Dougnuts

Did you know it''s been almost a year since my last post?? Did you care? Didn't think so.....but here we are....I suppose everything's been relatively ok up to now, or just couldn’t bother writing about it, but the other night we went to Burlington for the ribfest (Biggest one in Canada....apparently), saw the Downchild Blues band (excellent, as usual), ate some ribs and drank some (overpriced) coolers....I ean, you figure, ribs for 2 with beans and 'slaw (and we're talking side ribs, not even back ribs), the above mentioned coolers and one corn on the cob and we're nearly $70 in the hole......that seems to be the biggest complaint I hear from people who don't go to these ribfests is how expensive they can be...add a couple of kids to the picture and with a few souvenirs, you're looking to double that figure.........and yet, from the looks of the crowds there doesn't seem to be any shortage of people willing to shell out the bucks.......I did notice that the price was up a bit this year, very subtley (is that a word?) in that last year for $22 you got the ribs, beans and slaw and this year, for $22 you got the ribs and you could add the beans and slaw for another toonie.......what can you do? But that's not what prompted me to write......on the way home, we stopped at the local Timmie's for some hot beverages of choice.......my tea is relatively simple, tea bags, hot water, cream.......they usually don't screw it up (but I do have stories about that!) but the other half (ball & chain) wanted the cafe mocha.....the girl behind the counter first started punching in the ice cap, I corrected her...she then punched in the cafe mocha and asked me (the customer) what's in it.......she had no idea how to make this! YIKES! But what really needs addressing is this: How many of us (Canadians, especially) can remember, back in the day, when you would go to the local Country Style (Tim Horton's wasn't as populous back then) at say, 1 or 2 in the morning and grab some hot beverages and a dozen doughnuts and the doughnuts would be relatively fresh and edible...now.......at this Tim's (and pretty much any other Tim's I've been to in the late evening) at 11:30 in the evening, I counted 16 doughnuts in the display and none of them looked anywhere near fresh.......we ordered the one last sour cream glazed and one of the 2 dutchies.....the sour cream glazed had to be pried off of the parchment paper and the dutchie would've been better suited for sanding some woodworking.....so what can you do, right?? Join me in addressing Tim's, let them know we want late night doughnuts ( go to their website and look the contact us link....apparently can't post it here) that are fresh-like.......it's a Canadian thing.........ok?