ROD voters:
It has come time for me to end my silence. I have been away for several days working in festivals and spending time with the people of this great land and overwhelmingly, they have urged me to keep up the fight to preserve their right to CONTINUE to call their favorite lemon concoction a Lemon Jelly Filled donut.
In the time since this great debate has come to light, my opponent has carefully crafted a poll question that he feels will avoid the original and real question at hand and make it appear as if this is only about donuts and not about whether there is A) such a thing as Lemon Jelly, and B) such a thing as a Lemon Jelly Filled donut. Now keep in mind, this is NOT about whether the filling in a Lemon Jelly Filled donut is the same thing as what you would put on your toast in the morning. This is NOT about what people on the East Coast and maybe Midwest call a certain donut. This is not about someone calling Lemon Custard or Curd, Lemon Jelly. No. This is a question of whether there is such a thing as a Lemon Jelly Filled donut or Lemon Jelly itself.
In the process of this debate, my opponent has apparently felt that bringing in extra muscle in the form of this RamzFan pundit is needed in order for him to win this debate. Now I have never really heard of this kind of tactic being allowed in a debate but I suppose I'll just chalk it up to my opponent needing all the help he can get and I can understand that with such an untenable position.
In this debate my opponent has brought up the fact that Dunkin Donuts calls one of their donuts a Lemon Filled donut. As if that is proof that there is no other kinds of lemon donuts. I countered with the FEDERALLY MANDATED nutrition pages from one of the oldest donut chains in this great land of ours - Winchell's Donuts. That nutritional information clearly shows a donut called a Lemon Jelly Filled donut.
To counter this, my opponent's henchman RamzFan listed an ingredient list -
Lemon Filling: Water, Sugar Syrup, Corn Syrup, Modified Food Starch, Palm Oil, Contains less than 2% of each of the following: Natural Flavor, Citric Acid, Sugar, Lemon Juice Powder (Maltodextrin, Lemon Juice Concentrate, Lemon Oil, Tocopherols), Salt, Potassium Sorbate and Sodium Benzoate (Preservatives), Sodium Citrate, Agar, Artificial Color (Yellow 5, Titanium Dioxide); Powdered Sugar: Dextrose, Corn Starch, Vegetable Oil (Soybean and/or Cottonseed), Palm Oil, Titanium Dioxide (Color), Artificial Flavor.
He went on to say the following:
I mean C'MON, that's not JELLY! That's FILLING!
Less than 2% of any mysterious ingredient with lemon even in the name!
"Natural Flavor? That could be horse piss for all we know. Maltodextrin, Tocopherols, Potassium Sorbate, Sodium Benzoate, Sodium Citrate, Agar, Titanium Dioxide and then MORE Titanium Dioxide? As if that wasn't enough artificial flavor they then throw in an ambiguous Artificial Flavor at the end in case the cleaning lady spilled something?!
No, no, no. THAT is filling my friend. Pour in some Sugar Syrup, Corn Syrup, Sugar, and Powdered Sugar for good measure and it's pure glowing yellow chemical goop delight.
Heh heh - REALLY? His contention was that this could not be considered Jelly. Of course this is what DD refers to as "filling" anyway but I wondered what DD considered to be "Jelly Filling".
So I looked up what their supposed authority on Jelly Filling for donuts - Dunkin Donuts - listed as the ingredients to
their JELLY filling. Here it is:
Jelly Filling: Corn Syrup, Water, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Sugar, Apple Juice Concentrate, Contains 2% or less of each of the following: Citric Acid, Potassium Sorbate and Sodium Benzoate (Preservatives), Locust Bean Gum, Red 40, Blue 2, Caramel Color, Artificial Flavor; Topping: Sugar, Powdered Sugar [Dextrose, Corn Starch, Vegetable Oil (Soybean and/or Cottonseed), Palm Oil, Titanium Dioxide (Color), Artificial Flavor].
Yeah - THAT's the jelly you put on toast
. 
So just what IS Lemon Jelly and more importantly, Lemon Jelly Filling? Well... much like the Raspberry Jelly filling found in some Jelly Filled donuts - including Dunkin' Donuts, it is simply a jelled filling suited for filling donuts. Make no mistake. It really is THAT simple.
It is really quite simple to find Lemon Jelly Filling recipes on the internet. It is also easy to find Lemon Jelly recipes. But how could that be if they don't exist? The answer should be crystal clear.
Remember. This is not a question of what a particular donut chain sells. This is about whether there is such a thing as Lemon Jelly and/or a Lemon Jelly Filled donut. Clearly there is.
Several donut stores sell a Lemon filled donut that is more of a lemon custard - including Kryspy Kreme. Winchell's sells a Lemon Jelly Filled donut that is a clearer substance in calls JELLY. Throughout the nation, donut shops sell Lemon Jelly Filled donuts. To say there is no such thing is just ignoring simple truths.
I urge you ROD voters. Don't let this squelching of your freedoms stand. A vote for Lemon Jelly is a vote for freedom.
