GMT -5
Hmm. I love Krispy Kreme. When I was young, Carmel IN had Hole In One the and that still made deep fried donuts. I'd about die for one of those again.
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Post by AlanC on Jul 30, 2018 7:25:04 GMT -5
So if they are Cambodian it's not a new trend but one that has been slowly migrating east and has just now reached us. Cool.
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Post by Marshall on Jul 30, 2018 8:41:44 GMT -5
Hmm. I love Krispy Kreme. When I was young, Carmel IN had Hole In One the and that still made deep fried donuts. I'd about die for one of those again. I'll be they were popular at the Country Club.
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Post by epaul on Jul 30, 2018 9:24:03 GMT -5
When I was a kid, I got freshly fried, still hot, donuts from Thea Harstaad.
Otto and Thea were our farm neighbors. They lived about 3/4ths of a mile away, if you walked cross country, which my brother Gary and I would do a couple times a week throughout the spring, summer, and fall on trips to get eggs. And more times than not, Thea would have fresh donuts waiting for us on a plate in her kitchen. And there would also be the donut holes, which we thought were the best of all.
Thea was a sweet, grandmotherly lady and she was wonderful to us. Otto was a great guy also, quiet, but very patient and kind. Otto and Thea were an elderly couple with no kids of their own, and our visits were never quick. Or hurried. Sometimes Thea would walk us through her flower garden with a story to tell about each and every one (she had amazing bleeding hearts, a flower we didn't have, and they fascinated me. I believed there was a story behind each heart). Other times we would help Thea pick eggs and learn the ways of chickens.
One time we arrived when Thea had just received a couple boxes of little yellow baby chicks from the farm coop store and we got to watch them get released into the small brooder house that would be their home until they were large enough to join the flock. We named our favorites and followed their summer's progress into chickenhood very intently.
Another time, we arrived to find baby ducks, who, when they got older, were put on 24/7 pest control in Thea's large garden.
When the season turned with the snows of winter, the egg and donut trips continued, only now we were driven, usually by an older brother who was allowed to drive by farmer rules (old enough to see over the steering wheel) as long as he stayed on gravel roads and off the highway...and in the country, you can get anywhere you need to go on gravel.
Thea never put anything on her donuts. When the donuts come piping hot fresh from the fryer in a cozy kitchen, there is nothing more to need or want. Except for Thea. I miss her. She was a warm, kind, nurturing lady. I will never forget her. I guess I still have her tucked away somewhere, along with other memory waters that refresh and sustain if I let them.
Dang, now I want a donut. A fresh, hot one.
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Post by coachdoc on Jul 30, 2018 11:31:54 GMT -5
epaul, are you sure you didn't steal that story from Prairie Home Companion? ;-)
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Post by timfarney on Jul 30, 2018 15:15:12 GMT -5
Maybe you have to live in their territory, but the simple, glazed Krispy Kreme, warm from the oven, is the pinnacle of the form. Their cake donuts, krullers, fritters, etc. can easily be beat, especially by small local shops, but their namesake is the best of its kind. DDs glazed donut is a cold wad of dough by comparison.
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Post by brucemacneill on Jul 30, 2018 16:27:25 GMT -5
I like DD. Their blueberry muffins were great but I don't know if they make them anymore. Last time I went to one, they didn't have any muffins at all. Their coffee is great too.
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Post by millring on Jul 30, 2018 17:50:01 GMT -5
Hmm. I love Krispy Kreme. When I was young, Carmel IN had Hole In One the and that still made deep fried donuts. I'd about die for one of those again. I'll be they were popular at the Country Club. That's where we ate 'em. I was a greenskeeper at Brookside and Woodland country clubs. If we got rained in, we'd make a donut run.
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Post by theevan on Jul 30, 2018 18:08:21 GMT -5
Dunkin' Donuts sucks bawls.
As does Shipley.
The only exception is if the local operator does an exceptional job.
Nowadays, believe it or not, artisanal donuts are a thing.
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Post by millring on Jul 30, 2018 18:14:06 GMT -5
Nowadays, believe it or not, artisanal donuts are a thing.
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Post by RickW on Jul 30, 2018 18:30:45 GMT -5
Do you guys get those fresh mini donuts at fairs and such? Machine that makes them on the spot, flipping them over in the hot oil, and they come out fresh. They douse them in sugar and cinammon, and you eat them warm, from a little paper bag. I can litterly eat them until I’m ready to expode.
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