Doughnuts (hmmm doughnuts)

[mook]

My god, are doughNUTS called doughNUTS as they resemble a NUT ie NUT and bolt NUT? God just noticed!

no - well if they are whoever first called them that needs tapping on. if we're going to go down the mechanical route with them, they look more like fat washers than nuts. no angled sides you see. personally i think they look more like doughy flush cones.

[CaledonianGonzo]

Fuck you! Unless it comes with a cup of chocolate, it's an inferior being.

And Fuck Spain! Any cake that plays second fiddle to a gloopy beverage is less a cake than, I dunno, a garnish or something.

Greek loukoumades are where it's at, though they might make you diabetic after the first two or three.

[BlodwynPig]

I'm already a diabetic, so is it alright to try them?

[the midnight watch baboon]

no - well if they are whoever first called them that needs tapping on. if we're going to go down the mechanical route with them, they look more like fat washers than nuts. no angled sides you see. personally i think they look more like doughy flush cones.

Yeah I suppose so. Sometimes when someone brings in a doughnut multipack at work I penetrate the ringed ones with the yum-yum shaped one, it passes a few moments.

[CaledonianGonzo]

I'm already a diabetic, so is it alright to try them?

Keep some handy in the event of an unexpected hypo.

[Jaffit]

2 pages in and no mention of Krispy Kreme. *sighs*

All those colours! Krazy names! Very little doughnut content for your money! But sweet like the nectar from a happy, happy little bee.

Just not enough of the stores round here. Yet....muhahahaa

[Jemble Fred]

2 pages in and no mention of Krispy Kreme. *sighs*

The whole thread was a spin-off from a discussion about how shit and sickly they are; they just opened a new one here in Bath.

[CaledonianGonzo]

Unless I've missed them, Krispy Kreme appear not to have commenced their invasion north of the border. It is probably only a matter of time, though.

[I accept the terms of the]

about how shit and sickly they are

Hah, that would be a very annoying lie if this was about something serious.

[Jemble Fred]

No, it's not a lie, that was the discussion. There were opposing views, hence it being a discussion. Thread is here: http://www.cookdandbombd.co.uk/forums/index.php?topic=29519.0

[I accept the terms of the]

No, everybody said they were lovely. The forum automatically filters out messages for other people when it detects a severe level of wrongness.

[sick as a pike]

I don't understand the business model. Who is eating sufficient doughnuts to make specialist doughnut shops worthwhile?  I may not be typical but I haven't eaten a doughnut of any kind for I don't know- twenty years maybe.  I can't remember the last time I even saw anyone eat a doughnut. 
Yes, this is all proper scientific evidence, and not a prance about on a high horse. (I'm not allowed on a horse in case I fall off, due to the booze.)

[I accept the terms of the]

I don't understand the business model. Who is eating sufficient doughnuts to make specialist doughnut shops worthwhile?

Several people may use doughnut shops.

[CaledonianGonzo]

Did anyone use Dunkin' Donuts?

[SetToStun]

Several people may use doughnut shops.

If you work in the City, certainly, every time someone in the office has a birthday, there they are: boxes of Krispy Kremes in the kitchen or on their desk. They could probably fund their empire just on sales in EC2/EC3.

[MissInformed]

Several people may use doughnut shops.

*raises hand* If I am near a Krispy Kreme outlet, I buy some. Food of The Goddesses.

[sirhenry]

Did anyone use Dunkin' Donuts?

I did. In 1976. In Boston.[nb] Only memorable because it was my brother Duncan's birthday.[/nb]

[mook]

(I'm not allowed on a horse in case I fall off, due to the booze.)

don't get your horse pissed then. idiot.

[I accept the terms of the]

If you work in the City, certainly, every time someone in the office has a birthday, there they are: boxes of Krispy Kremes in the kitchen or on their desk. They could probably fund their empire just on sales in EC2/EC3.

Yep. When I worked in the city, precisely this thing happened. They were also brought in randomly by the friendly, casual young bosses to remind you that they were friendly, young and casual.

Liverpool Street Station's KK stand is very popular. And that one in Canary Wharf, with all the doughnuts in little cabinets like pic'n'mix.

Dunkin's is alright. It's not really all about the donuts. Most people seem to use it for coffee and breakfast bagels.

[sick as a pike]

Is there a savoury equivalent of the office/birthday treat? I can't think of one.  You don't hear "It's my birthday, have a cheese and pickle sandwich." 
Or twiglets.

[Jemble Fred]

Whenever I'm feeling jubilant, I like to open a large tin of sardines and whirl around the office, strewing the contents in every direction.

[samadriel]

Is there a savoury equivalent of the office/birthday treat? I can't think of one.  You don't hear "It's my birthday, have a cheese and pickle sandwich." 
Or twiglets.

Pizza.

[Jemble Fred]

It's my very last day at work today, so I didn't feel I could turn down the Krispy Kreme donuts as I always have hitherto – I chose a plain ring donut.

Yes, as I remembered, it just tasted of a kind of lard and sugar concoction. I'll need three coffees to cleanse my palate.

[doppelkorn]

Tesco's cheap doughnuts (the 5 for 55p kind) are like tough little felt bastard clumps of fuck but Sainsbury's ones are yum, much better than those shit, overpriced imported SEPTIC ones that shall remain nameless.

WHASTHADDALLABOUT?

I'm considering going 20 minutes out of my way to get some.

[CaledonianGonzo]

[tag]Fuck me, the Jocks will deep-fry ANYTHING [/tag]

Silly tagger doesn't realise that all doughnuts are deep fried.