Assorted doughnuts . . . which one is your favorite?
The two main types of doughnuts are those made from a cake-like batter, called cake doughnuts, and those made from yeast dough, called yeast doughnuts. Cake doughnuts have a consistency similar to dense, heavy cake, and yeast doughnuts have a consistency similar to lightweight bread. Yeast doughnuts could also be called bread doughnuts, if we lived in a world in which reason and logic rather than custom, or lazy old habits, prevailed.
Canada has more doughnut shops per person than any other country in the world. This is a matter that needs to be looked into - exactly what is going on here? We will get right back to you with our report after we try some of these Canadian gooseberry jelly-filled doughnuts.
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The two main types of doughnuts are those made from a cake-like batter, called cake doughnuts, and those made from yeast dough, called yeast doughnuts. Cake doughnuts have a consistency similar to dense, heavy cake, and yeast doughnuts have a consistency similar to lightweight bread. Yeast doughnuts could also be called bread doughnuts, if we lived in a world in which reason and logic rather than custom, or lazy old habits, prevailed.
Canada has more doughnut shops per person than any other country in the world. This is a matter that needs to be looked into - exactly what is going on here? We will get right back to you with our report after we try some of these Canadian gooseberry jelly-filled doughnuts.
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Plain doughnut of the cake variety.
More than 10 billion doughnuts are made in the United States of America each year. If there is not a doughnut shop in your area, do some market research to find out if opening one or more might be feasible.
Most historians believe that the Dutch were the first to introduce the modern doughnut to North America in the form of ‘olykoeks,’ or ‘oily cakes’ as early as the mid-19th century. These early doughnuts were balls of cake fried in pork fat. Because the center of the cake did not cook as fast as the outside, the gooey center was often replaced with fruit or nuts.
Most historians believe that the Dutch were the first to introduce the modern doughnut to North America in the form of ‘olykoeks,’ or ‘oily cakes’ as early as the mid-19th century. These early doughnuts were balls of cake fried in pork fat. Because the center of the cake did not cook as fast as the outside, the gooey center was often replaced with fruit or nuts.
Cream-filled doughnuts include Boston cream doughnuts (made with milk and eggs in the filling, as shown) and Bavarian cream-filled doughnuts (made with cream cheese).
“A doughnut is a small fried cake of sweetened dough used to lull people into attending unnecessary meetings.” -Author Unknown
“A doughnut is a small fried cake of sweetened dough used to lull people into attending unnecessary meetings.” -Author Unknown
Doughnut seeds are actually commonly-available ring-shaped toasted-oat breakfast cereal food placed in packaging that resembles garden seeds packets. Though they will never grow into plants, doughnut seeds are an edible and harmless novelty item. You can easily make your own with a computer printer and a box of cereal.
Types of Doughnuts
- Apple Cider Doughnuts.
- Crullers.
- Doughnut Holes.
- Glazed Doughnuts.
- Iced Doughnuts.
- Jelly Doughnuts.
- Long Johns.
- Plain Doughnuts.
- Powdered Doughnuts.
- Can you think of other types of doughnuts?
A type of doughnut is mentioned in the Christian Bible and the Jewish Torah. In chapter 7, verse 12 of Leviticus, the scripture says that a thanksgiving to God should be made of “cakes mingled with oil, of fine flour, fried.”
Martha: Why did the doughnut roll across the road?
Martin: Because it fell off the bakery truck.
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Even before people would trick or treat for candy, Halloween was celebrated by bobbing for doughnuts hung from a string.
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Knock, knock!
Who’s there?
Doughnut.
Doughnut, who?
Doughnut open the door - there are monsters everywhere!
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The origin of the word ‘doughnut’ is uncertain. Some researchers suggest the name refers to the nuts that were placed inside the ball of dough to compensate for the uncooked center. Other researchers claim it refers to ‘dough knots,’ which was a shape of early doughnuts. The origin of the doughnut is unknown, though different nationalities have had their own version of the treat throughout history.
