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Wes
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From: Inside THE BOX
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posted posted 06-26-2004 23:11

jdauie
Bipolar (III) Inmate

From: Missoula, MT
Insane since: Jan 2003

posted posted 06-26-2004 23:15

I didn't know the donut industry had a problem with that. Is there a story behind this?

warjournal
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posted posted 06-26-2004 23:41

Good one, Wes.

Wes
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posted posted 06-27-2004 00:06

I don't think I've ever walked into a donut shop, asked for a bear claw and gotten a bear claw. I always get a fritter.

Maybe this isn't such a problem in certain other parts of America, but down here, people don't know what a bear claw is. (Come to think of it, the same thing always happened to me in California.)

Now I bet I could get one if I went to a nice pastry shop, but any place with "DONUTS" on the building in letters over 18" in height will serve me a fritter. Case in point, every freakin' place I stopped for breakfast on my recent four-day-road-trip photo shoot.

I guess they think because it's round and brown, it looks like a bear's foot. Hello? Where are the toes??

Thank God the Tom Thumb across the street sells them.

krets
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posted posted 06-27-2004 00:14

Maybe you should ask for a fritter instead, you might get a bear claw.

:::11oh1:::

Steve
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From: Boston, MA, USA
Insane since: Apr 2000

posted posted 06-27-2004 02:01

Come to Boston.

We have no idea what a Bear Claw OR a Fritter is.

At least instead of getting the wrong thing you'll get a blank stare.

Or the finger (the NorthEast's version of the Bear Claw I guess).

poi
Paranoid (IV) Inmate

From: France
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posted posted 06-27-2004 02:05

Bear Claw ? Fritter ? Where are my "croissant" and "pain au chocolat"

mas
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posted posted 06-27-2004 09:54

here in austria, we get bear claws, they are quite popular. but i have never seen a fritter before.

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Skaarjj
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posted posted 06-27-2004 13:12

Here a fitter is a ring of pinapple or a whole banana dipped in batter, deep fried and dusted with icing sugar, and I have never heard of these 'bear claws' before, either, what do they consist of?

Rameses Niblik the Third
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posted posted 06-27-2004 16:20

I've never seen a bear claw before. I heard it referenced in Reservoir Dogs, but I thought it was slang for beer or something.

Looks like a mutant cookie with peanuts to me.

Steve
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From: Boston, MA, USA
Insane since: Apr 2000

posted posted 06-27-2004 18:21

"a mutant cookie with peanuts to me"

Shaved almonds if I'm not mistaken.

Looks tasty but pricey.

Hope you wash your hands before you dig in - looks like a finger-licker!

Iron Wallaby
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From: USA
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posted posted 06-27-2004 20:11

Never heard of a bear claw before...

"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." -- Arthur C. Clarke
"Any sufficiently arcane magic is indistinguishable from technology." -- P. David Lebling

Wes
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posted posted 06-27-2004 23:08

A bear claw is a pastry with icing, a cinnamon filling and shaved almonds. Very tasty.

Iron Wallaby
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From: USA
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posted posted 06-27-2004 23:22

It sounds it. Why have I never heard of these and why don't they exist around here?

"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." -- Arthur C. Clarke
"Any sufficiently arcane magic is indistinguishable from technology." -- P. David Lebling

Wes
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From: Inside THE BOX
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posted posted 06-27-2004 23:36

Find yourself a pastry shop or a nice coffee house and see if they have some. They might be a regional thing, but I doubt it; it's not exactly the type of item that would be exclusive to the south.

Rameses Niblik the Third
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posted posted 06-28-2004 14:08

Well, if it has cinnamon in it, it must be pretty damn good.

White Hawk
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From: London
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posted posted 06-28-2004 15:40

I've never heard of either - not really a popular snack over in the UK, I guess.

Completely unconnected, but I'm always annoyed when I ask for a Coke in a bar and get a Pepsi. This is actually covered by trading laws, so they are obliged to inform you if they are going to substitute one for the other.

They never do.

docilebob
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posted posted 06-28-2004 17:37

Awwww...WTF.
Fritters are good, too.

CPrompt
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posted posted 06-28-2004 18:14
quote:
Wes said:

A bear claw is a pastry with icing, a cinnamon filling and shaved almonds. Very tasty.




you can get them in different flavors other than cinnamon. at least here you can. apple, cherry, etc...

there is a chain here called Panera Bread , might be other places too....... They have some great deserts and the bear claws are AWESOME!

and yeah........fritters are good too

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