Is it doughnut or donut?

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  • rml_16
    rml_16 Posts: 16,414 Member
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    Well... I could look up that history in Wiki, but I'm pretty sure the "nut" comes from it looking like the hardward component "nut". Or at least, that is what I've always thought.

    Oh, that does make sense.

    Actually, it's because doughnuts were originally just balls of fried dough before the hole got added in some 50-60 years later. So, when fried up in the oil, their rough, brown, exteriors made them resemble the outer shell of a nut. So they were balls of dough that looked like nuts.
    Well, see then? "Doughnut" isn't even creative! lol
  • cmcollins001
    cmcollins001 Posts: 3,472 Member
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    Seriously...the answer is, was, and always will be..yes.

    Why is this continuing?

    Please...stop the madness.
  • MoreBean13
    MoreBean13 Posts: 8,701 Member
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    This topic is passé.

    Can we talk about Cronuts? I want one.

    Those look good. How come I have never heard of them before now?

    They're relatively new concept, I think the guy that coined the cronut in NYC did it just in the past year sometime.
  • CallMeCupcakeDammit
    CallMeCupcakeDammit Posts: 9,375 Member
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    When it looks like this:

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    It is spelled "T-A-S-T-Y"!

    Holy mother of...MARRY ME!!!

    Well... I like you. And since that other woman didn't come through with the aspargus, brussels sprouts, and black licorice... You're on.

    ETA: Not that you were second choice. I just didn't know how to get out of that engagement made over a hasty food post.

    YAY!!! We'll serve asparagus, Brussels sprouts and black licorice at our wedding! Then I'll smash one of those donuts in your face and lick it off. :bigsmile:
  • mommabenefield
    mommabenefield Posts: 1,329 Member
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  • UsedToBeHusky
    UsedToBeHusky Posts: 15,229 Member
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    Well... I could look up that history in Wiki, but I'm pretty sure the "nut" comes from it looking like the hardward component "nut". Or at least, that is what I've always thought.

    Oh, that does make sense.

    Actually, it's because doughnuts were originally just balls of fried dough before the hole got added in some 50-60 years later. So, when fried up in the oil, their rough, brown, exteriors made them resemble the outer shell of a nut. So they were balls of dough that looked like nuts.
    Well, see then? "Doughnut" isn't even creative! lol

    Yeah, I like my version of events better. :laugh:
  • BrainyBurro
    BrainyBurro Posts: 6,129 Member
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    aspargus, brussels sprouts, and black licorice

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  • Ready2Rock206
    Ready2Rock206 Posts: 9,488 Member
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    I don't know. I don't care.

    What I do know its that its delicious!!!!! Mmmmmmmmmm.....Boston Cream

    Ohhhh my favorite!! Yum!
  • CallMeCupcakeDammit
    CallMeCupcakeDammit Posts: 9,375 Member
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    aspargus, brussels sprouts, and black licorice

    gag.gif

    I know. It makes me sad. This is why we can never be together! :sad:
  • Fullsterkur_woman
    Fullsterkur_woman Posts: 2,712 Member
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    Y'all do realize that "ask" is a metathesis of the "k" and "s" in "axian", right? We're the ones who've bastardized it with our insistence on "ask"...
    When it looks like this:

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    It is spelled "T-A-S-T-Y"!
    There are just no words... I am overcome with beauty!
  • LJSmith1989
    LJSmith1989 Posts: 650
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    donut is the American way
    doughnut is the British way.

    so you are saying donut is the correct spelling

    Hell no we were here first. Its doughnut!!
  • cmcollins001
    cmcollins001 Posts: 3,472 Member
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    donut is the American way
    doughnut is the British way.

    so you are saying donut is the correct spelling

    Hell no we were here first. Its doughnut!!

    But...you lost...so by default, we are always right.
  • Cadori
    Cadori Posts: 4,810 Member
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    Donut drive-thru. Open all nite!
  • herblackwings39
    herblackwings39 Posts: 3,930 Member
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    I think both are correct, but tend to write it as doughnut. I also use through instead of thru though.
  • any_body
    any_body Posts: 2
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    A doughnut by any name is several mouthfuls of some of the best manmade things on earth :)
  • fishnbrah
    fishnbrah Posts: 550
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    i eat donuts and huge apple fritters everyday. check my diary if you dont believe me.

    edit: its pronounced dog-nut. not srs.
  • guessrs
    guessrs Posts: 358 Member
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    Who cares? Can't have it now while I'm losing, maybe during maintenance ..
  • rml_16
    rml_16 Posts: 16,414 Member
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    Who cares? Can't have it now while I'm losing.
    Why not?
  • wolfchild59
    wolfchild59 Posts: 2,608 Member
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    Who cares? Can't have it now while I'm losing, maybe during maintenance ..

    This is the saddest thing I've ever read. If I ever thought I had to give up doughnuts (or anything, for that matter), I'd just decide to be fat and happy.

    As it is, I just fit things like doughnuts into my eating plans and enjoy 'em. Heck, while not doughnuts (this time) last night I had one regular sized cupcake, along with two minis, from a local shop and still woke up to a loss on the scale.

    Do not fear the doughnuts!! :)

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