June 22, 1843 –
Mmmm….donuts. – *drools*
It’s a great day in the morning at the Simpson house – Donuts, as we know them, were purported invented on this date.
One of the most popular credits American seafarer Hanson Crockett Gregory, of Rockport, Maine, with inventing the donut’s hole in 1847 while aboard a spice ship. He was just 16 years old at the time. Supposedly, his mother’s fry-cakes were not cooked in the center, so he cut the centers out so they would no longer have undercooked centers. His claim to be the creator of the sweet deep-fried, ring-shaped cake treat has been hotly disputed, despite its wide acceptance in Maine, which was early adopter of the doughnut in the 19th century and has since gone on to conquer the world.
The Haus of Dcaligari 