Washington Irving (1783 - 1859) was one of the first people to use the word ‘doughnut’ in print. In his “History of New York” (1809), he describes, “balls of sweetened dough, fried in hog’s fat, and called doughnuts.”
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American ship captain Hanson Crockett Gregory (1832 - 1921) claimed to have invented the first ring-shaped doughnut, or a doughnut with a hole in the middle, while he was a sailor aboard a lime-trading ship, at 15 years of age on 22 June 1847. Doughnuts of the time were cakes fried in oil; however, while the outside would cook, the centers remained uncooked dough or batter. To solve this problem, as he said, “I took the cover off the ship’s tin pepper box, and - I cut into the middle of that doughnut the first hole ever seen by mortal eyes!” The new ring shape allowed the hot oil to cook the doughnut dough evenly and completely.
Cal: What looks like half of a doughnut?
Vin: The other half!
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During the time of whaling ships, whalers would sometimes celebrate the filling of the one-thousandth barrel with whale oil by frying doughnuts - not surprisingly - in whale oil. How do you celebrate the achievements in your life?
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The first recorded use of the spelling variation ‘donut’ is found in the 1900 story “Peck’s Bad Boy and His Pa” by George W. Peck. In it, a character is quoted as saying, “Pa said he guessed he hadn’t got much appetite and he would just drink a cup of coffee and eat a donut.”
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Would you prefer a chocolate doughnut or a chocolate donut? ‘Doughnut’ is the more traditional spelling, although the shortened form, ‘donut,’ is considered by some to be acceptable in less-formal usage.
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American explorer Richard Evelyn Byrd, Junior (1888 - 1957) took 100 barrels of doughnut flour, enough for 2 years, on one of his South Pole expeditions.
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Angus: What kind of doughnuts do people eat at the South Pole?
Clyde: Frozen ones.
Types of Doughnuts
- Apple Cider Doughnuts.
- Crullers.
- Doughnut Holes.
- Glazed Doughnuts.
- Iced Doughnuts.
- Jelly Doughnuts.
- Long Johns.
- Plain Doughnuts.
- Powdered Doughnuts.
- Can you think of other types of doughnuts?
A type of doughnut is mentioned in the Christian Bible and the Jewish Torah. In chapter 7, verse 12 of Leviticus, the scripture says that a thanksgiving to God should be made of “cakes mingled with oil, of fine flour, fried.”
Martha: Why did the doughnut roll across the road?
Martin: Because it fell off the bakery truck.
Continue scrolling down this website page to read the rest of the article, or click or tap on these words to read “Fun and Learning about Road Crossings” gathered by David Hugh Beaumont.
Even before people would trick or treat for candy, Halloween was celebrated by bobbing for doughnuts hung from a string.
Continue scrolling down this website page to read the rest of the article, or click or tap on these words to read “Fun and Learning about Halloween” gathered by David Hugh Beaumont.
Knock, knock!
Who’s there?
Doughnut.
Doughnut, who?
Doughnut open the door - there are monsters everywhere!
Continue scrolling down this website page to read the rest of the article, or click or tap on these words to read “Fun and Learning about Monsters” gathered by David Hugh Beaumont.
The origin of the word ‘doughnut’ is uncertain. Some researchers suggest the name refers to the nuts that were placed inside the ball of dough to compensate for the uncooked center. Other researchers claim it refers to ‘dough knots,’ which was a shape of early doughnuts. The origin of the doughnut is unknown, though different nationalities have had their own version of the treat throughout history.
Washington Irving (1783 - 1859) was one of the first people to use the word ‘doughnut’ in print. In his “History of New York” (1809), he describes, “balls of sweetened dough, fried in hog’s fat, and called doughnuts.”
Continue scrolling down this website page to read the rest of the article, or click or tap on these words to read “Fun and Learning about Writing and Writers” gathered by David Hugh Beaumont.
