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Pick Your Favorite Donuts
southendmd:
This is a great thread!
A few random thoughts:
Mister Donut was my first experience with the confection, always after Sunday morning Mass. I developed my love for the very decadent chocolate donut.
Alas, they no longer exist out here. Dunkin' Donuts has taken over.
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The DD flat box is a great innovation: less squishing and less co-mingling of glazes.
The French cruller is probably my favorite. It's French in that it's like a pate-a-choux, similar to éclair dough, light and airy and rich at the same time. It is the most labor-intensive donut to make. However, it is also low in calories: 150 vs. around 300 for an average cake donut.
The sugar raised donut is another favorite. Couldn't find a picture. It is raised with yeast, and thus is airy and light.
When I worked in a grocery store as a kid, they made their own donuts. Simple, plain or old-fashioned donuts, fried in lard. They came out warm and crunchy . Major yum. I think most donuts were traditionally fried in lard, as it was cheap, and could take a very high temperature.
Dobie1018:
I haven't met a donut yet that I haven't liked! I picked Bavarian cream, Boston cream, chocolate frosted, maple frosted and vanilla cream filled. I rarely eat donuts though - a couple times a year maybe, but I do love them!
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: southendmd on April 28, 2009, 01:18:32 pm ---Mister Donut was my first experience with the confection, always after Sunday morning Mass. I developed my love for the very decadent chocolate donut.
Alas, they no longer exist out here. Dunkin' Donuts has taken over.
--- End quote ---
We had Mister Donuts down here, too. They were quickly overwhelmed by Dunkin Donuts.
--- Quote ---The DD flat box is a great innovation: less squishing and less co-mingling of glazes.
--- End quote ---
With this I must unfortunately disagree. I find it much more difficult to "manage" when I want to take doughnuts to the office for my team, and I have to manage the doughnuts along with backpack, lunch bag, umbrella, etc. The "flat box" ends up in a bag on its end instead of flat. Doesn't do the doughnuts any good. :(
Plus, they were just copying Krispy Kreme anyway. ... ;D
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: Dobie1018 on April 28, 2009, 06:43:06 pm ---I haven't met a donut yet that I haven't liked!
--- End quote ---
When you get right down to it, that about says it all! ;D
Penthesilea:
I haven't voted because I have no idea what 80% of the stuff is. Here we have chocolate covered donuts, sometimes donuts with white icing on top or those with powedered sugar. That's about it.
We have also a pastry that looks like some of the donuts in Paul's pics; the ones without hole. I guess they're the filled ones. Here they are called Berliner and are filled with red jam (raspberry mostly). But sometimes you get them filled with vanilla pudding or advocaat creme.
This is how they look like:
This thread isnpired me to check for a Dunkin Donuts shop in NYC :laugh:. There is one directly on my way from the hotel to the nearest subway station! You bet I'll go there and have a try at their stuff.
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