I always thought it started from the phrase "Go take a flying fuck at
a rolling doughnut". The first person to succeed thought "what a good
idea" and the hole became a regular fixture.
On Thu, 30 Apr 2009 21:11:57 -0500, "::darkshadows::" <bat@cave.org>
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>Why do doughnuts have holes?
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>The question as to why doughnuts have holes has been raised by dozens
>of bakers over the years, but most agree that the answer to this
>sticky question lies in the fact that the interior of these fried
>cakes would not cook fully without a hole in the center. In short, the
>consistency of a doughnut lacking a hole would be, quite simply,
>doughy.
>
>Another riveting theory as to the origin of the bulls eye in the
>doughnut holds that a sea captain named Hanson Gregory, while manning
>his post one stormy night, found it impossible both to steer his
>vessel and to eat his fried cake. Out of sheer frustration, and
>probably out of hunger, he impaled his cake over one of the spokes of
>the ship's wheel, thereby creating a finger hold with which to grip
>the cake. Quite pleased with his ingenuity, Mr. Gregory ordered the
>galley's cook to fry the cakes in that manner henceforth.
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>Whatever the reason for the hole in the doughnut, this fried cake,
>with or without a hole, has been incorporated into the diets of people
>throughout the world for centuries. In fact, archaeologists found
>petrified fried cakes with holes amongst the artifacts of a primitive
>Indian tribe.
>
>Many credit Dutch settlers to America with introducing the non-holed
>olykoeks, or "oily cakes," to this continent, and with their
>subsequent popularity.
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>There is no disputing the fact that the fried cake became the rage in
>New York and in New England, and that before long, it became the
>specialty of coffee shops. Fried cakes came into their own in 1673,
>when a self-made New York marketing guru, Anna Joralemon, made their
>purchase at the market possible.
>
>To this day, doughnuts, in any shape or form, remain married in our
>minds to coffee and police officers, and are here to stay.
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