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TIDBITS® EATS
DONUTS
by Janet Spencer It was once said that in order to make a donut, you take a hole and then put some dough around it. Come along with Tidbits as we eat donuts!
WHODONUT?
• Donuts, or items similar to donuts, have been part of the human diet for centuries. It’s claimed that a sailor from Maine named Hanson Gregory invented the hole in the donut in 1847 when he stuck his cake onto the spoke of the ship’s wheel during a storm. There’s even a plaque in his honor. However, it has long been known that removing the middle of a fried cake would make the center crispier and less soggy.
• A petrified donut was found under layers of ash in the ruins of Pompeii. Another ossified donut was found in a cave in Oklahoma, made by an unknown prehistoric tribe. A painting created in 1627 shows a donut among other items of food and household objects.
• However, the American donut experience began with a Dutch immigrant in New York City. Anna Joralemon opened her donut shop in the year 1673, long before the United States was even a country. She is
