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Author:  pcernie [ Sun Sep 15, 2013 6:48 pm ]
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http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle ... or-british

Not sure I've ever had any of DD's delicacies despite concession stands about the place...
Author:  JJW009 [ Sun Sep 15, 2013 8:15 pm ]
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I don't like them. They taste of oil and nothing else. Just grease with water icing on top.

I do like the jam or apple ones from the supermarket, usually 99p for 5.

Ring doughnuts are like pie with no filling, and the last ones I saw were stupidly large.
Author:  jonbwfc [ Sun Sep 15, 2013 8:29 pm ]
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Saw them in the supermarket. As JJ says, your 'traditional' (I realise they're an American import anyway, but y'know) local doughnuts were 99p for 5. The DD ones seemed to average 99p each. F that for a game of soldiers.
Author:  cloaked_wolf [ Sun Sep 15, 2013 9:19 pm ]
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I don't mind traditional ring doughnuts but find they vary depending on source, and can often just taste oily which I hate.

Krispy Kremes are dangerously delicious. I once devoured around 10 in a single evening. The rest of the family ate the other 14 (we didn't buy them - they were free giveaways when KK opened in Selfridges in Birmingham). The Millionaires Shortcake is my current fave. Up until I tried KK, I was never really into doughnuts and didn't understand why Homer loved them so much.
Author:  Amnesia10 [ Sun Sep 15, 2013 11:50 pm ]
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I love doughnuts, though I am more than happy with the apple, jam or even plain ones from the supermarket. Eventually I am looking into making them myself with the air fryer. They will be covering them with cinnamon sugar.

I have not bothered with the fancy Krispy Kremes which were in the Tesco's in Purley. They looked like sugar heaven/hell, also I did not want to eat my way through 12 of them.
Author:  oceanicitl [ Mon Sep 16, 2013 2:36 pm ]
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cloaked_wolf wrote:
I don't mind traditional ring doughnuts but find they vary depending on source, and can often just taste oily which I hate.

Krispy Kremes are dangerously delicious. I once devoured around 10 in a single evening. The rest of the family ate the other 14 (we didn't buy them - they were free giveaways when KK opened in Selfridges in Birmingham). The Millionaires Shortcake is my current fave. Up until I tried KK, I was never really into doughnuts and didn't understand why Homer loved them so much.


You know Homer isn't real right? :)

I love Krispy Kremes. Can't remember the last time I had one though. We occasionally get someone bringing them in to work and I do have a store near me at home.
Author:  Amnesia10 [ Mon Sep 16, 2013 3:34 pm ]
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oceanicitl wrote:
I love Krispy Kremes. Can't remember the last time I had one though. We occasionally get someone bringing them in to work and I do have a store near me at home.

At work they can actually make sense, you can get a pile of treats for people when it is a birthday or for kids party. Otherwise I only get a few at a time for myself, and it can be months before the next batch.
Author:  big_D [ Mon Sep 16, 2013 4:19 pm ]
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I tried them in Birmingham, when I worked there in the early 90s, can't say I was all that impressed.
Author:  paulzolo [ Mon Sep 16, 2013 4:26 pm ]
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Not a fan of doughnuts - though I have enjoyed watching the machines making them on seaside piers in the past.

For me they are too sugary and fatty. I'd rather have a nice piece of cake. Or a scone.
Author:  Amnesia10 [ Mon Sep 16, 2013 5:16 pm ]
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paulzolo wrote:
Not a fan of doughnuts - though I have enjoyed watching the machines making them on seaside piers in the past.

For me they are too sugary and fatty. I'd rather have a nice piece of cake. Or a scone.

Yes watching the machines making them on the pier is fascinating. I agree with you. Scones are something I will eat far more readily than a doughnut which is really a special treat for me.
Author:  l3v1ck [ Mon Sep 16, 2013 5:34 pm ]
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Amnesia10 wrote:
Yes watching the machines making them on the pier is fascinating.

It's the same with candy floss. It was great going to the fair when I was young. You watched the bloke twirt the stick around in the machine to git it. Nowadays it just seems to come in bags. :(
Author:  Amnesia10 [ Mon Sep 16, 2013 8:10 pm ]
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l3v1ck wrote:
Amnesia10 wrote:
Yes watching the machines making them on the pier is fascinating.

It's the same with candy floss. It was great going to the fair when I was young. You watched the bloke twirt the stick around in the machine to git it. Nowadays it just seems to come in bags. :(

The candy floss machines would be at fairs but I prefer it on a stick rather than in a bag.
Author:  timark_uk [ Tue Sep 17, 2013 3:52 am ]
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pcernie wrote:
Not sure I've ever had any of DD's delicacies despite concession stands about the place...
There used to be one in Belfast when I first came over.
It closed down a good few years ago now, and I've no idea what replaced it.

Mark
Author:  davrosG5 [ Tue Sep 17, 2013 5:59 am ]
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The best doughnuts I've had were plain ring ones freshly made and coated in cinnamon sugar from a van at Peterborough Beer Festival.
I'm in two minds about KK doughnuts. They're alright but I tend to find them a bit too doughy more often than not. Tend to prefer the supermarket jam filled ones. Greggs do some decent ones as well.
Author:  l3v1ck [ Tue Sep 17, 2013 6:31 am ]
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I'm the opposite. I prefer plain doughnuts to filled ones.
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