Thursday, January 7, 2016

Expensive donuts . . . meh


I see some folks are getting excited about the launch of a $100 gold-leaf-covered donut in New York.




Quite apart from the ridiculousness of paying that much for any deep-fried dough concoction, it was far surpassed price-wise back in 2014 by this monstrosity.




According to Buzzfeed:

It looks like a gilded lotus flower crossed with a spaceship - but it’s actually a Krispy Kreme doughnut worth £1,000 [currently about US $1,450] ... The doughnut’s ingredients include a Dom Pérignon vintage 2002 champagne jelly, and a raspberry and Chateau d’Yquem crème. It was gilded with edible 24-carat gold leaf, and the white chocolate lotus flower was dusted with 23-carat gold dust and edible diamonds.

There's more at the link.

Looks like London has outdone New York so far!  What's next, NY?  Your move!




Peter

10 comments:

Anonymous said...

"edible diamonds"

Around here, we call that "Sugar".

If they are talking about real diamonds, then anything you grind up fine enough becomes "edible".

Old NFO said...

Ummm... Stupidity??? :-)

Educated Savage said...

Edible diamonds my foot. You shouldn't ingest something you can use to sharpen a knife blade for the same reason you shouldn't inhale silica dust. It'll abrade your innards the same way it does the knife blade.

Bibliotheca Servare said...

My thoughts exactly. Though I wonder if soft tissue might...no, it's just a bad idea. Ouch. I would *not* want to have that monstrosity in *my* digestive tract!

Sherm said...

The local donut shop in my mom's neighborhood.

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/548102217122834000/

These are worth the money

Fred said...

The market must be getting ready to crash again. A gold encrusted doughnut is a typical type of indicator, it is an outlandish, ridiculously expensive, useless indulgence. Not against free markets mind you, just a sign, 'tis all.

Snoggeramus said...

Naturally the price was a nice round figure. You're welcome.

Gail said...

I think I will pass on these. Just give me the home made donuts like Mom used to make.

Anonymous said...

What does gold taste like? It's a very good electrical conductor. So what happens if you get some of that gold leaf between your teeth? Won't you get an "electric shock" just like when you accidentally chew on a piece of aluminum foil?

richard mcenroe said...

Vive le morte,
Vive le guerra,
Vive le sacré mercenaire...!