American ship captain Hanson Crockett Gregory (1832 - 1921) claimed to have invented the first ring-shaped doughnut, or a doughnut with a hole in the middle, while he was a sailor aboard a lime-trading ship, at 15 years of age on 22 June 1847. Doughnuts of the time were cakes fried in oil; however, while the outside would cook, the centers remained uncooked dough or batter. To solve this problem, as he said, “I took the cover off the ship’s tin pepper box, and - I cut into the middle of that doughnut the first hole ever seen by mortal eyes!” The new ring shape allowed the hot oil to cook the doughnut dough evenly and completely.
Cal: What looks like half of a doughnut?
Vin: The other half!
Continue scrolling down this website page to read the rest of the article, or click or tap on these words to read “Fun and Learning about Appearances and Looks” gathered by David Hugh Beaumont.
During the time of whaling ships, whalers would sometimes celebrate the filling of the one-thousandth barrel with whale oil by frying doughnuts - not surprisingly - in whale oil. How do you celebrate the achievements in your life?
Continue scrolling down this website page to read the rest of the article, or click or tap on these words to read “Fun and Learning about Ships and Sailors” gathered by David Hugh Beaumont.
The first recorded use of the spelling variation ‘donut’ is found in the 1900 story “Peck’s Bad Boy and His Pa” by George W. Peck. In it, a character is quoted as saying, “Pa said he guessed he hadn’t got much appetite and he would just drink a cup of coffee and eat a donut.”
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Would you prefer a chocolate doughnut or a chocolate donut? ‘Doughnut’ is the more traditional spelling, although the shortened form, ‘donut,’ is considered by some to be acceptable in less-formal usage.
Continue scrolling down this website page to read the rest of the article, or click or tap on these words to read “Fun and Learning about Word Spellings” gathered by David Hugh Beaumont.
American explorer Richard Evelyn Byrd, Junior (1888 - 1957) took 100 barrels of doughnut flour, enough for 2 years, on one of his South Pole expeditions.
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Angus: What kind of doughnuts do people eat at the South Pole?
Clyde: Frozen ones.
Sugar-glazed doughnut, also known simply as a glazed doughnut, of the yeast variety.
Researchers have noted that the size of the hole in a doughnut correlates with the quality of the economy. Specifically, the worse the economy, the bigger the doughnut hole.
The missing centers of doughnuts are called ‘doughnut holes.’ Of course, many ring-shaped doughnuts are made without ever having had middles or centers in them, but doughnut holes are nonetheless somewhat-humorously sold as if that is their origin. The ones pictured above are of the yeast doughnut variety.
In the 1934 movie “It Happened One Night,” Clark Gable started the trend of dunking doughnuts in milk when he showed a fellow actor the “right way to do it.” During the 1940’s, stars such as Johnny Carson, Pearl Buck, Red Skelton, Jimmy Durante, and Martha Graham were members of the National Dunking Association. The association even provided membership cards for dunkers.
“Doughnut shop [sign]: No slam-dunking.” -Frank Tyger (1929 - 2011)
In the 1934 movie “It Happened One Night,” Clark Gable started the trend of dunking doughnuts in milk when he showed a fellow actor the “right way to do it.” During the 1940’s, stars such as Johnny Carson, Pearl Buck, Red Skelton, Jimmy Durante, and Martha Graham were members of the National Dunking Association. The association even provided membership cards for dunkers.
“Doughnut shop [sign]: No slam-dunking.” -Frank Tyger (1929 - 2011)
National Doughnut Day is observed on the first Friday of June every year. The holiday was established in 1938 to celebrate Salvation Army Workers, then known as Doughnut Girls, who supplied free doughnuts to American troops during World War 1. Another holiday celebrating the ubiquitous fried treat is National Doughnut Appreciation Day, which falls on 5 November of each year.
Adolph Levitt, a Russian-born American, invented the first automated doughnut machine in 1920. He called it the “Wonderful Almost Human Automatic Doughnut Machine.”
Adolph Levitt, a Russian-born American, invented the first automated doughnut machine in 1920. He called it the “Wonderful Almost Human Automatic Doughnut Machine.”
