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Anonymous wrote:I think they're all bad. They don't taste apple-y or donut-y. They all just taste greasy.

Those donuts always leave a film of grease on the roof of my mouth which always makes me think it's lard because I don't get that from other foods.

I don’t think it’s lard. I think it’s like an industrial processed fat. You probably haven’t had a Twinkie or a ding dong in decades but they leave that same film on the top of your mouth.

Anonymous wrote:I don’t think the orchards even make the ones they sell. I think they throw pre made ones in the fryer for a second to make them hot and then charge crazy prices for them.

Unfortunately, I think that’s now true and so they’ve sort of loss the appeal for me. I used to get fabulous ones at a place in western Massachusetts and could also sometimes get good ones at a place in davidsonville. Now they all taste like preservatives.
I might just make my own. It’s not actually that hard.

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Anonymous wrote:I will eat any donut anytime, BUT

the fresh apple cider donuts at the orchard are a very specific experience that cannot be replicated by nuking a grocery store donut, sorry.

I think that depends on how far in advance the orchard ones are prepared . The ones I had from Butler’s Orchard tasted less fresh from the ones I got from Trader Joe’s but cost triple the price

Butlers Orchard isn’t selling fresh doughnuts.

Anonymous wrote:I think they're all bad. They don't taste apple-y or donut-y. They all just taste greasy.

Those donuts always leave a film of grease on the roof of my mouth which always makes me think it's lard because I don't get that from other foods.

Anonymous wrote:I don’t think the orchards even make the ones they sell. I think they throw pre made ones in the fryer for a second to make them hot and then charge crazy prices for them.

+1. There's too few staff in those farm stands for them to be making donuts. Compare how many people are working there to how many staff are at a place like Duck Donuts when it's swamped.

I think they're all bad. They don't taste apple-y or donut-y. They all just taste greasy.

I don’t think the orchards even make the ones they sell. I think they throw pre made ones in the fryer for a second to make them hot and then charge crazy prices for them.

The orchard ones are trucked in from Sysco.

They buy the ones they sell at the orchard from the grocery store.

Anonymous wrote:I will eat any donut anytime, BUT

the fresh apple cider donuts at the orchard are a very specific experience that cannot be replicated by nuking a grocery store donut, sorry.

I think that depends on how far in advance the orchard ones are prepared . The ones I had from Butler’s Orchard tasted less fresh from the ones I got from Trader Joe’s but cost triple the price

Trader Joe apple cider donuts microwaved for 20 seconds come pretty close to the authentic ones from the orchard.

I will eat any donut anytime, BUT

the fresh apple cider donuts at the orchard are a very specific experience that cannot be replicated by nuking a grocery store donut, sorry.

Anonymous wrote:But then how will you get to spend an afternoon around a bunch of wasps

This made me laugh. We moved from the east coast and an afternoon with wasps is exactly my memory of apple picking!

But then how will you get to spend an afternoon around a bunch of wasps

Are just as good as any i’ve had from an orchard. And of course so much cheaper and more convenient. I get the having them “fresh and hot” is part of the lure but some time in the microwave gets the store bought ones very close. I’ve tried from several different grocery stores/target the last couple years and all have been great.

Am I alone here?