"doughnut" news and stories

Nick posted about the launch of this burger at GCS Ballpark, home of the Gateway Grizzlies in March, but I hadn't actully seen what it looked like until now. It is hard to find words for this thing. Baseball's Best Burger is a cheeseburger with two strips of bacon, served on a Krispy Kreme doughnut. It weighs in at about 1000 calories and 45 grams of fat. The Grizzlies say that they sell around 150 of the burgers, a $4.50 each, per game.

A deep fried Snicker's bar may be bad for you, but I think that this burger might just be able to knock it off the list of the worst foods you can eat.

Friday, June 2nd, is National Doughnut Day. It has been celebrated since 1938, when the day was originally devised to raise funds during the Great Depression. As you might imagine, it was a popular idea. Krispy Kreme, established in 1937, seems to have been participating in this "holiday" since its inception and, to celebrate, will be giving away free doughnuts at most of its US locations on Friday! Customers have a choice of any flavor of doughnut the stores offer, so make your decision wisely. Will it be the famous glazed or the seasonal Strawberries& Kreme?

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At the International Law Enforcement Educators and Trainers Association convention last month, Sgt. Howard Sawyers set a record by eating 13 doughnuts in 3 minutes. An impressive feat, to be sure. He was helped by employing the competitive eating technique of soaking the doughnuts in water while he ate. Sawyers was awarded the title of World Champ Doughnut Eater by his colleagues, who may not be aware that the actual doughnut-eating world record, according to the International Federation of Competitive Eaters, is held by Eric Badlands Booker. Booker's record is for 49 doughnuts in 8 minutes, meaning that he spends a mere 9.8 seconds per doughnut compared to Sawyer's 13.8.

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Donuts, or perhaps doughnuts, are one of the most popular pastries in the world - not because people in remote corners of Africa or South America are trotting out to Dunkin' Donuts in the mornings for their fix, but because every culture has some sort of fried dough that they love to eat. Dip it in chocolate, roll it in sugar or fill it with jam, because however fried dough is served, people love it. It's not healthy, but it's tasty. To make those extra calories worth your while, we picked out eight of the best donut shops in the country. In no particular order:

1. The Doughnut Plant in New York is known for hand rolling, hand cutting and hand glazing their doughnuts with fresh, seasonal flavors, like Lime, Strawberry and Ginger.
2. Voodoo Doughnut in Portland has some of the most original donut names and flavors, like Dirt (raised doughnut covered with vanilla glaze and oreo cookies), Butter Fingering (Devils food, vanilla, and crushed Butterfinger) and, the Voodoo Doll Doughnut itself.
3. Baby Donut Company in Los Angeles offers an unbelievable number of combinations so you can create your own flavors with various fillings and toppings. The experience can be summed up in two words: s'mores donuts.
4. Mighty O Donuts in Seattle is as close to healthy as a real, fried donut can get because they're all natural, vegan and trans-fat free. Don't worry, they still taste amazing!
5. Round Rock Donuts in Round Rock, Texas taste exactly like high quality donuts should: fresh, light and melt-in-your-mouth delicious. They're worth a trip out of your way  - and other bloggers agree!
6. Fractured Prune Donut Shoppe in Washington, DC is branching out into new areas, but keeping their specialty donut menu available to all, with combinations like Banana Bread and Trail Mix that are sure to keep customers coming back.
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7. Dunkin' Donuts doesn't need any introduction. 2.7 million customers in 30 countries can't be wrong, right?
8. Krispy Kreme may have financial problems, but their donuts are still good. They are best when they're fresh out of the fryer. If they're too sweet for you as is, try asking for the glaze on the side so you can dip it yourself!

As if a day of ballpark food like chili dogs, nachos and beer wasn't enough to wreck you, GMC Stadium, home of Sauget, Illinois' Gateway Grizzlies (of the Frontier League) serves a bacon cheeseburger on a Krispy Kreme doughnut. This blockage on a bun is better known to some of you as a Luther Burger, named after the late Luther Vandross. I recall rumors of this burger making the rounds on the internet a few years ago. Snopes confirms that it is, in fact, a real thing and it hails from Mulligan's, a bar in Decatur, Georgia. The details of how it became associated with the sultry crooner are cloudy—some say he invented it, others say it was just a favorite of his. At any rate, Grizzlies fans can apparently order one up from the GMC Stadium concession stand. They call it "Baseball's Best Burger."