The unspeakable becomes the inedible

[Duck59]

Oh no...my local bakery has started selling Irn Bru doughnuts (or donuts, as they insist on calling them for reasons that remain unclear).

For those unfamiliar, Irn Bru is a rust-coloured fizzy drink popular in Scotland, but virtually unheard of anywhere else. Its popularity is quite unfathomable. Fizzy, sweet, sickly and gooey, it is, as least to my mind, utterly repulsive filth.

 

[sidevalve]

Actually it's quite well known in England too - as to it's taste - each to their own on that one. I suspect there are worse things to add into a recipe and after all do / dough nuts aren't exactly health food at the best of times

 

[Morning Glory]

Oh no...my local bakery has started selling Irn Bru doughnuts (or donuts, as they insist on calling them for reasons that remain unclear).

For those unfamiliar, Irn Bru is a rust-coloured fizzy drink popular in Scotland, but virtually unheard of anywhere else. Its popularity is quite unfathomable. Fizzy, sweet, sickly and gooey, it is, as least to my mind, utterly repulsive filth.

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Looks vile. A doughnut is a doughnut and doesn't need messing with.

 

[Duck59]

Well, yes, I appreciate that doughnuts are unlikely to feature on a nutritionist's recommended list, but even so...

I'm also informed that there is a chip shop in Perth that sells the things deep-fried.

 

[sidevalve]

I'm also informed that there is a chip shop in Perth that sells the things deep-fried.

Makes deep fried mars bars seem almost healthy

 

[Morning Glory]

Well, yes, I appreciate that doughnuts are unlikely to feature on a nutritionist's recommended list, but even so...

I'm also informed that there is a chip shop in Perth that sells the things deep-fried.

I thought doughnuts were already deep fried. Do you mean they dip an already fried doughnut into batter and fry it again?

 

[Duck59]

When they say deep, they mean deeper than Barry White's voice, deeper than the ponderings of Nietzsche, deeper than the seabed of the Pacific Ocean. We're talking d-e-e-p here.

 

[Elawin]

Irn Bru was nice in the good old days, before they starting putting tons of sugar in it. I used to like "proper" Fanta too - much better than the muck they sell now.