Thursday, June 2, 2016

Grab a doughnut or donut!

The first Friday in June is...

National Doughnut/Donut Day

Get ready to grab a doughnut or donut! There are actually two donut days on the calendar - one official and the other perhaps for enjoyment because someone needed something else to celebrate on this day. The REAL National Doughnut Day is the first Friday in June, which in 2016 is June 3...all day long!

The summertime National Donut Day is one of the more legitimate food holidays out there. It was established by the Salvation Army way back in 1938 to honor the Dough Lassies, female volunteers who made donuts for soldiers serving overseas as a way to boost morale. It was a successful effort and led soldiers to use the slogan "doughnuts will win the war!" Source: Huffpost Taste

Check out The Surprising History Behind National Doughnut Day...

Now for the murkier of the two holidays, the National Donut Day on Nov. 5. That holiday was, like so many of the other food holidays, completely fabricated by national food councils as a way to sell goods. These holidays often have no rhyme or reason to them.

Celebrate National Doughnut Day! The word for today is DONUT, DOUGHNUT, doughNUT! The doughnut has already been celebrated in specialty categories so simply revisit for some new ideas to enjoy now or any time throughout the day or night...Not your plain donut!, A Sandwich & Dessert, and The Tastiest Cover Up.

The image alone is enough to make you want to bite into one right NOW!

The doughnut, or donut as some prefer, has become an iconic American pastry. Its beginnings were quite humble but none the less it has climbed the culinary ladder toward national domination.

First step: mechanization. In 1920, Adolph Legitt, a Jewish refugee from Czarist Russia, invented the first doughnut machine. According to Saveur his machine churned out 80 dozen doughnuts per hour -- and made fresh-from-the-fryer, consistently identical doughnuts readily available to the public. This innovation also cloaked doughnut production in an aura of spectacle. Hungry crowds could jostle shoulders, watching as the dough rings turned golden in oil before being pulled out, dusted with sugar, and distributed. Read the article on The History of Donuts...

You can make your own donuts or visit any one of many donut shops open ready for you to walk through their doors! You may even find a special going on in celebration of this holiday!