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Doughnuts originated in 16th-century Holland. They were cooked in oil, and were so greasy that the Dutch called them olykoeks, or "oily cakes."
Doughnuts originated in 16th-century Holland. They were cooked in oil, and were so greasy that the Dutch called them olykoeks, or "oily cakes."
The French have a doughnut they call pet de nonne, or "Nun's Fart." According to legend, a nun living in the abbey of Marmoutier was preparing food when she farted, and the other nuns laughed at her. She was so embarrassed that she dropped the spoonful of dough she was holding into a pot of boiling water - accidentally making a doughnut.
The Pilgrims, who'd lived in Holland, bought the cakes with them when they came to America. Their version: a round doughy ball about the size of a nut - a doughnut.
The origin of the hole in the doughnut: Captain Hanson Gregory, a 19th-century Maine sea captain, was eating a doughnut while sailing through a storm. Suddenly the ship rocked violently and threw him against the ship's wheel - impaling his cake on one of its spokes. Seeing how well the spoke held his cake, Gregory began ordering all of his cakes with holes in them.
Doughnuts were popularized in the U.S. after the Salvation Army fed doughnuts - cooked in garbage pails and served on bayonets - to troops during World War I. Soldiers got so hooked on them that they were called "doughboys."
Doughnut-dunking was first popularized at the Roseland Ballroom in the '20s, when actress Mae Murray slipped and accidentally thrust a doughnut into a cup of coffee.
The Pilgrims, who'd lived in Holland, bought the cakes with them when they came to America. Their version: a round doughy ball about the size of a nut - a doughnut.
The origin of the hole in the doughnut: Captain Hanson Gregory, a 19th-century Maine sea captain, was eating a doughnut while sailing through a storm. Suddenly the ship rocked violently and threw him against the ship's wheel - impaling his cake on one of its spokes. Seeing how well the spoke held his cake, Gregory began ordering all of his cakes with holes in them.
Doughnuts were popularized in the U.S. after the Salvation Army fed doughnuts - cooked in garbage pails and served on bayonets - to troops during World War I. Soldiers got so hooked on them that they were called "doughboys."
Doughnut-dunking was first popularized at the Roseland Ballroom in the '20s, when actress Mae Murray slipped and accidentally thrust a doughnut into a cup of coffee.
The glazed doughnut is almost three times as popular as any other type of doughnut.
[Courtesy of Uncle John's 4-Ply Bathroom Reader]
[Courtesy of Uncle John's 4-Ply Bathroom Reader]
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