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Originally Posted by bjones6416
How can that be, that you've only tasted them once? I know they've been around all of my life, and surely you've been in and out of the South a few times in the past 50-odd years, right?
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True, but never in bigger cities and towns. My trips to the South were motorcycle rides, always on back roads, and usually avoiding larger cities and towns, and perhaps only 3-4 times between 1972-1990. It's possible that I did see them, but having no idea that they were something 'special' I probably paid no attention. "Just another doughnut shop." I spent some time in Atlanta, a week in New Orleans, and a couple of weeks in Asheville, NC, but as I said, not knowing the name, I never noticed them.
I lived most of my US life in northern New England, and there were no Krispy Kreme outlets of any kind. Looking at Wiki, I see "Krispy Kreme began another phase of rapid expansion in the 1990s, opening stores outside the southeastern United States where most of their stores were located." I left the US at the end of 1990, and since then, have only been back a couple of times, usually for less than a week each time.
I only knew about Krispy Kreme from people in Internet Chats talking about them, and that was after I moved to Japan. When I saw the one in a shopping Mall in Pussan I had to try it. I understand that one opened last year in Tokyo but I doubt I'll ride 12 hours just for a doughnut. I have a feeling I would really love them if I could get them in an un-glazed version.
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