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Behold, The Taco Doughnut!
CBS Chicago ^ | John Dodge

Posted on 03/18/2015 10:31:43 AM PDT by nickcarraway

The debate over whether a savory doughnut is indeed a doughnut has been settled, clearing the way for more innovations in the hottest trend in the baking industry. Behold, the Taconut: a spicy beef-filled cake, with covered in queso frosting, sour cream icing, guacamole, cilantro, and hot sauce.

The creators used a 3-D printer to develop a “cookie cutter” to create a doughnut shape out of raw biscuit dough.

The dough was stuffed with taco meat and deep fried before being garnished with a aforementioned toppings.

Here is a look inside the Taconut, courtesy of Barry Abrams, via Imgur.

Right now, in the baking industry, the market for doughnuts is very strong, says Robb MacKie, the president and CEO of the American Bakers Association.

“We aren’t like Microsoft or Apple,” MacKie told CBS Chicago last year, “but we are seeing four to five percent growth” in the past 18 months.

In the baking industry, that signals a significant trend.

Doughnuts, MacKie said, are popular because they can be customized with a variety of flavors, are quick and easy to consume, and people may not necessarily feel guilty about eating just one


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1 posted on 03/18/2015 10:31:43 AM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

Well that’s kind of disgusting.


2 posted on 03/18/2015 10:32:30 AM PDT by discostu (The albatross begins with its vengeance A terrible curse a thirst has begun)
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To: nickcarraway

NOPE!!


3 posted on 03/18/2015 10:33:45 AM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo (Plea$e $upport Free Republic!)
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To: nickcarraway

So, a chimichanga with a hole in it.


4 posted on 03/18/2015 10:35:11 AM PDT by twister881
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To: nickcarraway

I want my junk food categories kept separate — salt & fat on one side, sugar & preservatives on the other ;-)


5 posted on 03/18/2015 10:38:06 AM PDT by twister881
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To: nickcarraway

Cilantro tastes like soap. Doughnuts should not taste like soap.


6 posted on 03/18/2015 10:40:58 AM PDT by Rodamala
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To: Rodamala
Cilantro tastes like soap.

Are we talking Palmolive with a nice, piquant after-dinner flavor-heavy, but with a touch of mellow smoothness.....or Lifebuoy?

7 posted on 03/18/2015 10:42:47 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: twister881

And everything falls through the hole.


8 posted on 03/18/2015 10:44:57 AM PDT by bgill (CDC site, "we still do not know exactly how people are infected with Ebola")
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To: nickcarraway

Where are these being sold?


9 posted on 03/18/2015 10:45:21 AM PDT by TBP (trash only")
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To: nickcarraway
I don't care how they build this, sour cream does not belong on mexican food.

YUK.

10 posted on 03/18/2015 10:49:15 AM PDT by red-dawg
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To: dfwgator
Let's ask an expert ...

Ralphie ?


11 posted on 03/18/2015 10:50:03 AM PDT by knarf (linton's started)
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To: nickcarraway

Sweet, salty, spicy. Good taste combination.

Sadly, I am not a fan of “spicy” stuff. I use herbs and spices in my cooking, but queso is HOT - and I really don’t like that.

But, people who do like spicy and a hamburger should really like this.


12 posted on 03/18/2015 10:53:14 AM PDT by CyberAnt ("The hour has arrived to gather the Harvest")
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To: bgill

If there’s a hole, somethings going in it.


13 posted on 03/18/2015 10:55:02 AM PDT by freedomson (Tagline comment removed by moderator)
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To: nickcarraway

Yuk !!! There goes my appetite.

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14 posted on 03/18/2015 10:56:13 AM PDT by Mears (To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize."Voltaire))
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To: dfwgator
"It... it... it was...Soap Poisoning."

"I told you not to use Lifebuoy!"

15 posted on 03/18/2015 10:56:43 AM PDT by Rodamala
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To: Rodamala
Tasting soap with cilantro is a genetic phenomenon.
16 posted on 03/18/2015 11:26:42 AM PDT by SpinnerWebb (IN-SAPORIBVS-SICVT-PVLLVM)
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To: SpinnerWebb
50% of respondents think Flo, the Progressive Insurance Company girl is hot. Cilantro tastes like soap, and Flo is HOT.
17 posted on 03/18/2015 11:32:50 AM PDT by Rodamala
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To: Rodamala

Flo is indeed hot. And cilantro is grassy, herby Mexican goodness.


18 posted on 03/18/2015 11:52:55 AM PDT by SpinnerWebb (IN-SAPORIBVS-SICVT-PVLLVM)
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To: red-dawg

Agreed, remove the sour cream.


19 posted on 03/18/2015 11:57:15 AM PDT by ansel12 (Palin--Mr President, the only thing that stops a bad guy with a nuke is a good guy with a nuke.)
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To: nickcarraway
And I thought doughnut burgers were sick.


20 posted on 03/18/2015 12:29:40 PM PDT by Malone LaVeigh
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