A kid visits a nursing home to bring some cheer to the inmates. While one elderly woman visits the toilet, he notices a bowl of peanuts by her bed. He loves peanuts, and can’t resist eating a few. By the time the woman returns to her room, the kid had eaten the entire bowlful.
‘I’m sorry,’ he says, ‘But I couldn’t resist the peanuts. I got carried away, and ate them all!’
‘That’s all right’, says the old woman, ‘I have no teeth, so I can’t eat peanuts. But I love M&Ms, so I just suck the chocolate off of them and put the peanuts in the bowl.’
My first exposure to Krispy Kreme donuts was while I was in the Navy. For some reason, every time we would get under way the ship would get several cases of the damned things. This was supposed to be a treat. Frankly, every time I actually broke down and even tried them they were slimy, gross and stale. I’ve been told by other people who liked KK that they must have been giving us all the leftover donuts from bakeries throughout the region that would otherwise have been thrown out. I don’t care: That’s what I think of when I think of KK donuts. Vile, disgusting things, and they’ve only themselves to thank for showing me the truth about 'em.
And, yes, I’m another unsweetened tea drinker. Even iced tea. I never understood why people would want to have tea flavored lemonade, instead of simply getting the lemonade.
My dad can’t seem to understand why I don’t like Krispy Kremes. Whenever my parents come down to Baltimore the first thing they do is pick up a box or two. Me, I can’t wait to get home to get my hands on some Dunkin’ Donuts. Munchkins, please - Chocolate, Powdered, Cinnamon, Glazed, oh my! And like four milks to go with it! MMMMM!
I don’t have the time to make a pilgrimage for a snack. Practically every other baked goods item out there manages to not be nasty only a short time after it’s been made; IMO they aren’t making the donuts right if theirs do get that way. And even when eaten fresh, they’re still too sweet. (Yes, I’ve had one freshly baked, just to satisfy the KK supporters who insist that I must have had only “stale” donuts. I still think they’re bad.)
Actually, that was our secret ingredient in our chocolate icing. Not a lot of coffee…just a little. I never went in early enough to see them mixing the cake doughnuts, though I did get there when they were cooling.
I LOVE KK doughnuts…but ONLY when they are hot off the belt! They are no good after a few hours. I did stop in once for a doughnut and cup of coffee-the coffee was pretty good too!
KK = industrial doughnuts: cheap, easy to make, and dull.
About the only doughnuts I’ll eat are are the buttermilk ‘old-fashioned’ kind. They come on pairs, with a strong black coffee on the side. I would prefer a grilled cindy (something like a flat tightly-rolled cinnamon bun, glazed, with a dab of jam on top) - just split horizontally and fry the cut sides in a little butter until crisp and brown.
Ugh, just the thought of them makes me want to projectile vomit. My friends absolutely love Krispy Kremes and I didn’t know what they were until I ate one at my friend’s house last year. Now, my friends think I have some sort of disorder because apparently, I’m the only one at school who doesn’t like them. I think I’ll stick with Timbits.
The real question is why Krispy Kreme keeps selling all these stale doughnuts. I live in DC, and I see Krispy Kremes everywhere, but none are within ten miles of a deep fat fryer. They sell them in grocery and convenience stores. A few months ago, there was a big fuss because KK was opening a store on Dupont Circle. Then it was revealed that they were baking the doughnuts off site (Baltimore, I think!) and shipping them in by truck. They glazed them on site using hot glaze so that people would think they were getting fresh baked doughnuts!
Apparently, KK’s market share has fallen consistently since they started diluting their brand image like this. It used to be such a big deal when people were able to taste a Krispy Kreme for the first time. Now everybody buys their first one from a grocery store where it’s been sitting cold for 12 hours, and never buys another one. Why do they keep doing this? Are they crazy?
Like KKs a lot. Looove Dunkin’ Donuts. Both sweet; that’s the point. Mmmm, sugar. I like the DD glazed and the French crullers. Cake-like donuts are a different thing entirely.
But I like fresh ice tea with no sugar in it.
I think the southern U.S. just has a “thing” for everything being very, very sweet. Not that there’s anything wrong with that.
I loathe KK donuts. The first time I ever had one, it was hot off the belt, right out of the fryer, and it tasted like they’d collected the rancid fat from every grease trap within 50 miles to fill their fryer. Blecccch. Krispy Krap.
