Each year on the first Friday in June, people participate in National Doughnut or Donut Day. This food holiday celebrates the delicious doughnut and honors the Salvation Army Lassies. In case you didn’t know, the Salvation Army Lassies are the women who served doughnuts to soldiers during WWI.
Give a toast (and coffee) to Captain Hanson Gregory, inventor of the donut hole. Breakfast cakes were fried, and greasy in the middle until he increased the surface area by allegedly sticking one cake on a spoke of his ship’s wheel. That is obvious nonsense but sounds better than what probably did happen (he stuck his finger through the center of the batter to make the hole.) There is a charming article about him on a site called Turtle Bunbury Histories, and a small statue of him holding a donut in the Smithsonian Institution.
blunebottle 6 months ago
Look, Dave…my calendar (from DOLLARAMA) has Donut Day on June 4.
Teresa Burritt (Frog Applause) creator 6 months ago
Whatcha gonna do?
The Reader Premium Member 6 months ago
It seems unfair to only get one day!
saylorgirl 6 months ago
I love donuts, but my body doesn’t.
mpk94 6 months ago
NATIONAL DOUGHNUT (DONUT) DAY
Each year on the first Friday in June, people participate in National Doughnut or Donut Day. This food holiday celebrates the delicious doughnut and honors the Salvation Army Lassies. In case you didn’t know, the Salvation Army Lassies are the women who served doughnuts to soldiers during WWI.
nancyb creator 6 months ago
There is a donut shop in Toronto called COP DONUTS. I love the name.
P51Strega 6 months ago
I like that they have holes in the middle; I know they’re not hiding anything.
backyardcowboy 6 months ago
That’s the hole idea.
Dobie Premium Member 6 months ago
Hmmm, I could use a big ol’ Homer Simpson about now. It would go good with m’ coffee.
MuddyUSA Premium Member 6 months ago
ladykat 6 months ago
I’ll take a doughnut or two.
MichiganMitten 6 months ago
On a Sunday?
Havel 6 months ago
As my departed father would say now & again:
“As you go through life dear brother, let this be your goal:
Keep your eye upon the donut, and not upon the hole."
(Turns out it was from an ad he probably read/heard when he came over from Czechoslovakia at 17)
markkahler52 6 months ago
Love donuts but can’t seem to get out of the hole….
the lost wizard 6 months ago
Mmmmmmmmmmm. Fried dough with sugary toppings. :)
wildlandwaters 6 months ago
good gracious, Dave! are you like a chipmunk or sumthin’?? Lol!!
mindjob 6 months ago
I’ll wait until they declare National Eclair Day
Howard'sMyHero 6 months ago
Nom, Nom, Nom … I get it … Nom, Nom, Nom …!
byword84646 6 months ago
I “nom, nom, nomed” pizza slices yesterday.
Angry Indeed Premium Member 6 months ago
“Donut go gentle into to that good night…” Dylan’s making a killing!
nancyb creator 6 months ago
Give a toast (and coffee) to Captain Hanson Gregory, inventor of the donut hole. Breakfast cakes were fried, and greasy in the middle until he increased the surface area by allegedly sticking one cake on a spoke of his ship’s wheel. That is obvious nonsense but sounds better than what probably did happen (he stuck his finger through the center of the batter to make the hole.) There is a charming article about him on a site called Turtle Bunbury Histories, and a small statue of him holding a donut in the Smithsonian Institution.
PlatudimusAtom Premium Member 6 months ago
Maybe the turnover isn’t as bad as everyone seems to think? • ᴗ –
MissyTiger 6 months ago
I donut care.
Shikamoo Premium Member 6 months ago
It took me a bit to get this one. I should be asleep by now. I’ll just turnover.