Krispy Kreme at Harrods
Oct 3rd, 2003, 07:36 PM
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KK is originally a "Southern thang" but there was a shop in the yankee town where I grew up (OK, grew older) and it was a real treat. KK glazed were so popular that they were sold by the dozen for school fund raisers. The best of the lot, IMHO, was the peanut stick - a log shaped of cake doughnut (as opposed to the fluffy yeast ones) dipped in glaze then rolled in crushed peanuts. Add a cup of coffe for pure nirvana! Alas, they no longer make them, I hear because of concern about nut allergies. These were so good that even if I were allergic to peanuts, I'd pop some benadryl then wolf 'em down.
Trivia bit: the parents of "Sex and the City" producer Michael Patrick King managed the KK shop!
Trivia bit: the parents of "Sex and the City" producer Michael Patrick King managed the KK shop!
Oct 3rd, 2003, 09:29 PM
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Don't get it either and agree with Patrick. Way sweeter than I was ever used to. Now that we're living in the south, KK or knock-offs are all you find, which is kind of nice since I've not had a doughnut now in a couple of years.
I actually read on a KK produced statement somewhere that they use a modified "french recipe". A recipe for what, I have no idea, but I'm not versed on french doughnut recipes. Sounds kind of far fetched to me.
I grew up in the St. Louis area, which has a heavy(take that as you will) German influence. The doughnuts they always made there, called "Bavarian style" were much lighter, puffier than KKs and not so totally sweet. Rarely completely glazed all over, not as heavily fried. I miss those things, but my midsection doesn't.
Oct 3rd, 2003, 11:49 PM
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I LOVE Krispy Kremes!! Why? Because, as a doughnut lover, I tried lots of doughnuts and most of them left me with a greasy taste in my mouth (and sometimes an upset stomach). But, Krispy Kremes do not!! They don't have that greasy after-taste.
But, I live an hour and a half away from the closest KK-in Palmdale, CA.
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But, I live an hour and a half away from the closest KK-in Palmdale, CA.
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Oct 4th, 2003, 12:29 AM
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These donuts sound disgusting, full of fat and chemicals I'm sure, that's why so many Americans are hooked on them.
I thought Harrods was classier that that. Oh well, I won't be gorging any of these down when I'm there next time. I hope they don't arrive in Paris.
I thought Harrods was classier that that. Oh well, I won't be gorging any of these down when I'm there next time. I hope they don't arrive in Paris.
Oct 4th, 2003, 01:22 AM
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Dearest Stephanie,
I certainly take grave exception to your statement. They are not "disgusting". Krispy Kreme donuts are sublime!
Just to give you ladies and gentlemen the full monty, Krispy Kreme were invented in my home state of North Carolina, Winston Salem to be exact. They still have one of the original factories that bag and make the donut recipe for other stores operating.
I remember my first one in 1977. I was attending my first year of college (for those of you who wonder how old I am do the math). I had just finished a long study marathon for our first set of exams, when my roommate screamed "I can't take this anymore" and dragged me out to what would be one of my first serious orgasmic culinary experience.
We walked up to this what looked like this old diner and as I we did, I began to notice this glazed look descend upon her. Why? Because there were literally hundreds of these wonderfully puffy looking donuts streaming down a conveyer belt before our eyes, swimming in melted sugar. I almost went comatose. The only thing that save me was the need to be inside tasting this wonderfully warm sweet smelling confection.
To this day, I have a hard time passing them up, cold or hot. But hot is definitively the best choice. And it is dangerous, not because of the heat, but because everyone...everyone knows, eating hot krispy kremes is deceiving.
A person could glutton themselves on hot ones. They literally melt in mouth, almost no chewing is involved. Hot KK's take up less room in your stomach and therefore a person can eat twice as much.
During my college years, many "energy" breaks occurred and that was the time when you could actually sit down at a counter in the store, watching that conveyer belt thru the window behind it and watch them box them up. A cup of hot coffee doesn't do this confection justice.
Everyone knows in my state that ?HOT? Krispy Kremes go down best with a cold glass of milk.
There is no substitute experience.
So Stephanie, disgusting is not a word I would associate with this extremely wonderful, light, fluffy, and wonderfully sweet experience. Yes, we American?s overeat and should watch it, but life is too short to deny yourself everything all the time.
