SO ANYWAY, RCLCONTESTS@
WJXT.COM. AND TODAY IS A VERY
SPECIAL DAY.
IT IS. TODAY IS TWITTER
DAY. WHAT IS A FRITTER DAY? WE
SENT LANCE ADAMS TO FIND THAT
OUT. HE FOUND A GEM IN
JACKSONVILLE CALLED THE DONUT
SHOP.
REPORTER: YOU GUYS KNOW HOW
MUCH I LOVE FOOD. ESPECIALLY
FOR SUGARY DECADENCE. I ROLLED
OVER TO THE DONUT SHOP TO MEET
MY MAN DAVE. THIS PLACE HAS A
HISTORY BEHIND A HISTORY BEHIND
A HISTORY. PEOPLE FEEL THEY'RE
BRINGING IN THEIR KIDS, GREAT
GRANDKID
GRANDKIDS.
NOTHING. IT'S ALL ABOUT THE
CUSTOMER. AND WE HAVE A FEW
SHOPS IN THE REGION.
HOW MANY HAVE YOU GUYS BEEN
(INAUDIBLE) AT THE DONUT SHOP?
FOUR SINCE I WAS IN HIGH
SCHOOL.
WHY DO YOU KEEP COMING BACK
TO THIS?
I LOVE IT. THIS IS MY
FAVORITE. COME HERE AND GET A
CUP OF COFFEE AND A DONUT. I
LOVE IT.
WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE THING?
I LIKE THIS ONE BUT IT IS SO
UGLY. BUT IT'S SO GOOD..
AND YOU GUYS HAVE BOTH THE
REPUTATION FOR THINGS CALLED
UGLY -- BECAUSE YOU GUYS
(INAUDIBLE) FOOD NETWORK?
UGLIEST APPLE FRITTER.
SOMEHOW -- SOMEHOW WE MAKE THE
BEST UGLY. UGLY DONUT. OF
COURSE FRITTER (INAUDIBLE) FOOD
NETWORK MAGAZINE IN SEPTEMBER.
WHERE DOES THE TERM UGLY
COME FROM?
NAMED THEM AFTER MY SECOND
WIFE
[LAUGHS]
.
WHAT ABOUT YOU? WHY DID YOU
DECIDE TO KEEP THE NAME?
LIKE THE RECIPE WE WANT TO
KEEP EVERYTHING THE SAME. I
WORKED HERE FOR MANY YEARS.
FIRST THING YOU HAVE TO DO IS
CHANGE THE FORMULA. AND I SAID,
NO. I'M NOT FIXING IT.
AND WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE
DONUT HERE?
(INAUDIBLE).
I THINK I'LL HAVE TO SAMPLE
SOME OF THESE.
ALL RIGHT, LADIES AND
GENTLEMEN. MY FIRST EVER
UGLY -- UGLY -- THE UGLY IS
BEAUTIFUL. I'M SO NOT NORMALLY
INTO THAT. BUT THAT'S RIGHT.
IT'S CRISPY. SUGAR IN ALL THE
RIGHT PLACES. THIS AIN'T YOUR
PROCESSED DONUT HERE, PEOPLE.
LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL.
REPORTER: SO LANCE BROUGHT
BACK A TON OF FRITTERS. AND I
DID SOME DAMAGE.
I KNOW. I'M TRYING NOT TO
EAT ALL THIS STUFF LEADING UP TO
THE HOLIDAYS. BUT I WANT TO EAT
THE FRITTER. IF YOU'D LIKE TO
GET A HOLD OF THE FRITTERS, GET
THERE EARLY AT THE DONUT SHOP.