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A pastry engineered so every bite is equally close to the edge.
means A ring-shaped (or filled) piece of sweet fried dough, usually glazed, sugared, or frosted.
from The spelling traces to 'dough nut' — early versions were literally nut-sized balls of dough, fried, with the hole-shape coming later (possibly to cook more evenly, or so the popular story goes, after a sea captain punched out the soggy center with a tin lid). 'Donut' itself is the informal American respelling that took off in the 20th century, boosted hugely by chains and signage that preferred the shorter, punchier spelling over 'doughnut.'
- spelling split
- Doughnut is older, donut is Dunkin's marketing invention
- hole credit
- Captain Hanson Gregory claims he invented it, unverified
- police myth
- Cops ate them because bakeries opened before dawn, not laziness
- national day
- First Friday of June, since 1938