I had half of one of them the other day. It's an okay doughnut, if you like that kind of thing.
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Kripsy Kreme
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No 2 bus (sometimes) connects. DNAMHIKT.
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Is that traffic not blocking the traffic? And we worry about closing roads in the Meadows and Holyrood parks?
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It is blocking traffic. Yesterday I cycled to Hermiston Gait (B&Q, I'm not a doughnut fan) and the exit to get through to Edinburgh Park over the roundabout was completely blocked by three separate queues of cars attempting to fight their way in to KK. A van almost knocked me over in his desperation to skip the queue.
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"completely blocked by three separate queues of cars"
Wasn't that bad when I was there -
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How sad people will actually queue that long for a doughnut (or 20)!
As others have said, if it were Tim Horton's I could see some justification for interest. I miss Timbits.
My local Sainsbury's has now cottoned on and is selling large boxes of (I think) 24 doughnuts. Cue even more people too lazy to use the car park and instead stopping on the bus waiting area as it's nearer the front door!
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"iconic Krispy Kreme dozen"
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I heard that if you buy one box of 12 then you get another box free; that would make it five million doughnuts sold.
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I passed by Krunchy Krack at the weekend en route to Hermiston Gait proper, and the queue stretched all the way to the M8 roundabout. And it's not just the pursuit of doughnuts, it was for the drive-through of Colonel Saunders too. What annoyed me was that almost every car still had its engine running.
We're doing really well here! Two fast food outlets for which the public are mad keen, so not only are people eating calories like it's going out of fashion but they're causing traffic congestion and adding to vehicular emissions.
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"We're doing really well here!"
I'm sure it all went through the correct planning processes.
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Found an interesting link to the full recipe:
would you eat a Krispy Kreme after reading this??
Krispy Kreme, just another franchise selling sweetened processed rubbish.
Wouldnt ever eat one, much prefer to make my own for a fifth of the price.
R
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Zombie film fans will remember that George Romero's seminal Dawn of the Dead depicted the living dead returning to their local shopping malls, still unable to resist the compulsion to consume.
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@ Tom, excellent analogy sir..... :-)
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sweetened processed rubbish
I noted the additive E321, Butylated hydroxytoluene. Of course, that sounds like glue or explosives. The page says it's banned in 'England'.
According to EU regulation 1129/2011 amending EC 1333/2008, BHT is in fact allowed, but restricted to 100mg/kg in fats and oils "for the professional manufacture of heat-treated foods; frying oil and frying fat (excluding olive an pomace oil) and lard, fish oil, beef, poultry and sheep fat".
Although, "liver damage" has been taken from "lesions of the liver", whereas the FDA specifically referred to "BHT in diets [reducing] the incidence of certain tumors and the rate of absorption in the rat", and "There is no evidence that demonstrates that BHT causes frank biochemical lesions in the liver; moreover, it is obvious that high doses of BHT are needed to induce biochemical alterations. With 0.1% BHT in the diet in rats there are differening data in the literature concerning the effect of such treatment on liver growth and liver enzymes. At 0.05 % in the dit, no toxic effects are discernible. This "no-effect level" is equivalent to 50 mg per kg per day."
It doesn't change the fact that the doughnuts don't taste any better to me than any other.
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[Homer Simpson voice] Mmmmmm, Butylated hydroxytoluene... uuuggzzhhh.....[/Homer Simpson voice]
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looking much quieter nowadays
on a side note
anyone tried the coffee?
was passing today and mused over getting a coffee to tryPosted 11 years ago # -
I'm afraid I can't comment on the coffee, Custard.
There seems to have been an influx in Krispy Krack at work. In my corner of the office I spied one box on Tuesday (of which the folk who bought them drove from South Gyle Crescent to Hermiston Gait), one box yesterday and no less than three fresh boxes on the cabinet when I arrived this morning.
Thank god for principles.
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There's 2 boxes of sugarturds on the next bank of desks, but the owner hasn't offered them around.
Can't say I'm bothered.
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Never seen one in my work place. We must have more class than youse lot..
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Can't say I'd turn one down if it was offered to me...
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Nor would I normally, WC - but our offering is courtesy of the Systems & Data team who are currently chasing me to empty out our team's SharePoint site... I sense bribery and I don't wish to partake in that particular dance, thank you!
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I had KKs in the US a few years back and thought they did little to rival a half-decent Greggs, let alone something more bespoke. My missus brought a box home last week - they've got no better... mostly air and very stingy on the cream/jam interior. A triumph of hype and public gullibility over content, methinks.
A word in defence of BHT though: it is used as an antioxidant in food/cooking oils - prevents peroxidation of all those polyunsaturated fatty acids that are 'good' for us. No substitute for fresh oil, obviously, but better (and less toxic) than using rancid corn oil.
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"Anger as Edinburgh Krispy Kreme snubs 2-for-1 deal"
http://www.scotsman.com/news/anger-as-edinburgh-krispy-kreme-snubs-2-for-1-deal-1-2850156
" it feels like they’re snubbing a customer base who really deserve to be rewarded for their loyalty"
No longer possible to get 24 doughnuts for the price of 12? This is an OUTRAGE.
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The honeymoon is over! LOL
As the article mentions, it would be ludicrous to do a 2 for 1 deal in a store which is raking it in. Are their "loyal" customers too gullible to understand the very basics of marketing?
Sorry, stupid question!
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Some of the comments on that latest story are really funny. Worth a read for a change.
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Yes, even one of the commenters comments on the comments being funny.
My fave, though he/she blew it very slightly with misspelling of doughnut
Frankly, my dear, I doughnut give a damn
So, how can this topic generate satire/whimsy etc without the usual vitriol? Possibly as it is seen as ridiculous even by the folk queuing up for the lard?
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Because it is merely "anger" and not "fury" perhaps?
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Having now sampled the wares, the donuts appear to largely be air (much like the hype surrounding them), with a higher mass of sugar on the outside than donut on the inside.
A slight fatty taste detectable beyond the outrageous sugar hit, but no real donut taste, and texture was akin to a slightly more masticable bathroom sponge.
I commend Krustyburger on their ability to get people queueing in the most dull and depressing retail park in Edinburgh for 3 hours just to buy a box of this cheap junk at £2 an item shot.
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Ah min you have reminded me of some mass observation data I collected in 1988, but alas verification impossible due to recycling.
Of the possible 312 Headlines on the front of the evening news in that year 103 contained the word FURY.
I wrote to them saying I was furious about their overuse of the word fury. But they did not publish, so I then wrote saying I was furious about them not publishing my letter about being furious about their overuse of the word fury.....
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