Last Friday, in honor of National Doughnut Day I went to Dunkin Doughnuts and bought a dozen to share with Charlotte and my in-laws. They did not have my favorite doughnut from Dunkin (Chocolate Glazed), but they did have a couple of "Flavors of the Month": Key Lime Pie and Lemonade, two similar takes on the concept of the filled doughnut. I sampled both. Here is my review.
The Key Lime Doughnut is their standard filled doughnut base, with a lightly lime flavored thick glaze, sprinkled with graham cracker bits, and filled with what I assume is supposed to be key lime filling. The lime glaze is actually quite tasty, with the graham cracker bits taking just a bit of the edge off the sweetness. The rest of the doughnut is okay, and the filling tastes a lot like artificial key lime flavoring. I give it one smiley face. I'd eat it again, but it will not become a regularly indulged in item.
The Lemonade Doughnut is similar in appearance, but falls down in execution. It is their standard lemon-filled doughnut, with a thick vanilla glaze (if it was supposed to be lemon flavored, it failed) topped with what can only be described as "crunchy lemon-flavored bits". The "bits" were chalky and tasted only vaguely of lemon, while the vanilla and lemon flavors clashed when taken as a whole. The filling was their standard lemon filling and due to the extreme sweetness of the glaze ends up being very bland. I give it one frowny face because it is really hard to fuck up a doughnut,, and while it isn't god awful, it took a perfectly fine doughnut type and made it meh.
Monday, June 10, 2013
Sunday, June 2, 2013
Kotas Reviews A Philips LED Light Bulb
Today I'm reviewing a product I purchased recently: A Philips brand LED lightbulb. LED lightbulbs are the new hotness in "trying to not have your bulb burn out very often and hopefully save you some cash that way." I have a lamp that accepts a 60 watt bulb that we use as a bedroom table lamp. It recently burned out. I would have slapped one of my "60w Equivalent" CFL bulbs in it except that it has one of those shades where you just cram it on top of the bulb. Those don't work with CFLs.
So the quest was on for an LED bulb that looked a lot like a regular bulb. I saw an ad for Cree brand LED bulbs that looked a LOT like regular bulbs, just taller, for around $13. Then I saw this bulb. It's a lot shorter (the size of a regular bulb in fact), and $11. What the hell, I thought, so I bought it to try out.
This thing actually works. It doesn't give off quite as much light as a regular bulb, because about half of the traditional illumination source is opaque, but the light it gives out is more than enough to illuminate a bedside or a small room from my little lamp. I always hated changing out that bulb anyway. Now, in theory, this bulb will burn out when Sylvia starts college. If it makes it that far, it was $11 well spent. The big advantage of this bulb over other LED bulbs is that it is the same size and shape as a standard bulb, while most other LED bulbs are totally not.
On a scale of 5 frowny faces to 5 smiley faces, I give it 2 smiley faces. It is an experiment, but so far that experiment is working, and at this price, it's cheap enough that I don't feel like I've wasted the money. Hell, I'll start using these bulbs for all my future 60 watt needs if this one works out decent.
So the quest was on for an LED bulb that looked a lot like a regular bulb. I saw an ad for Cree brand LED bulbs that looked a LOT like regular bulbs, just taller, for around $13. Then I saw this bulb. It's a lot shorter (the size of a regular bulb in fact), and $11. What the hell, I thought, so I bought it to try out.
This thing actually works. It doesn't give off quite as much light as a regular bulb, because about half of the traditional illumination source is opaque, but the light it gives out is more than enough to illuminate a bedside or a small room from my little lamp. I always hated changing out that bulb anyway. Now, in theory, this bulb will burn out when Sylvia starts college. If it makes it that far, it was $11 well spent. The big advantage of this bulb over other LED bulbs is that it is the same size and shape as a standard bulb, while most other LED bulbs are totally not.
On a scale of 5 frowny faces to 5 smiley faces, I give it 2 smiley faces. It is an experiment, but so far that experiment is working, and at this price, it's cheap enough that I don't feel like I've wasted the money. Hell, I'll start using these bulbs for all my future 60 watt needs if this one works out decent.
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