At least 10 people in the United States of America have the surname, or last name, Doughnut or Donut. Ninety-five or more people have the surname Longjohn, which is the name of a long doughnut. Twelve people have the last name Bearclaw, 498 people have the surname Sprinkles, 470 people have the last name Fritter, and 1,634 have the surname Sugar.
Doughnuts can be as much as 25 percent fat because they absorb fat from the oil or grease in which they are fried.
A chocolate glazed doughnut has about 5 teaspoons of sugar. A possible dietary and nutritional counter-balance to that might be to eat, say, 30 pounds of broccoli or green beans for each chocolate glazed doughnut you eat. But to be sure, consult with your personal nutritionist beforehand.
If a person added a doughnut a day to his or her regular diet, that person would gain about one additional pound for each 10 days.
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To go from a size 6 to a size 14 in just 3 months, in order to portray the character Bridget Jones in the movie series by that name, actress Renée Zellweger said she ate 20 doughnuts a day.
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A typical glazed doughnut has about 240 calories, of which 120 are from fat. A 150-pound woman would have to walk 4 miles per hour for 48 minutes to burn off one 240-calorie doughnut. This would be equivalent to just over 4.8 kilometers (3 miles) distance.
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Fun fact: The hollow center of a ring-shaped doughnut, where there’s nothing, is entirely free of fat and calories.
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“Many people completely overlook the doughnut because they spend all their time looking at the hole.” -Author Unknown
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As you go through life, my friend,
Whatever be your goal,
Keep your eye upon the doughnut,
And not upon the hole.
-Author Unknown
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“As I ramble through life, whatever be my goal, I will unfortunately always keep my eye upon the doughnut and not upon the whole.” -Wendy Wasserstein
“Doughnut ever give up on your cherished hopes and dreams and goals and plans; continue to stick to them, just like the sweet sticky mess from a glazed doughnut continues to stick to your fingers after you have eaten the doughnut.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
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“Don’t miss the doughnut by looking through the hole.” -Author Unknown
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Constance: What has no beginning, no end, and no middle?
Connie: A doughnut.
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That pretty much covers everything from doughnuts to donuts . . . further fun follows next . . . and doughnut forget to ‘MFOL!’
A chocolate glazed doughnut has about 5 teaspoons of sugar. A possible dietary and nutritional counter-balance to that might be to eat, say, 30 pounds of broccoli or green beans for each chocolate glazed doughnut you eat. But to be sure, consult with your personal nutritionist beforehand.
If a person added a doughnut a day to his or her regular diet, that person would gain about one additional pound for each 10 days.
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To go from a size 6 to a size 14 in just 3 months, in order to portray the character Bridget Jones in the movie series by that name, actress Renée Zellweger said she ate 20 doughnuts a day.
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A typical glazed doughnut has about 240 calories, of which 120 are from fat. A 150-pound woman would have to walk 4 miles per hour for 48 minutes to burn off one 240-calorie doughnut. This would be equivalent to just over 4.8 kilometers (3 miles) distance.
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Fun fact: The hollow center of a ring-shaped doughnut, where there’s nothing, is entirely free of fat and calories.
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“Many people completely overlook the doughnut because they spend all their time looking at the hole.” -Author Unknown
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As you go through life, my friend,
Whatever be your goal,
Keep your eye upon the doughnut,
And not upon the hole.
-Author Unknown
Continue scrolling down this website page to read the rest of the article, or click or tap on these words to read “Fun and Learning about Poetic Epigrams” gathered by David Hugh Beaumont.
“As I ramble through life, whatever be my goal, I will unfortunately always keep my eye upon the doughnut and not upon the whole.” -Wendy Wasserstein
“Doughnut ever give up on your cherished hopes and dreams and goals and plans; continue to stick to them, just like the sweet sticky mess from a glazed doughnut continues to stick to your fingers after you have eaten the doughnut.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
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“Don’t miss the doughnut by looking through the hole.” -Author Unknown
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Constance: What has no beginning, no end, and no middle?
Connie: A doughnut.
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That pretty much covers everything from doughnuts to donuts . . . further fun follows next . . . and doughnut forget to ‘MFOL!’