Eat'em hot, chase them with cold, cold milk!
I have one rule to live by that has been my motto for many years....
"It is better to die with a smile, than with the pinched look of self denial!"
So sayeth Erinb from North Carolina USA, home of the Krispy Kreme, Pepsi, and many other life altering experiences!
I certainly take grave exception to your statement. They are not "disgusting". Krispy Kreme donuts are sublime!
Just to give you ladies and gentlemen the full monty, Krispy Kreme were invented in my home state of North Carolina, Winston Salem to be exact. They still have one of the original factories that bag and make the donut recipe for other stores operating.
I remember my first one in 1977. I was attending my first year of college (for those of you who wonder how old I am do the math). I had just finished a long study marathon for our first set of exams, when my roommate screamed "I can't take this anymore" and dragged me out to what would be one of my first serious orgasmic culinary experience.
We walked up to this what looked like this old diner and as I we did, I began to notice this glazed look descend upon her. Why? Because there were literally hundreds of these wonderfully puffy looking donuts streaming down a conveyer belt before our eyes, swimming in melted sugar. I almost went comatose. The only thing that save me was the need to be inside tasting this wonderfully warm sweet smelling confection.
To this day, I have a hard time passing them up, cold or hot. But hot is definitively the best choice. And it is dangerous, not because of the heat, but because everyone...everyone knows, eating hot krispy kremes is deceiving.
A person could glutton themselves on hot ones. They literally melt in mouth, almost no chewing is involved. Hot KK's take up less room in your stomach and therefore a person can eat twice as much.
During my college years, many "energy" breaks occurred and that was the time when you could actually sit down at a counter in the store, watching that conveyer belt thru the window behind it and watch them box them up. A cup of hot coffee doesn't do this confection justice.
Everyone knows in my state that ?HOT? Krispy Kremes go down best with a cold glass of milk.
There is no substitute experience.
So Stephanie, disgusting is not a word I would associate with this extremely wonderful, light, fluffy, and wonderfully sweet experience. Yes, we American?s overeat and should watch it, but life is too short to deny yourself everything all the time.
Eat'em hot, chase them with cold, cold milk!
I have one rule to live by that has been my motto for many years....
"It is better to die with a smile, than with the pinched look of self denial!"
So sayeth Erinb from North Carolina USA, home of the Krispy Kreme, Pepsi, and many other life altering experiences!
Oct 4th, 2003, 01:36 AM
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Talk about timing....
This morning there's an article on CNN about Krispy Kreme donuts at Harrods:
http://edition.cnn.com/2003/BUSINESS...eme/index.html
This morning there's an article on CNN about Krispy Kreme donuts at Harrods:
http://edition.cnn.com/2003/BUSINESS...eme/index.html
Oct 4th, 2003, 01:43 AM
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Yeah, I guess you're right. I still prefer divine, healthier, smaller portioned, natural foods from Europe, but each to their own.
With not only KK's and other unhealthy, GM, chemically-enhanced foods in the States, combined with the glutton mentality, I guess the motto is:
"Well, I don't have to carry my own coffin."
With not only KK's and other unhealthy, GM, chemically-enhanced foods in the States, combined with the glutton mentality, I guess the motto is:
"Well, I don't have to carry my own coffin."
Oct 4th, 2003, 01:55 AM
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Eh voila! An article combining all the most unhealthiest, disgusting foods on the planet churned out by a few corporations.
It's all about the $'s, keeping people stupid about what they are putting into their gobs and killing small, local businesses who have had generations of producing fine quality foods and products.
Wow! that many calories in one KK! Keep eatin' em America and London will soon follow.
It's all about the $'s, keeping people stupid about what they are putting into their gobs and killing small, local businesses who have had generations of producing fine quality foods and products.
Wow! that many calories in one KK! Keep eatin' em America and London will soon follow.
Oct 4th, 2003, 02:43 AM
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Stephanie, Dear, which Europe are you referring to? and on what planet does it reside?
The same one that serves clotted cream and preserves with it's freshly baked, unchemically enhanced flour scones? Or possibly the same one that serves every confection or dessert known to man in Paris bakeries and restaurants? and dishes with sauces or toppings. Or how about the one that serves all natural geleto in Italy? chocalates in scandinavian countries?
