FReeper Canteen ~ National Donut Day! ~ 05 NOV 2024

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[laurenmarlowe]

 

 

~The FReeper Canteen Presents~

National Donut Day!

National Donut Day (also known as National Doughnut Day) on November 5th is one of two observed by donut lovers across the nation. The first Friday in June is the other day donuts steal the bakery case spotlight ready to tease their way into white bakery box and go home!

History disputes the origin of the donut. One theory suggests Dutch settlers brought donuts to North America much like they brought other traditional American desserts. They receive credit for such desserts as the apple pie, cream pie and cobbler.

Traveling further back in time, we look at an English cookbook. According to anthropologist Paul R. Mullins, an 1803 volume included donuts in the appendix of American recipes. However, the earliest recorded usage of the term donut is found in a short story in a Boston Times article about "fire-cakes and dough-nuts" published in 1808.

National Doughnut Day origins begin during WWI. Over 4 million U.S. men and women served during the war, with almost 3 million of those serving overseas. With conflicts taking place in Europe, the Middle East, Asia, Africa and the Pacific, WWI was most difficult for troops fighting on the front lines.

In 1917, a group of women were sent to the front lines in France by The Salvation Army. They were directed to set up field bases near the front lines to try to boost morale among troops. The makeshift "huts" were a place where soldiers could stock up on necessities and get a small break from the fighting. Little did they know The Salvation Army Lassie's would not only boost morale, but make history in the creation of one of the most celebrated food holidays.

The women who were working at the field bases felt they wanted to do more than simply restocking troop supplies. They began making home-cooked food for the troops in hopes the food would give them a small taste of home. It was during this time, the Lassies began handing out a sweet baked treat that would become known as The Salvation Army Doughnut.

The story says the doughnuts were cooked inside the helmets of the troops, dubbing them as "doughboys", which was a standard term used for donut. The Donut Lassies are said to be reason we have National Doughnut Day today!

The Salvation Army created National Doughnut Day in 1938 to honor the women who served doughnuts to soldiers in World War I. This day began as a fundraiser for Chicago’s Salvation Army. The goal of their 1938 fundraiser was to help the needy during the Great Depression.

Go buy a box of donuts, and VOTE! It's Election Day too!

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[spel_grammer_an_punct_polise]

I like Bavarian Cream donuts from Dunkin’ Donuts! ;-)

[PROCON]

Happy Donut Day and thanks for tonight’s Canteen, Lauren!

[laurenmarlowe]

Howdy there! So happy to see you dear one before I had to take off for the evening.

Bavarian cream, YUM!

[laurenmarlowe]

Howdy PROCON!

[spel_grammer_an_punct_polise]

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[laurenmarlowe]

Indeed! Thanks spel!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Raspberry jellied for me, please.

[Kathy in Alaska]

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[laurenmarlowe]

Here you go Kathy!

*HUGS*

[Kathy in Alaska]

[Kathy in Alaska]

Yummy...I’m drooling!!!

How is your weather? Enough rain?

[laurenmarlowe]

We had a great rain day today, thank you! More on the way later this week. It’s about 20 degrees cooler too. I may have to put long pants on tonight, LOL!

Hope you have a great Tuesday!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, lauren, and thank you for today's National Donut Day!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Hello Veterans, wherever you are!!

[Fiji Hill]

The Doughnut Song--Burl Ives (1951)

[MoochPooch]

Yum! Hope I’ll have an appetite for a donut after voting.

[laurenmarlowe]

How awesome is that, thank you!

I’m off to jolly England
Where bulldogs all wear pants
Off to Pago Pago where alligators dance
My friend the little sparrow
Will take me where he flies
Even to the rainbow to read with my own eyes

When you walk the streets you’ll have no cares
If you walk the lines and not the squares
As you go through life make this your goal
Watch the donut, not the hole

[laurenmarlowe]

Hope you do too MoochPooch!

Hope you have a great Tuesday!

[NEMDF]

PERFECT. Those are my favorite, too. And has to be sugar (not powdered sugar) on the outside.