Donuts of many lands

by Nick Vagnoni, Posted Jan 9th 2006 @ 1:08PM

A few days ago, I did a post about a site that had a humorous cultural history of the dumpling. In a somewhat similar vein, here's an illustrated listing of fried dough from around the world. The site is hosted by OSO-ONO, a California-based wholesaler of fried dessert dough. Basically, they sell frozen bags of an all-purpose dough that they say can be used to make all kinds of donut-like things. I'm a little skeptical that one dough can do it all, but their chart of fried dough from different countries is great. There are dozens of items--from fry bread to beignets to gulab jamun--each with a photo and brief explanation. It seems like it would be a great jumping off point for any donut enthusiast looking for new ideas.

Filed Under: Business, Methods
Tags: beignets, donuts, fried dough, fry bread, frying, oso-ono, zeppole

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2-21-2006 @1:08AM ted said... Just to clarify that Phoenix for a long time had some locations of Dunkin. There was one on Bell Rd and maybe 15th Avenue and also one on Indian School and 28th street to name a couple. If they went away for awhile it is because they sucked. They really were of an inferior quality when compared to even many grocery stores.

Portland, OR used to have them, but they suck and were also run out of town here. It's a cultural thing back east.

Why can't the west get any White Castle?
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1-09-2006 @2:23PM Punisher2k said... Let me be the first.

mmmmm.... donuts....
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1-09-2006 @9:54PM Kim said... Testing for thoroughness, the first thing I looked for on the chart was malasadas, and there they were! Turns out this company was founded by Hawaiian ex-pats who missed that delicious island donut. As I do. Sigh.
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1-10-2006 @10:42AM Beverly Yount said... Can anyone tell me a location of Dunkin' Donuts in California? Can't seem to location one here, even emailed company web site, they didn't answer. See these wonderful ads for their products on the New York and Atlanta feeds on my Dish Network TV. There must be one someware in California, willing to drive a long way to taste their coffee and donuts. Thanks a million for any help at all.
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1-10-2006 @12:58PM Angela said... OMG...you are living without DD Coffee? And I thought Californians had it all. You guys are SOOOOO deprived!
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1-11-2006 @7:59AM Chubby said... They forgot funnel cakes and elephant ears. What kind of list of fried dough could forget those two classics? I'm not impressed.
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1-11-2006 @9:26AM kitty said... Doughnuts are delicious, but high in fat content (save a chocolate glazed, rainbow sprinkled one for me anyway)...lol
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1-11-2006 @11:30AM cmoe said... being a veteran new englander i have had my share of dunkin donuts. 1) their coffee is horrid...another example of new englanders adamently defending a lackluster situation. the crap is only fit to be used as a vehicle for cowloads of cream and buckets of sugar....hence all of their "coffee drinks". you are not missing out. 2) the donuts rule and should be included as a new food group. they seriously rock...especially the boston creams!
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1-11-2006 @11:33AM Sharon said... I don't believe they have Dunkin Donuts in California anywhere. I used to live in Massachusetts and there they have two Dunkin Donuts on each corner. I moved to Arizona 4 years ago and found out that they don't have them here. They just started building them here and they now have about 5 of them throughout the Valley. (which is huge). I have to drive 20 minutes to get to any of them but it is so worth it.
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1-11-2006 @11:56AM Christine said... there is no dunkin donuts in CA....closest one is phoenix AZ. There used to be one in sacramento as a test market but that failed.
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1-11-2006 @2:23PM Bette said... We moved from the Carson City, Nv area 2 years ago but at that time they had a Dunkin Donuts. There might even be one in Reno. Depending are where you live in CA, CC and Reno aren't that far.
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1-11-2006 @2:37PM Meg Joye said... You can order Dunkin' Donuts coffee online by the pound but from Southern CA the closest one is in Las Vegas (I believe its in Fitzgerald's on the main strip).
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1-11-2006 @2:42PM Linda said... Dunking Donuts coffee is the best.......surely as good as some Starbucks brands but not as expensive. Discovered the "Krispy Kremes" Donuts a couple of years ago and LOVE those, find they don't dry out as fast as the "Dunkin Donuts" do.
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1-11-2006 @2:44PM Linda said... Dunking Donuts coffee is the best.......surely as good as some Starbucks brands but not as expensive. Discovered the "Krispy Kremes" Donuts a couple of years ago and LOVE those, find they don't dry out as fast as the "Dunkin Donuts" do.
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1-11-2006 @2:47PM Michael G Wheeler said... Howard's donuts of Memphis Tn and other local environs are very good. Not to rich and not too sweet but just right. There used to be a Dunkin's Donuts in Memphis some years back. They couldn't make those damn things fast enough they sold so many. Then mysteriously they up and left without any explanation.
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1-11-2006 @2:50PM Liz said... I love fried donuts and ate my way through Moscow as a visiting college student in the former Soviet Union many summers ago. I still can taste them (called 'ponchiki' in Russian) - greasy, covered in powdered sugar and served in the previous day's Pravda. They are best when eaten hot out of the fryer.
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1-11-2006 @3:00PM l.molinaro said... Let us not forget the Italian zepolle deep fried and delicious
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1-11-2006 @3:00PM Jim said... Probably the reason they didn't include funnel cakes is that they can't be made from the company's dough....they are made with a pancake-like batter instead. So this is hardly a comprehensive list of possibilities!
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