We are talking about a couple of donuts and a glass of milk here.
Please let me know so I can send you a box of our wonderfully simple Krispy Kremes to sample! Don't judge what you haven't partaken!
and P.S. everyone knows that european life spans have more to do with exercise and national heath care vs diet. Europeans eat the richest, most carlorie ridden food in the world! is it made with more "natural" ingredients than american food?..probably. I would concede on this point.
after all, doesn't every euorpean have an organic garden and health food store around the corner? or do they buy pre-mixed boxed food?
now remember, you are talking to a southern woman here, we grow tomato's, peaches, okra, corn and beans by sticking our finger in the dirt! (of course we also grow tobacco by spittin' too, so I am not sure how to explain or use that?) grin
The same one that serves clotted cream and preserves with it's freshly baked, unchemically enhanced flour scones? Or possibly the same one that serves every confection or dessert known to man in Paris bakeries and restaurants? and dishes with sauces or toppings. Or how about the one that serves all natural geleto in Italy? chocalates in scandinavian countries?
We are talking about a couple of donuts and a glass of milk here.
Please let me know so I can send you a box of our wonderfully simple Krispy Kremes to sample! Don't judge what you haven't partaken!
and P.S. everyone knows that european life spans have more to do with exercise and national heath care vs diet. Europeans eat the richest, most carlorie ridden food in the world! is it made with more "natural" ingredients than american food?..probably. I would concede on this point.
after all, doesn't every euorpean have an organic garden and health food store around the corner? or do they buy pre-mixed boxed food?
now remember, you are talking to a southern woman here, we grow tomato's, peaches, okra, corn and beans by sticking our finger in the dirt! (of course we also grow tobacco by spittin' too, so I am not sure how to explain or use that?) grin
Oct 4th, 2003, 03:51 AM
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Just how many calories are in a dozen KKs? I may have to slightly adjust my eating habits and physical activity later in the day to accomodate this sinful american pleasure.
The South can be justifible proud of its gracious contribution of two major cardiac threats: deep peanut oil fried okra and sugar-laced KKs!
The South can be justifible proud of its gracious contribution of two major cardiac threats: deep peanut oil fried okra and sugar-laced KKs!
Oct 4th, 2003, 05:54 AM
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Stephanie, maybe they will get KK in Pennsylvania soon 
and you can try one yourself, better to speak from experience, I think.
I have friends who are such health food freaks but they admit to sneaking a KK sometimes.
I saw the opening this am on CNN with the news that there were lines around the block when it opened and more today. I would think with the English love of sweets that KK would hit the spot!
and you can try one yourself, better to speak from experience, I think.I have friends who are such health food freaks but they admit to sneaking a KK sometimes.
I saw the opening this am on CNN with the news that there were lines around the block when it opened and more today. I would think with the English love of sweets that KK would hit the spot!
Oct 4th, 2003, 06:26 AM
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Degas, you don't have to worry about the cardiac threat if you would just learn to like and drink lots of red wine. Just ask the French and Italians -- red wine acts like "drano" on your arteries. That's my story, and I'm sticking to it. 
Oct 4th, 2003, 07:01 AM
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Stephanie, Harrods is a lot of things, but it is definitely NOT a classy store, so don't be too hard on them.
I also live in Europe and love to hear my European friends talk about the terrible American diet. I could almost take them seriously if they weren't invariably saying it while holding a cigarette in their hands.. . .the #1 worst thing you can do in terms of your health. Cannot tell you how many people walk out of my health club and the first thing they do is light up . . .they may be thinner (but here in Switzerland I would argue with that) but that only means their coffins will weigh less!
I also live in Europe and love to hear my European friends talk about the terrible American diet. I could almost take them seriously if they weren't invariably saying it while holding a cigarette in their hands.. . .the #1 worst thing you can do in terms of your health. Cannot tell you how many people walk out of my health club and the first thing they do is light up . . .they may be thinner (but here in Switzerland I would argue with that) but that only means their coffins will weigh less!
