Oh ya. Found this out in high school, about 10 years ago.. Oh yes you can taste the difference [not that i can eat those any more anyways [allergies and such]] personally that crap tasted so nasty the last time i had a timbit [4 years ago].
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Oh ya. Found this out in high school, about 10 years ago.. Oh yes you can taste the difference [not that i can eat those any more anyways [allergies and such]] personally that crap tasted so nasty the last time i had a timbit [4 years ago].
I have really not indulged in Tim's donuts for a while.
Another thing waaaay off topic too, is it burns my backside that whenever my employer wants to ram something unpleasant at us pertaining to work, they provide boxes of donuts for the meeting!! Stick those crappy things where the sun don't shine, I NEVER accept the free donuts, always comes with a price.
Now back to the flash freezing method of Tim's .
If I have trouble every now and then making everything from scratch and I'm only cooking for 5, then I can see they have to make changes to serve their many customers.
We still have the choice not to buy them anymore.
Totally agree with the employers using coffee and donuts to help workers swallow unpleasant workplace changes. I have been subjected to this by various employers over my working life; heck, I even got offered a free donut in a meeting where I found out I would be losing my job! :/
I don't do donuts myself, but my better half has told me that the quality has sure gone downhill. That, and he is still super pissed that the fritters are now the same size as the other donuts and are much less moist. Apparently, they used to be much bigger and cost a bit more (I don't remember this, but DH knows his donuts, so I don't argue!). The last time I ate donuts in any big way was in high school, as a friend of mine did a late night shift at Tims; he would save some donuts that he was supposed to be throwing out and bring us day-olds a few times a week as a treat. (Great when you're a high school kid who cares more about frosted and sugary stuff than the quality, calories, etc. of what you're eating!)
Still asking -- anybody know of a good deal on a bread maker? :top:
After reading the rest of these posts, I am really, really serious.
Thx.:-)
ok Shwa, the only deal I saw was on the Black and Decker All In One model, it was @ Canadian Tire this week?? I watched someone pay like $49.99 for it and it is the same one I have and paid $59.00 @ WM around October, but I am no expert on them, this is only my second machine, the old one sort of died and I just couldn't rely on it to complete the cycle ( it was over say 18 yrs maybe??)
I have a black and decker - it's awesome, but older - wish I had one which was bigger capacity, mine is only 1 lb., get one that's 2 lb.
I rarely bake bread right in it, just use it to do the mixing and kneading cycles, then bake bread/buns in oven.
http://www.kitchenstuffplus.com/6575...rial_all_items
http://www.sears.ca/product/hamilton...0227421-29882C
The less expensive brands I'd trust would be Sunbeam, Black and Decker, Hamilton Beach
There are other higher end models!
Years ago....I'll never forget when our regional manager said he never wanted to hear "the F word" (Frozen) Wonder what he thinks of the donut change now ? LOL
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Nothing is "fresh" about Tim Horton's. Maybe the coffee. That's supposed to be thrown out every 20 minutes and brewed again...but in reality even that doesn't happen.
Sorry to break it to you folks...but all baked goods are frozen (i.e. bagels, donuts, muffins, cookies, breads). The donuts are popped out of the freezer into an oven-microwave, and then "modified" to suit the name. In other words, it's the same dough essentially that's being reproduced with different toppings. For instance, the honey glazed, chocolate glazed, maple glazed and the bostons are all the same dough with a different icing on it. The chocolate is kind of fresh...I guess...it comes in a pasty glue-y thing in a bucket that needs to be melted...and *GASP!* the baker uses his/her finger to coat the donut instead of a mini spatula (I've witnessed this for 5 years with dozens of different bakers) *tsk tsk tsk*.
The eggs are frozen. They are not "hatched" into a frying pan. They're frozen and put inside the oven for 5 minutes to defrost. Much like the Special K sandwhiches...just 5x more expensive lol. The hashbrowns are frozen. And don't get me started on the "chicken breast". Perhaps it was once "chicken" but I can no longer explain to you what exactly it is. Very rubbery. It's taken out from a freezer and put into a plastic bag and then submerged into boiling water to boil. And it smells like rotten eggs when you take it out of the water and open the bag. Yum.
As someone mentioned, the soups are powdered. These are chicken noodle, beef noodle, anything noodle. The frozen ones are vegetable, chowder and some others. The eggs from the egg salad sandwhich are not boiled at Tim Hortons..they arrive from the warehouse looking all "pickled".
What else? Well, I think you've gotten the idea. Do I still indulge in Tim's? Yeah...from time to time. Can't beat old habits.