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Wake N Bake Donuts in North Carolina has made Tide pod doughnuts, causing an uproar on social media.

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Glazed donut (Photo Credit: By Evan-Amos (Own work) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

Though few people need an excuse to bite into a warm, gooey donut, it is always nice to have one. And what better reason to justify eating the treat than the fact that it is National Donut Day! Observed annually on the first Friday of June, the origins of this yummy holiday can be traced all the way back to World War I.

In 1917, soon after the US entered the war, a fact-finding mission sent by the Salvation Army concluded that the soldiers would benefit from a "hut" that would provide them baked goods, postal supplies, and laundry services. So the charitable organization dispatched 250 women volunteers or "donut lassies" as they were later called, to help the soldiers. With only basic ingredients like flour, sugar, and oil, at their disposal, fresh donuts became the "baked" treats of choice. Not surprisingly, the sugary rings were an instant hit with the homesick soldiers.

Salvation Army volunteers serve World War I soldiers (Photo Credit: By The Salvation Army Chattanooga [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons)

In 1938, during the country's third worst recession, Salvation Army volunteers in Chicago decided to honor the donut lassies and try lift the spirits of the locals by organizing a donut day. The event that doubled up as a fundraiser was so successful that it became an annual tradition. The fun holiday was adopted by cities across the nation and soon, the first Friday of June became known as National Donut Day.

Over the years, national and local donut shops, as well as grocery stores, have joined in the celebrations with various promotions. At Krispy Kreme, customers can receive a free donut of their choice by simply visiting a store. East Coast-based Duck Donuts is offering the same with a slight twist - Donut lovers have to obtain a coupon from the company's Facebook page. At Dunkin Donuts, patrons are required to buy a drink to claim their free treat, while Tim Hortons is giving away six for just $2.99 USD. Even grocery store chain Giant Eagle Inc. has embraced the holiday by offering customers six free donuts for every six purchased. If none of these stores are nearby you may want to head to your local donut store and see how they are celebrating the day.

Donut lassies or dollies (Photo Credit: By Salvation Army "War Cry" magazine, November 9, 1918 [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons)

Donuts or doughnuts as they are often spelled, were introduced to America in the 1800's by Dutch immigrants who called them olykoeks or oily cakes. Though donuts as we know them now are an American treat, similar sweets are enjoyed by other countries are well. Residents of the African nations of Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia, and Eritrea, make fried ball-shaped treats covered in powdered sugar called Lagayamats, while those living in India prefer savory versions called vada. Tunisians call their donut-like treat yo-yo and smother it in honey and sesame seeds while Indonesians make theirs with mashed potatoes and flour. Hence, as you can see, this fun American holiday can be celebrated no matter where you live! So go ahead and take a bite of a fresh, hot donut, olykoek, vada or whatever treat your heart desires.

Happy National Donut Day!

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Though few people need an excuse to bite into a warm, gooey donut, it is always nice to have one. And what better reason to justify eating the treat than the fact that it is National Donut Day!

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Doughnuts are a natural crowd pleaser -- they're warm, sugary, versatile and absolutely delicious. So it's no surprise that the food holiday gods (who we suspect are just random people with access to the Internet) have dedicated November 5 as Doughnut Appreciation Day.

But although it's likely we all have shown our favorite fried dough appreciation in one way or another, how much do you really know about this classic treat? We've put together 10 doughnut facts you probably don't know, but definitely should. So pull up a chair, grab a glazed or jelly-filled treat, and become a certified doughnut connoisseur.

During WWI, they were fed to American soldiers

June 7th is National Donut Day

The Guinness World Record for fastest to eat a jelly-filled doughnut exists

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You Don't Have to be Ash Ketchum to Catch 'Em All

Pokemon, which began as a video game, first came out in 1996 and drew in crowds of fanatic, cult followers. Twenty years later, it once again exploded with the release of its latest version, a smart phone based version called Pokemon Go. Using a technology known as Augmented Reality (AR), this new version allows users to play and interact with the game in a 'real-world' environment. Using the smart phone's camera and GPS maps, augmented reality layers the game world on top of the real one. This means that fans can finally catch Pidgeys and Pikachus in the comfort of their own home.

These days, you don't have to be the game hero, Ash Ketchum, to be obsessed with 'catching them all'. With even large retail chains, such as Target, getting in on the craze, it's hardly a surprise to see Pokeball Pokemon Donuts at your local Shipleys.

Why Do Kids Love Our Pokemon Donuts?

Fact #1: Kids love donuts.

Fact #2: Kids love Pokemon.

Our 'scientific' observation: Kids love Pokemon Donuts.