Oct 4th, 2003, 07:30 AM
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What an incredible thing to happen!! At Harrods? Krispy Kreme? That isn't a doughnut; it's an insulin attack. In any event, I used to watch the same sort of doughnut being made fresh at a bakery on Highway 1 in Greenville, MS (not exactly London's Harrods, but I think it says something about the Krispy Kreme concept). Formed, cooked, glazed, and tumbled out to eat warm. Mild enjoyment of the first - saccharin, slippery, texture-free; never bought a second. The locals LOVED them. I prefer doughnuts to be a bit more complex but to each his own. - Oh, and it's tea; coffee is too rich to add to a Krispy Kreme. The acid in tea is a nice counter-point to the treacly, cloying doughy-ness and a good way to clear the palate afterwards.
Oct 4th, 2003, 06:12 PM
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Shanna,
Not tea! Not coffee! Not water or cola!
Nothing washes that warm sugar taste better than a cold cold glass of milk!
JMHO!
Giavanna, I am kind of weird, I actually don't like chocolate that much. I think it is too rich most of the time.
I think we all have our weaknesses and that sticky sweet doughy confections are it for me...and yes it shows...I have no doubt about that and I am certainly not really proud of it.
Seriously, Stephanie, I do think American's need to be more careful with their diet. I alone know the dangers of carb overload and my body shape and health problems show it.
But I also believe to deny yourself anything totally, is to sabotage any diet. Your diet of healthy grains and health food would actually kill me eventually because of those carbs. I am currently on a low carb diet that is moderate not extreme(like aitkens) and it allows for resetting the diet on a regular basis. (as in every goal marker). during those two days I can eat what my heart desires. And it desires gooey sticky doughy foods such as donuts and pizza.
The diet I am on is hopefully to prevent diabetes. It is very similar to the present day weight watchers diet will less carbs and more protein. When I go for Krispy Kremes nowadays it is not in dozens as degas may do or joke about..it is in moderation...two will do me. And I am careful to have a protein about 45 minutes before and about 45 minutes after...
But all that aside, what tickles me the most is that little ole Krispy Kreme from my homestate has a factory in HARRODS! LOLOLOLOL!
I think I will just have to take a look at their stock in a more serious manner!
(grin)
and Degas...oh,...oh...fried okra...oh..oh! that's just about as good as rutabaga fluff! Can you imagine a meal cooked by granny...fried pork chops and okra, sweet corn on the cob...fresh green beans just picked from the garden...sliced tomato's and my personal favorite..homemade peach ice cream, all followed by fresh homemade biscuits and molasses (......pause...sigh.....)
okay,,,,everyone, I am alright now. (I have decided this is a dream...only a dream)
Erinb...signing off now to go check out her fridge. (she is heard muttering "there has got to be something in that damn useless thang!)
Not tea! Not coffee! Not water or cola!
Nothing washes that warm sugar taste better than a cold cold glass of milk!
JMHO!
Giavanna, I am kind of weird, I actually don't like chocolate that much. I think it is too rich most of the time.
I think we all have our weaknesses and that sticky sweet doughy confections are it for me...and yes it shows...I have no doubt about that and I am certainly not really proud of it.
Seriously, Stephanie, I do think American's need to be more careful with their diet. I alone know the dangers of carb overload and my body shape and health problems show it.
But I also believe to deny yourself anything totally, is to sabotage any diet. Your diet of healthy grains and health food would actually kill me eventually because of those carbs. I am currently on a low carb diet that is moderate not extreme(like aitkens) and it allows for resetting the diet on a regular basis. (as in every goal marker). during those two days I can eat what my heart desires. And it desires gooey sticky doughy foods such as donuts and pizza.
The diet I am on is hopefully to prevent diabetes. It is very similar to the present day weight watchers diet will less carbs and more protein. When I go for Krispy Kremes nowadays it is not in dozens as degas may do or joke about..it is in moderation...two will do me. And I am careful to have a protein about 45 minutes before and about 45 minutes after...
But all that aside, what tickles me the most is that little ole Krispy Kreme from my homestate has a factory in HARRODS! LOLOLOLOL!
I think I will just have to take a look at their stock in a more serious manner!
(grin)
and Degas...oh,...oh...fried okra...oh..oh! that's just about as good as rutabaga fluff! Can you imagine a meal cooked by granny...fried pork chops and okra, sweet corn on the cob...fresh green beans just picked from the garden...sliced tomato's and my personal favorite..homemade peach ice cream, all followed by fresh homemade biscuits and molasses (......pause...sigh.....)
okay,,,,everyone, I am alright now. (I have decided this is a dream...only a dream)
Erinb...signing off now to go check out her fridge. (she is heard muttering "there has got to be something in that damn useless thang!)
