This is not to herald National Donut Day (which is on June 1st, did you know?) but to share with you some donut history.

“Since the early 20th century, doughnuts have been a popular treat in the U.S. More than 10 billion doughnuts are consumed annually in the U.S. due in part to the large-scale expansion of corporations like Krispy Kreme and Dunkin Donuts.”

Did you know that the origin of these sugary treats was at least partially in Germany? A cookbook from 1485, published in Germany, refers to a Gefullte Krapfen or jelly donut. In Germany, donuts have been referred to as Berliners for over 200 years. As they have evolved and spread throughout the world they’ve been given a variety of names. Traditional European donuts have a filling; American ones include a hole.

Have you have your donut or doughnut today? Since they say Americans are, on the whole,of  one-quarter German ancestry, that explains our delight in a fresh donut, right?

(Thanks to the German Genealogy Group Newsletter, Sept 2018, quoting Nicole Glass, Editor of The Week in Germany.)