Is Shires the Krispy Kreme of Trombone manufacturers?

[ghmerrill]

A Krispy Kreme isn't a Krispy Kreme unless the red light is on.

"Krispy Kreme suus ubicumque inveneris." (It's a Krispy Kreme wherever you find it.)
William of Occam, Summa Logicae (circa 1325) -- a somewhat disputed passage, but one on which Krispy Kreme scholars generally agree.

[ghmerrill]

Y'all in the south seem to have succumbed to some sort of unhealthy addiction to this life-shortening junk food.

Well, that could start a whole other discussion about cultural roots of diet. But I'm not responsible. I'm from the north and have just lived here for about 40 years (come to think of it, that's more than half my life ). I just try to get along and fit in. But I do draw some lines. I won't eat "country ham" -- at least not any I've ever seen. And I haven't gone for the whole deep-fried turkey yet. But life is short. Why make it also intolerable without bad food? In terms of donuts, I might have one every few months -- and then definitely not a Krispy Kreme -- or any other donut with "stuff" on it.

[tbdana]

Can't y'all get Krispy Kremes in your local Food Lion or Piggly Wiggly's? No need for a dedicated Krispy Kreme store. What kind of deprived areas do people live in that they can't just go into the local grocery or drug store and pick up a box of Krispy Kremes? That would be awful.

A Krispy Kreme isn't a Krispy Kreme unless the red light is on.

That is exactly right. You can't understand unless you've had one.

[Aspenforest]

i cast the die, there is still more yarn to be spun i believe... much has occurred since this thread was originally made.

[harrisonreed]

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Is it supposed to be a positive comparison? Because Krispy Kreme donuts are not good.


If you must compare them to donuts, I guess compare them to Atkins Farms Cider Donuts from Amherst MA. Those are good.

Or maybe LaMar's original sour cream donut. That one is also good.

[Finetales]

Blinkie's Donuts in Woodland Hills makes the best donut out there. Only open until noon, so you have to have a reason to be in Woodland Hills in the morning (not a common occurrence).

[harrisonreed]

Blinkie's Donuts in Woodland Hills makes the best donut out there. Only open until noon, so you have to have a reason to be in Woodland Hills in the morning (not a common occurrence).

You know, I believe you about that but do they have any less "flashy" donuts? All the pictures I found are of donuts with heavy icing and are blasted with breakfast cereal. That's not my jam. They make any like this?

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Those are the kind I aspire to eat. They are like Minick beryllium copper 88H's

[ghmerrill]

At least the locust bean gum is not (apparently) related in any way to locusts. I thought for a moment that it might be an attempt to add some insect protein to the product, in order to increase its nutritional content.

[hyperbolica]

Shires is like Jaguar in some ways. It's a brand that used to have a lot of swagger, but it has been sold to people who don't and really can't value the style and history. It used to be a premium brand, but now it's devalued in large part by its ubiquity. Remember when Jaguar relabeled a Ford Taurus? We don't really have to go through the faults of the communist Chinese government or its tightly managed economy and its relationship to intellectual property law again to understand why Chinese ownership itself devalues any brand.

[JohnL]

You know, I believe you about that but do they have any less "flashy" donuts? All the pictures I found are of donuts with heavy icing and are blasted with breakfast cereal.

Those "flashy" doughnuts seen to be the style these days. I think part of it is that you need something that has visual "pop" for social media. Much as I love a good "Old Fashioned" doughnut, they don't look particularly impressive.

[Finetales]

You know, I believe you about that but do they have any less "flashy" donuts? All the pictures I found are of donuts with heavy icing and are blasted with breakfast cereal. That's not my jam. They make any like this?

They have both flashy and non-flashy. The flashy ones are what get the attention, but their simple donuts without any nonsense on it are my favorite ones they make. (I like flashy donuts too, so I win no matter what I get. I usually get a nice mix of simple and flashy.)

[harrisonreed]

You know, I believe you about that but do they have any less "flashy" donuts? All the pictures I found are of donuts with heavy icing and are blasted with breakfast cereal. That's not my jam. They make any like this?

They have both flashy and non-flashy. The flashy ones are what get the attention, but their simple donuts without any nonsense on it are my favorite ones they make. (I like flashy donuts too, so I win no matter what I get. I usually get a nice mix of simple and flashy.)

See that's what I'm talking about. I've gotta try them if I ever am in town.

[harrisonreed]

You know, I believe you about that but do they have any less "flashy" donuts? All the pictures I found are of donuts with heavy icing and are blasted with breakfast cereal.

Those "flashy" doughnuts seen to be the style these days. I think part of it is that you need something that has visual "pop" for social media. Much as I love a good "Old Fashioned" doughnut, they don't look particularly impressive.

One bite of that old fashioned sour creme and it won't matter.

[sf105]

and none of these factory donuts compare to a bombolone https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombolone

[boneberg]

This is definitely one of the goofiest threads we have had in awhile. Keep going!

[harrisonreed]

Oh if we are departing from real donuts, in that case the best is custard filled "taiyaki", a type of Japanese griddle pastry/donut. One of these fresh off the griddle will blow your socks off:

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Easily the equivalent of the superior pre-xeno Yamaha trombones.

[ghmerrill]

I should like to point out (while remaining a fan of doughnuts) that the German term for a doughnut is "Krapf". English speakers, make of that what you like.

[Kingfan]

Cop pulled me over and said "Your eyes are red. Have you been to the pot dispensary?" I said "Your eyes are glazed. Have you been to the donut shop?"

[JTeagarden]

Who doesn't love a plate of tocopherols?

[harrisonreed]

Cop pulled me over and said "Your eyes are red. Have you been to the pot dispensary?" I said "Your eyes are glazed. Have you been to the donut shop?"

Taking one from Key and Peele's playbook:

"You really said that?"

[boneberg]

I should like to point out (while remaining a fan of doughnuts) that the German term for a doughnut is "Krapf". English speakers, make of that what you like.

And "Krapfen" is regional (mostly southern German, in particular Bavaria). There are many other names for "doughnuts" in Germany. For example: "Pfannkuchen" or "Berliner". Most popular is simply "donut".