Crullers (Dunkin' Donuts)

(dkra) asks:

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Someone here (or maybe rec.arts.comics.strips) mentioned that Dunkin' Donuts recently (a few months
ago?) discontinued their crullers.

What exactly are crullers, anyhow? How do they differ from a regular doughnut?

I've seen several cruller recipes. One of them was a regular doughnut recipie but specified a
particular shaping of the dough. Another recipe specified a raised yeast dough. Still another
consists of a choux paste (for cream puffs) dough, put through a pastry tube and fried. The first
two of them have a characteristic shape (strips of dough are twisted, with the ends pressed down).

Will the real cruller please stand up?

cruller [KRUHL-uhr] A doughnut-style dough (usually LEAVENED with baking powder) that's shaped into
a long twist, fried and sprinkled with granulated sugar or brushed with a sweet glaze. The extremely
light Freedom <S> French </S> cruller is made with CHOUX PASTRY (cream-puff dough). The word
"cruller" comes from the Dutch krulle, meaning "twisted cake."

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Someone here (or maybe rec.arts.comics.strips) mentioned that Dunkin' Donuts recently (a few
months ago?) discontinued their crullers.

What exactly are crullers, anyhow? How do they differ from a regular doughnut?

Hmmm, I had a DD cruller 2 days ago. It's a different shaped donut. Think two thin long pieces of
dough, twisted. Voila!!! Crueller. (sp?)

Stace

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Someone here (or maybe rec.arts.comics.strips) mentioned that Dunkin' Donuts recently (a few
months ago?) discontinued their crullers.

What exactly are crullers, anyhow? How do they differ from a regular doughnut?

I've seen several cruller recipes. One of them was a regular doughnut recipie but specified a
particular shaping of the dough. Another recipe specified a raised yeast dough. Still another
consists of a choux paste (for cream puffs) dough, put through a pastry tube and fried. The first
two of them have a characteristic shape (strips of dough are twisted, with the ends pressed down).

Will the real cruller please stand up?

Any comments welcome. Thanks in advance.

-- dkra

As of last Friday our DD was still selling crullers. That may not be true in other regions,
however. A co-worker who moved from the eastern US told me she regularly bought scones at the DD
where she had lived. I never saw them when I lived in Cleveland, and I have never seen them here in
central AZ.

Most crullers I've encountered are made from choux paste and formed (commercially) by putting the
choux paste through an extrusiion machine. That would account for a recipe specifying a pastry tube.
They are all fried. The cruller itself is not particularly sweet on its own, but is usually dipped
in a thin glaze and allowed to dry on a rack.

Wayne

On Sun, 18 Jan 2004 22:47:04 GMT,

(dkra) said:

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Someone here (or maybe rec.arts.comics.strips) mentioned that Dunkin' Donuts recently (a few
months ago?) discontinued their crullers.

What exactly are crullers, anyhow? How do they differ from a regular doughnut?

I've seen several cruller recipes. One of them was a regular doughnut recipie but specified a
particular shaping of the dough. Another recipe specified a raised yeast dough. Still another
consists of a choux paste (for cream puffs) dough, put through a pastry tube and fried. The
first two of them have a characteristic shape (strips of dough are twisted, with the ends
pressed down).

Will the real cruller please stand up?

Any comments welcome. Thanks in advance.

My experience is limited to the few "donut" shops I've frequented.

1. I've never heard anyone order a cruller. We call them "twists" here.

2. The only twists I've come across are the light ones... not the other kind.

Practice safe eating - always use condiments

Dunkin" Donuts didn't stop making their crullers, they stopped making their original "Dunkin' Donut'
which was a plain round donut with a little extra piece ( probably a munchkin) attached to it to use
as a "handle" so it could be "dunked".

(DP1091) said:

Dunkin" Donuts didn't stop making their crullers

Around here (Western NH), the cruller *has* disappeared since November.

It's also been documented in the MA media:

boston.comwith progress a cruel twistOpen ↗

And in "Get Fuzzy":

unitedmedia.comgetfuzzy 20031220.htmlOpen ↗ (This link stops working
in the next few days)

--
Richard W Kaszeta [email hidden] kaszeta.orgrichOpen ↗

dkra said:

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Someone here (or maybe rec.arts.comics.strips) mentioned that Dunkin' Donuts recently (a few
months ago?) discontinued their crullers.

What exactly are crullers, anyhow? How do they differ from a regular doughnut?

I've seen several cruller recipes. One of them was a regular doughnut recipie but specified a
particular shaping of the dough. Another recipe specified a raised yeast dough. Still another
consists of a choux paste (for cream puffs) dough, put through a pastry tube and fried. The first
two of them have a characteristic shape (strips of dough are twisted, with the ends pressed down).

Will the real cruller please stand up?

Any comments welcome. Thanks in advance.

-- dkra

A filthy canard. I spent last week in a car making sales trips throughout New England. Froze my ass
but had plenty of crullers in DD.

So tell me again, Jack, the appeal of winter in New England.
--
Alan

"If you reject the food, ignore the customs, fear the religion, and avoid the people, you might bet-
ter stay home."
-- James Michener

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dkra said:

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Someone here (or maybe rec.arts.comics.strips) mentioned that Dunkin' Donuts recently (a few
months ago?) discontinued their crullers.

What exactly are crullers, anyhow? How do they differ from a regular doughnut?

I've seen several cruller recipes. One of them was a regular doughnut recipie but specified a
particular shaping of the dough. Another recipe specified a raised yeast dough. Still another
consists of a choux paste (for cream puffs) dough, put through a pastry tube and fried. The
first two of them have a characteristic shape (strips of dough are twisted, with the ends
pressed down).

