Re: OT: Teatime

From: "Mike Lyle" <mike_lyle_uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2006 16:38:25 -0000

Salvatore Volatile wrote:
> Sara Lorimer wrote:
>> Joe Fineman <joe_f@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> I have lived in the
>>> Boston area for about 25 years, and I have never had a donut here
>>> that was up the standard of the humblest subway coffee stand in New
>>> York.
>>>
>>> There was a Crispy Creme emporium in Wellington for a while, and it
>>> raised my hopes, but it has now closed.
>>
>> If Krispy Kreme is the standard by which you judge doughnuts, there
>> is no point in continuing this discussion.
>
> Seriously. The whole focus with Krispy Kreme is the kreme, not the
> doughnut. This is wrong, but typical of Southern US sweethtoothism.

And this is getting Pondian. It is a truth universally acknowledged over
here that doughnuts are among the things which, like apple pies and
poached eggs, are crap unless home-made.

--
Mike.

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