Re: OT: Teatime

On Mon, 30 Jan 2006 02:07:00 +0000 (UTC), Salvatore Volatile
<me@xxxxxxxxxxx> 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.

Ah, that is more a Southern US trait is it?

Somebody brought some KK doughnuts in to work a while back and those
that ate them either declared them "delicious" or "disgusting - all
fat and sugar".
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Richard Bollard
Canberra Australia

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