"Janet Wilder" > wrote in message
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> Gloria P wrote:
>>
>>
>> One of the first Krispy Kreme (doughnut) shops opened a few miles away
>> from our house about two years ago. Imagine my surprise to see, driving
>> by about a year later that it was boarded over and had a "For sale or
>> lease" sign on the building. And I never even got the chance to sample
>> their wares! When it opened the lines of cars for the drive-up went
>> around the block and the parking lot was jammed for a while.
>>
>> Evidently the mystique didn't last long or it was the wrong
>> location/demographic (in an area with loads of apartments and condos.)
>>
>> Walmarts and Targets are still springing up all around, often just two or
>> three miles from an existing store which closes when the new one opens,
>> leaving an empty storefront. Ugh.
>>
>> gloria p
>
> Most people didn't understand the "real" Krispy Kreme mystique. The donuts
> are , IMO, only good when they are hot off the conveyor belt. Once they
> cool off and are shelved, they are just another donut, and nothing to
> write home about.
>
> If you have never had a hot, glazed Krispy Kreme, you haven't participated
> in the mystique.
>
> --
> Janet Wilder
> Bad spelling. Bad punctuation
> Good Friends. Good Life

A local fair has something called Tiny Tom Donuts that works along a similar
principle. You get a bunch of 1" mini donuts right off the conveyor into a
bag and then the bag is filled with icing sugar or cinnamon and shaken. Best
donuts I've ever had.