And doughnut shops like Dunkin' Donuts have fed the masses with doughnut holes rebranded as "Munchkins" (or Timbits, if you're a patron of Tim Hortons).

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Waffles, like their doughnut cousins, tend to fall into two camps: cake and yeast-raised, the former sporting a firmer crumb, the latter, a lighter center and crisper ridges.

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For locals the most popular order is vetkoek (pronounced fet-cook and literally meaning 'fat cake'): an Afrikaner pastry that's a bit like a savoury doughnut, filled with mince.

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And you talk about the insurance reforms that are popular like children with preexisting conditions or the doughnut hole or caps and rescissions.

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