" ¢ Though the lineage of the doughnut are lose in story , the making of the innovative doughnut can be traced back to World War I and the Salvation Army . With troop weary and athirst after 36 sequential days of rain in France , the Salvation Army gals mixedscrap ingredientsand fried them in helmet . Sanitary ? perhaps not , but a success ? Most unquestionably .

" ¢ Before you ask , accord toBartleby , both ring and donut are indeed satisfactory spellings .

" ¢ If you bake them , they will issue forth : onestudyshows our brains are trained to " light up" at the quite a little of doughnuts . ( Of of course the selection was between a annulus and a screwdriver - the cock , er , not the swallow - so the jury is still out on that one ) .

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" ¢ Still , it seems that rude creature ( from Homer Simpson on up ) do have a special predilection for the sugary honeyed - Florida officials once attempted tolurea secret beast ( either " Big Foot " or a " big Orange River ball of pelt " ) by offering donut .

" ¢ After all , the halo ( at least , the fine-grained variety ) is anatural phenomenon .

" ¢ No fourth dimension for breakfast on your transportation ? Then try this trans - fat laded kickshaw ( if your center dares):Caffeinated doughnuts . Speaking of heart - tone-beginning , how about awedding cakemade of doughnut ?

" ¢ If you havetoomuch time on your transportation , consider becoming a patron at aTopless anchor ring restaurant .

" ¢ One of the most famed doughnut snafus was JFK ’s declaration " I am a gelatin doughnut!“ when he bungled a actor’s line in Germany ( which was n’t really his fault ) - the full comic account can be foundhere .

" ¢ In an strangely Hansel and Gretel twist , crock up smokers stole a pitch truck … but were caught because they left a 15 miletrail of doughnuts . " I do n’t know if it was a need for transportation or if they just had the munchies , " police force spokesman Rob Callahan enjoin of a motif .

What are your favorite decadent doughnuts , Flossers ? Excessive doughnut puns receive .

" ˜Dietribes ' seem every other Wednesday . intellectual nourishment photos taken byJohanna Beyenbach . You might remember that name from our post about hercolorful diet .