Doughnut Quiz: Test Your Knowledge About This Luscious Delicacy

The doughnuts accompanying a cup of coffee in the middle of the night most likely formed the police-doughnut bond. However, their cost and convenience probably played a role in the relationship.

Because a spinning pink frosted doughnut with sprinkles is the opening graphic used on the official website for “The Simpsons,” we’re going with frosted. Mmm… doughnuts. Mmm … sprinkles.

There is a book titled “The Donut Theory.” B is not a theory, but a truth. To us anyway. C is the “doughnut theory.” Note the correct spelling of “doughnut.”

“Cathy,” a comic strip drawn by Cathy Guisewite, debuted in 1976 and signed off in 2010. Heroine Cathy frequently munched a doughnut in times of stress.

Cakespy.com (http://www.cakespy.com/blog/2011/1/26/holey-grail-why-do-doughnuts-have-holes.html ) credits both theories to one seafarer:

“According to a 1938 article in The Tuscaloosa News, … an old New England Sea captain, one Hanson Gregory, from Camden, Maine, to introduce the hole in the doughnut, as we know it today. As an old man he liked to tell his story many times — how as a boy he had been watching his mother frying doughnuts and had noticed that the centers always remained partially uncooked and doughy. 'Mother', he said, "leave a hole in the center." Laughingly, she obliged him and never went back to the old way. Her method was widely copied.

“There is also an unlikely, but wholly (holey?) enjoyable, version of the story, also involving Gregory, which goes thusly (according to the Lewiston Evening Journal): "one legend is that he liked to munch fried cakes while steering his craft. One day, in 1847, the seas were rough and he needed both hands to control the rudder. So he slapped several cakes on the spoke of his wheel, making holes."

Cakespy also offers a third theory involving Gregory: “… Gregory purposefully poked a hole in the doughnut to lighten it up ‘because he had already lost six men overboard due to the heaviness of the doughnuts.’” That theory’s full of holes.

There’s little doubt, however, of his involvement in the shape of a doughnut, “In Rockport, Maine, you can find a plaque inscribed with the following: ‘In commemoration. This is the birthplace of Captain Hanson Gregory, who first invented the hole in the doughnut in 1847. Erected by his friends, Nov. 2, 1947.’” He apparently had really old friends.

According to http://www.livestrong.com/ a medium doughnut contains 255 calories. (Not too bad if you could stop at eating only one.)

Also, a medium doughnut contains over 12 grams fat, some of which may be saturated, depending on the type of oil in which it is fried. That medium doughnut also has about 32 grams of carbohydrates — and not the good kind. We’re talking the refined carbohydrate associated weight gain and promoting diabetes and heart disease according to Harvard's School of Public Health.

Donuts have small amounts of calcium, magnesium and potassium along with trace amounts of iron and many vitamins — but they do not have significant amounts of any nutrient giving a doughnut virtually no redeeming nutritional qualities.

For the palate, however, that’s another story.

Doughnuts are the most desirable meal in US. It is an amazing way to start the day and satiate mid-day cravings. Due to demand, more than 10 billion doughnuts are made in the U.S., every year.

Doughnuts are yummy delicacies that are made with flour, sugar, along with milk, salt, eggs, yeast, and water. Doughnuts can be baked or fried. While preparing doughnuts, attention should be paid to maintain temperature. Doughnuts fried at low temperature becomes hard.

Most doughnuts are fried. They contain more saturated and trans fat. A report has suggested that you can meet your entire day's calorie requirement with one doughnut. It is wise to consume Doughnuts in moderation for better health.