Did
you know...
National Donut
Day is celebrated on the first Friday in June? In
1917, Salvation Army female volunteers known as “lassies” prepared
thousands of fresh donuts to the homesick soldiers that
served in France during World War I. National Donut Day
was officially established in 1938 by the Chicago Salvation
Army to raise much-needed funds during the Great Depression.
Donut Glossary
from Around
the World
- Italy = fritole
- Montenegro = ustipci
- Mexico = churrro
- Turkey = lokma
- France = beignet
- Germany = krapfen
- Hungary = langos
- India = balushai
- Netherlands = oliebollen
Donut Facts
- In the U.S. alone, more than 10 billion donuts are made
every year.
- The largest donut ever made was an American-style jelly
donut weighing 1.7 tons, which was 16 feet in diameter
and 16 inches high in the center.
- Per capita, Canada has more donut shops than any other
country.
- The hole in the donut's center appeared in the first
half of the 19th Century.
- Adolph Levitt invented the first donut machine in 1920.
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