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CajunCenturion

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I was in the grocery store over the weekend and I came across a product labeled "Yeast Rings". Most people, I suspect, know this product by another name. Any guesses to the more common name?


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CC, funny story. But only because I wasn't the photographer. :)

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@flapeyre
where I live, in France, a beignet is anything made of batter essentially. so a doughnut, fritter, battered prawns (the chinese dish) etc are all classed as beignet. a yorkshire pudding, as with toad in the hole etc, likewise all 'beignet'.

having said that, fish and chips would (probably) not be called beignet au poisson. But i can't be certain as i've never seen nor heard of it being served in the South West. It's more likely to be called poisson en pate/croute, even though the batter is not a pastry crust.

 
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With respect to this thread, and at least in this part of the USA, beignets would not be considered rings. Not all donuts are rings.


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This has to be similar to what you found in the store, CC. Very light and fluffy until coated with glaze. And very different from a cake donut.


Have we opened discussion up to crullers? Seems to be similar, although I remember some as being rolled pastry and coated with crystal sugar.

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Reminds me of Java's "Insert, Update and Delete" objects.

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@Ed Fair,

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Found out about it earlier this week talking to the Midvale kid. Know you enjoy it, he is a cool dude.

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Just to add to the topic of donuts
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these are made of the leftovers (or holes) of the donuts, rather than working them back into batter and making more "real donuts" out of them they sell them like this.
And they are just as tasty, way cheaper of course and you can eat 4 different types if you can't decide and don't have to feel as guilty as you would if you would eat 4 donuts for variety sakes :)

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And they are just as tasty, way cheaper of course
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And sold under the guise of "Yum Yums" in Tesco and Greggs [bigsmile] et al.

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The name: ‘donut holes’ always confused me. How can you sell a hole? [ponder] The hole is the absence of anything that used to be around it. The best representation of a hole, in my opinion, was in one of The Beatles’ animated music movie.

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The first job I ever had was working at a Winchells Donut Shop MANY years ago. Started out a counter person and ended up a baker, so I can bring a little expertise to this dicussion. I can confirm that donut holes, at least in our shop, were the part taken out of the center of a raised/glazed donut. When you're cutting them out, you roll out the dough and then use a cutter that is two concentric circles. This makes the donut, and the "hole", in one cut.

The cake type donuts start with a batter that is dropped into the hot oil, so there is no part of the process that leaves you with a small round artifact that can be turned into a "hole".

So this means that only the yeast raised dough donuts can produce real donut holes. If you are looking at a cake based donut hole, it is manufactured from the start as a ball and cannot rightfully be called a donut "hole". The little cake balls are outright frauds if they go by the name "donut hole".

So that picture above, from my expert eye, is actually a mixture of donut holes and cake balls. Many people don't mind putting balls in their mouth, but I for one prefer a "hole"!

 
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Westi said:
Just to add to the topic of donuts
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Yes, I believe I will.
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OOF-da. I can feel my arteries harden just looking at this.

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