Turducken. Apparently that’s what my family was eating for Thanksgiving this year, inaugurating our first try at even celebrating Thanksgiving without our go-to naan and paneer butter masala. After one of the weirdest meals I have ever sat through, we vowed to never ever subject ourselves to food hybrids.
Then the cronut came along. A five dollar game-changer that brought croissant connoisseurs and donut lovers together, it was touted as the answer to all that was missing in the world. Within a week there was a line that wrapped around the store and people couldn’t get enough.
And if that wasn’t all, it spurred it’s own set of spin-offs (wonuts, anyone)? A year’s gone by and everyone’s moved on. Even the croissant’s been sneaking around on its own with its new BFF, the…muffin? The cruffin: a cross between a croissant and a muffin. It’s then next step up from the doughut muffin, and you have to try it. Why?
1. They use brioche dough. That’s like, the best type of dough.
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2. It lives in San Francisco, which is like saying it lives in Heaven on Earth.
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3. It’s so popular that is has to be rationed out.
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4. They have different flavors every day so you never know what you’re getting.
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5. It was created in Paris. Enough said.
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