I lived in north america for 7 years, and just realized some people consider a donut to be breakfast.
I am an American adult and was raised in America and I have never heard of anyone admitting to having donuts (or even a donut) for breakfast. But they must...
I guess I just thought people were going to Dunkin Donuts in the morning just to grab a coffee. I mean you've only just gotten up there's no way you've already done something to deserve a donut.
Re:The Sticky, Untold Story of Cinnabon
by mywittyname on Friday November 03, 2017 @09:27AM
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Really? Donuts seem like a pretty common office carry-in. At every place I've worked, someone would bring in donuts at least once a month. When I worked at a regional pizza chain, the morning shift would make donuts out of leftover pizza dough and dump chocolate syrup on them.
It feels like they are the quintessential breakfast food for feeding groups (much like pizza is). But maybe that's only a midwestern thing. But I'd be surprised because most major donut chains (Dunkin, Krispy Kreme, Tim Hortons), are not from here.
Re:The Sticky, Untold Story of Cinnabon
by Broken_Hippo on Friday November 03, 2017 @08:37AM
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Folks in Indiana certainly have them for breakfast.
Outside of breakfast, they are generally just served as something to go with coffee and so on, but they are definitely not dessert. A snack.
I'm an American in my 40s and I occasionally have a (vegan) donut for breakfast, but I recognize this as the ridiculously caloric and unhealthy choice that it is. I don't really consider donuts breakfast food.
We tried to check out a few artisanal donut places around Tokyo since I heard they were a new thing (at the time). Most seemed to be open very at odd times (I can't remember, but maybe from like 1-3pm?). We stumbled onto a Krispy Kreme and were surprised they offered a donut served with ice cream on top. I guess it was seen more as a dessert than breakfast?
http://krispykreme.jp/campaign/doughnutice/