It's true, nothing lights up a kids face these days (big kids, too), as the discovery of Pokeball Pokemon Donuts at our two Houston locations. Plus, with our West Houston location open 24 hours a day, you can satisfy your craving for Pokemon and doughnuts at the exact same time, anytime!

While kids run around our city catching as many Pikachus, Butterfrees, and Crabbies as they can, we can provide them the fuel and energy to run around all day. Whether you prefer Ivysaurs or Wartortles, Charmeleons or Hawluchas, everyone can enjoy a delicious Pokeball Pokemon Donut. They don't just help you feel like a real Trainer, but they help you look like one too.

(Disclaimer: They're not real Pokemon Pokeballs. They won't catch anything. Don't throw our doughnuts, please.)

Come Try Our Pokeball Pokemon Donuts and Feel Like a Trainer

If you want to try our new Pokeball Pokemon donuts, come by one of our two Houston locations (West Houston and Downtown) and give them a try. Give us a call (713) 589-3292 or order online for store pick up or delivery. See why the kids are going nuts for our Pokeball Pokemon Donuts today.

These eye-catching cult-icons won't be around long, so come by and catch 'em while you can.
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When it comes to donuts in Houston, Shipley is arguably the king.

With more than 60 different varieties, the long-time chain is a Houston institution that brings joy with their sugary-doughy doses of 'Vitamin O.'

Here are 15 facts about the company you may not have known:

1. The company bears the name of Lawrence Shipley, Sr., who created that memorable glazed donut flavor at the end of the Great Depression in 1936.

2. The first Shipley Do-Nuts were sold for just five cents a dozen, and were sold wholesale.

3. Crews baked the first Shipley Do-Nuts at 1417 Crockett Street in Houston.

4. While Lawrence, Sr., would be out on donut routes, his wife Lillie would produce more donuts with their son, Lawrence Jr., on her knee.

5. Son and grandson Lawrence Jr., and Lawrence III still carry on the family tradition of making donuts.

6. The company is still headquartered in Houston, but has more than 300 stores in eight states: Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee and Texas.

7. Shipley Do-Nuts' furthest location is in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

8. By 2018, the company says they will have 58 franchised locations in Colorado.

9. Shipley Do-Nuts hosts an annual 2-mile donut themed obstacle course known as the "Shipley Do-nut Dash" to raise money to feed pre-schoolers living in poverty in Houston.

10. On National Donut Day in June each year, the company donates a portion of their sales to Salvation Army while giving away one free glazed donut to each customer from 5 a.m. to noon, with purchase.

11. Shipley makes three different donut "styles": The yeast donut, that makes up your standard glazed donut; the filled donut, from warm apple to Bavarian to cherry; and the cake donut, that can include nuts, glaze, coconut and fruit.

12. The company is more than just donuts. They also serve five different kinds of kolache: the Big Earl Sausage and Cheese, with or without jalapenos; traditional sausage; ham and cheese; and sausage and cheese.

13. "The Big Earl" is named for former Houston Oilers running back Earl Campbell.

14. Campbell started a partnership with Shipley Do-Nuts that brought his Earl Campbell Meat Products into their stores.

15. Their website, www.ShipleyDonuts.com, sells coffee mugs, t-shirts, even Shipley Coffee K-Cups for your Keurig.

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A doughnut or donut is a type of fried dough confectionery or dessert food.

Donuts are one of the most popular foods of all time: sweet, delicious & can be eaten on the go.

The origin of the doughnut is heavily debated. The concept of fried dough is not exclusive to one country or culture and variations of the doughnut can be seen across the globe. The exact place where the first donuts were made is unknown and nobody knows who made the very first doughnut.

The history of the doughnut goes back centuries, long before the discovery of the New World. In ancient Rome and Greece, cooks would fry strips of pastry dough and coat them with honey or fish sauce.

The earliest origins to the modern doughnuts are generally traced back to the olykoek ("oil(y) cake") Dutch settlers brought with them to early New York (or New Amsterdam) in the early 18th century. These doughnuts closely resembled later ones but did not yet have their current ring-sized shape.

The first cookbook to mention donuts was an 1803 English cookbook with an appendix of American recipes.

Hanson Gregory, an American, claimed to have invented the ring-shaped doughnut in 1847 aboard a lime-trading ship when he was 16 years old. Gregory was dissatisfied with the greasiness of doughnuts twisted into various shapes and with the raw center of regular doughnuts. He claimed to have punched a hole in the center of dough with the ship's tin pepper box, and to have later taught the technique to his mother.
By the mid-19th century, the doughnut looked and tasted like today's doughnut, and was viewed as a thoroughly American food.
In 1920, Russian-born immigrant Adolph Levitt created the first automated doughnut machine. By 1925, the invention earned him $25 million a year and it was a fixture in bakeries across the country. The machine-made doughnut was a hit of the 1934 World's Fair in Chicago.

