Krispy Kreme, Dunkin' Donuts, a bag of cheap powdered Hostess Donettes? Who needs an excuse to eat a doughnut? So, they're not the healthiest breakfast option around? They are delicious and celebrating today even has historical significance.
"National Donut Day was created in 1938 to honor a group of wartime heroes: women working with the Salvation Army who served doughnuts to soldiers during World War I." (It's apparently no coincidence that the holiday is preceded by Memorial Day).
I love doughnuts (or donuts - as I'm told either spelling is correct). Not just because soft, sweet, deep fried dough with a glaze is so delicious (I'm not sure I've ever had a bad donut), but also because I have fond recollections of: my husband taking our young daughter to the local Dunkin' Donuts on Saturday mornings - giving me some much needed alone time; of taking green frosted doughnuts to my daughter's preschool class on her St. Patrick's Day birthday (here's a tip, the milk I tinted with green food coloring - not a hit);
and, several summers ago, introducing our French foreign exchange student to the miracle that is the "Hot" light at Krispy Kreme.
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| Doubt my donut love? Here's a set of salt & pepper shakers that my sister gave me as a gift one year. |
