National Donut Day

Today is National Donut Day- by the Salvation Army in Chicago in 1938, the day honors the group's "donut lassies," who served treats and provided assistance to soldiers on the front lines during war I. (And this is not to be confused with National Doughnut Day, which is in November and celebrates the particular food.)Doughnuts are around since long before the primary war, and that we have the Dutch to thank for them. The Dutch would make "olykoek," which translates to oily cake. the primary Dutch doughnuts did not have a hole, but they were fried in hot oil and…