The origin of the name of doughnut is up for debate. Some believe it refers to the nuts that were added to the dough to add flavor. Others believe that the name comes from a recipe where by hazelnuts or walnuts were placed in the center of the cake as that part rarely cooked properly. Placing of the nuts in the middle of the dough avoided having an uncooked center. A third thought is that related to the shape of the doughnut. The dough was often tied in a knot style, a dough knot evolved into doughnut.

Doughnut vs. Donut: The Official Dictionary Spelling of the word in question-if you're into that sort of thing-is "doughnut." The expedited, simplified, Americanized spelling of "donut," as Grammarist tells us, has been around since at least the late 19th century. It didn't catch on, though, until late in the 20th century.

There are two types of doughnuts, those made from a yeast-based dough for raised doughnuts, or those made with baking powder or baking soda for cake doughnuts.

After frying, ring doughnuts are often topped. Raised doughnuts are generally covered with a glaze (icing). Cake doughnuts can also be glazed, or powdered with confectioner's sugar, or covered with cinnamon and granulated sugar. They are also often topped with cake frosting (top-side only) and sometimes sprinkled with coconut, chopped peanuts, or sprinkles.

The filled doughnut is a flattened sphere injected with fruit preserves, cream, custard, or other sweet fillings, and often dipped into powdered sugar or topped off with frosting.
There are approximately over 10 billion doughnuts made in the United States each year.
Dunkin' Donuts is the largest donut chain, with 11,000 stores in 33 countries serving more than 5 million customers per day. The first Dunkin' Donuts was opened in 1950, a revamp of William Rosenberg's coffee-and-doughnut shop Open Kettle.

There are more doughnut shops per capita in Canada than anywhere else on the planet. Canadians eat more doughnuts than any other country's citizens. Although the doughnut is often seen as an American icon, it has become Canada's unofficial national snack.

National Doughnut Day, or National Donut Day - celebrated in the United States, is on the first Friday of June of each year, succeeding the Doughnut event created by The Salvation Army in Chicago in 1938 to honor those of their members who served doughnuts to soldiers during World War I. The holiday celebrates the doughnut. Many American doughnut stores offer free doughnuts on National Doughnut Day.

By now, the stereotype of the doughnut-loving cop is well-established - but how did it start? The short answer is that police officers have long worked odd hours, but the options for food in the wee hours haven't always been plentiful. The option to pick up a doughnut dates to the years after World War II.

Krispy Kreme created the world's most expensive doughnut. The £1,000 (around US$1400) tower of sweet decadence was created with a royalty of gilded leaves, a gold dusted Belgian chocolate flower and edible diamonds, all for a good cause. Krispy Kreme unveiled the world's most expensive donut at Selfridges department store in UK in 2014. The confection was created to mark National Donut Week - a fundraising effort benefiting the UK Children's Trust charity.

The largest doughnut ever made was an American-style jelly doughnut weighing 1.69-tonne (3,739-lb), which was 4.9 m (16 ft) in diameter and 40.6 (16 in) high in the center. It was made in Utica, New York, USA on January 21, 1993.

The largest box of doughnuts is a Krispy Kreme box weighing 135 kg (297 lb 10 oz) and was produced by The Kuwait Food Co. Americana (Kuwait), in Kuwait, Kuwait, on 30 May 2009. The box was filled with 2,700 pieces of Krispy Kreme doughnuts. The enlarged box was an exact replica, even down to the labels. The box was 5.9 m (19 ft 4 in) long, 4.10 m (13 ft 5 in) wide and 87 cm (2 ft 10 in) deep.

The largest doughnut mosaic was created with 7,040 doughnuts at the Lviv Pampykh Festival in Lviv, Ukraine, on 07 Jan 2012 The attempt took place on Ukrainian Christmas day (7 January) as part of their Pampukh Festival.

The longest line of doughnuts is 3,453.41 meters (11,330.07 feet) and was achieved by Hamburg Enhanced Recreation Organization (H.E.R.O.) (USA) at the Manly Bennett Memorial Park in Hamburg, Michigan, USA, on 19 June 2015.

The largest serving of doughnuts weighs 856 kg (1,887 lb 2.56 oz) and was achieved by Television Company "ERA" 7 Channel (Kazakhstan) in Almaty, Kazakhstan, on 7 September 2014.

The most sugared jam doughnuts eaten in 3 minutes, without licking the lips is 6 and is held by Lup Fun Yau who equalled the record at The Sun Offices, London, UK on the 2 May 2007.

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