Will the real cruller please stand up?

Any comments welcome. Thanks in advance.

-- dkra

A filthy canard. I spent last week in a car making sales trips throughout New England. Froze my
ass but had plenty of crullers in DD.

So tell me again, Jack, the appeal of winter in New England.

Heh heh! Staying indoors in front of a fire and watching it snow.

sf said:

1. I've never heard anyone order a cruller. We call them "twists" here.

One of my favorite lines in a movie

"This man needs some coffee and cruellers, Stat!"

Can anybody name it?

Denise, Brian & Wyatt (May 31, 02)

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Wayne Boatwright said:

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A filthy canard. I spent last week in a car making sales trips throughout New England. Froze my
ass but had plenty of crullers in DD.

So tell me again, Jack, the appeal of winter in New England.

Heh heh! Staying indoors in front of a fire and watching it snow.

Ahhh, you echoed my thoughts exactly.

Practice safe eating - always use condiments

alzelt said:

I spent last week in a car making sales trips throughout New England. Froze my ass but had plenty
of crullers in DD.

So tell me again, Jack, the appeal of winter in New England.
--
Alan

I'm not Jack but I spent the first half of my life in New England and from my POV New Englanders
are frozen in their own inertia. I found that in all but the large cities (i.e. Boston) the
attitude pervades that driving more than five miles to go out for a special dinner is "way too
far". It is a matter of pride to live all your life in the same town where you were born, and often
in the same house.

Yes, there's upward mobility, but not lateral....

;-) gloria p

Puester said:

alzelt said:

I spent last week in a car making sales trips throughout New England. Froze my ass but had plenty
of crullers in DD.

So tell me again, Jack, the appeal of winter in New England.
--
Alan

I'm not Jack but I spent the first half of my life in New England and from my POV New Englanders
are frozen in their own inertia. I found that in all but the large cities (i.e. Boston) the
attitude pervades that driving more than five miles to go out for a special dinner is "way too
far". It is a matter of pride to live all your life in the same town where you were born, and
often in the same house.

Yes, there's upward mobility, but not lateral....

;-) gloria p

You may be correct, but living within five miles of Federal Hill in Providence is not such a bad
experience. So much good Italian food in such a couple of blocks.

And living near a restaurant serving up great littlenecks on the half shell, along with fried belly
clams is not bad either.
--
Alan

"If you reject the food, ignore the customs, fear the religion, and avoid the people, you might bet-
ter stay home."
-- James Michener

Puester said:

I'm not Jack but I spent the first half of my life in New England and from my POV New
Englanders are frozen in their own inertia. I found that in all but the large cities (i.e.
Boston) the attitude pervades that driving more than five miles to go out for a special dinner
is "way too far".

Hey... are you saying I might be excessive when I think that more than 10 blocks is "out of my
neighborhood"?

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It is a matter of pride to live all your life in the same town where you were born, and often in
the same house.

That's bad?

Quoted message said:

Yes, there's upward mobility, but not lateral....

... lateral is the word of today. If you're driven (and smart), lucky, or inherit a few bucks...
then you can be upwardly mobile, otherwise - NO.

Quoted message said:

;-) gloria p

Practice safe eating - always use condiments

Speaking of Dunkin' Donuts (was I?), I went to a small luncheon today and wound up by happenstance
sitting across from someone who owns a number of Dunkin' Donut shops. DAMN I just thought of it, he
said a few KFCs TOO! and I didn't ask about the herbs and spices. I cannot believe it. Well, if I
remember, I'll probably be seeing them again over the spring, so I'll try to remember then. Grrrr.

At any rate, he oddly brought up the Dunkin' Donut, you know, the one with the handle. They don't
make them any more. I was sure I saw that someone else here mentioned that. He says he complained to
the new (?) owner company (whoever bought out the original) to no avail. I was like BUT they are
Dunkin Donuts! That was my favorite. Nothing he can do, they won't bring it back.

What else ... he said a company from Canada is coming into the market, (took me a while to
understand, he is from India and I was across the table from him), Tom something. Very good product.
A few seconds I thought, oh, I read about them on rfc, Tim Horton, like that? Yes.

Were they the ones bought out by Wendy's? I forget.

Krispy Kreme, he thinks they have not expanded rapidly enough. That surprised me. He's the
businessman, not me.

nancy (WHY DIDN'T YOU ASK ABOUT THE 11 HERBS AND SPICES?????)

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Speaking of Dunkin' Donuts (was I?), I went to a small luncheon today and wound up by
happenstance sitting across from someone who owns a number of Dunkin' Donut shops. DAMN I just
thought of it, he said a few KFCs TOO! and I didn't ask about the herbs and spices. I cannot
believe it. Well, if I remember, I'll probably be seeing them again over the spring, so I'll try
to remember then. Grrrr.

At any rate, he oddly brought up the Dunkin' Donut, you know, the one with the handle. They don't
make them any more. I was sure I saw that someone else here mentioned that. He says he complained
to the new (?) owner company (whoever bought out the original) to no avail. I was like BUT they
are Dunkin Donuts! That was my favorite. Nothing he can do, they won't bring it back.

The "dunkin'" Dunkin' Donut is still alive and well in Phoenix.

Quoted message said:

What else ... he said a company from Canada is coming into the market, (took me a while to
understand, he is from India and I was across the table from him), Tom something. Very good
product. A few seconds I thought, oh, I read about them on rfc, Tim Horton, like that? Yes.

Were they the ones bought out by Wendy's? I forget.

Krispy Kreme, he thinks they have not expanded rapidly enough. That surprised me. He's the
businessman, not me.

nancy (WHY DIDN'T YOU ASK ABOUT THE 11 HERBS AND SPICES?????)