On Jun 22, 5:59*pm, "Jean B." > wrote:
> Becca wrote:
> > On this day in1847, they say doughnuts were first created.
> >http://www.mrbreakfast.com/article.asp?articleid=8*My favorite donuts
> > are plain, but I also like lemon filled. Cinnamon twists are hard to
> > resist.
>
> > Yours?
>
> > Becca
>
> Curry doughnuts! *(Some of you will know this is not a joke.)
>
> As for the date, that would depend on what you are calling a
> doughnut. *Does it require a hole?
>
> --
> Jean B.

No, long johns are donuts but have no hole. Others as well. Being
dough or batter and being fried makes a thing a donut. Bignets (sp)
are technically donuts.

John Kuthe...