Oct 4th, 2003, 07:12 PM
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Oh Lordy, erinb! Homemade biscuits and okra and corn...while I am running a risk of not talking strictly about Travel here, I guess I will just say that I would travel far to have one of my grannies meals like that again~
You are right, just a dream~
You are right, just a dream~
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Miss Scarlett,
Sigh!...I sleep easier at night just knowin that we will awl be meetin' them in the kitchen of heaven one day! I have my list of favorites already waitin! (Although I tend to be reminded of it more than most....I live in her old house now!lololol)
Until then, I have tried just about everything but a seance to figure out my granny's recipe for chicken and pastry....(not dumplins'). No one in the family knows or remembers the actual recipe or how she made the pastry...and it's different than most southern recipes...lighter and fluffier.
I have been known to go thru 5 pounds of flour and hours experimenting and still no luck. I have the chicken part down pat..it's the pastry that defeats me.
How good a cook was she?..well, let's put it this way...my father and mother seperated in 1964...my father said at her funeral in 1991, he would have given just about anything to be able to plant his feet under her kitchen table one more time. (and he had been on a health food kick for over 20 years).
Did she pass any of this on?..well, my mother is a gourmet cook and I would put her cookin' up against any parisian chef anyday of the week and sunday!
but granny home cookin! Welllll,..lets just say my biscuits have been known to float away and my corn muffins will melt in your mouth. I make a mean meatloaf and my fried catfish is light and crispy (if caught from the bottom of the branch down the road...now I can't guaron tee any foreign catfish!) My fried chicken recipe is a mixture of mama's and grandmas recipe...(the sage and celery seed and paprika make an odd mixture, but taste devine!)
My sister makes the tastiest fried okra of the three of us (degas baby, she now divorced but you are still married, sorry my good buddy!), but my peach cobbler and green apple pie will beat hers hands down.
What's my secret...weellll, I haven't decided if I just spent more time with her (granny) than most or it could possibly be I inherited her kitchen witch, which happens to still hang proudly in that same kitchen. (you know us southern women, we are a superstitious lot...even in this day and age...I have college degree, yet everytime I think about pullen' that damn thing off the wall...I just can't do it!)
Sigh!...I sleep easier at night just knowin that we will awl be meetin' them in the kitchen of heaven one day! I have my list of favorites already waitin! (Although I tend to be reminded of it more than most....I live in her old house now!lololol)
Until then, I have tried just about everything but a seance to figure out my granny's recipe for chicken and pastry....(not dumplins'). No one in the family knows or remembers the actual recipe or how she made the pastry...and it's different than most southern recipes...lighter and fluffier.
I have been known to go thru 5 pounds of flour and hours experimenting and still no luck. I have the chicken part down pat..it's the pastry that defeats me.
How good a cook was she?..well, let's put it this way...my father and mother seperated in 1964...my father said at her funeral in 1991, he would have given just about anything to be able to plant his feet under her kitchen table one more time. (and he had been on a health food kick for over 20 years).
Did she pass any of this on?..well, my mother is a gourmet cook and I would put her cookin' up against any parisian chef anyday of the week and sunday!
but granny home cookin! Welllll,..lets just say my biscuits have been known to float away and my corn muffins will melt in your mouth. I make a mean meatloaf and my fried catfish is light and crispy (if caught from the bottom of the branch down the road...now I can't guaron tee any foreign catfish!) My fried chicken recipe is a mixture of mama's and grandmas recipe...(the sage and celery seed and paprika make an odd mixture, but taste devine!)
My sister makes the tastiest fried okra of the three of us (degas baby, she now divorced but you are still married, sorry my good buddy!), but my peach cobbler and green apple pie will beat hers hands down.
What's my secret...weellll, I haven't decided if I just spent more time with her (granny) than most or it could possibly be I inherited her kitchen witch, which happens to still hang proudly in that same kitchen. (you know us southern women, we are a superstitious lot...even in this day and age...I have college degree, yet everytime I think about pullen' that damn thing off the wall...I just can't do it!)
