Doughnut Day
Another one of those official-sounding days probably made up by some marketer, National Doughnut Day is here, Friday, June 5.
The folks at Krispy Kreme, naturally, let me know about this.
And they are putting their money where their mouths are by giving away one free doughnut to every customer today. No purchase necessary.
Dunkin’ Donuts was not as on the ball, in that it didn’t send me a press release. But I did see on http://www.dunkindonuts.com that the company has a similar offer of a free doughnut on Friday. But unlike KK, you have to buy a drink first.
The folks at Hostess aren’t giving away doughnuts, but they did give me some trivia:
—The creation of the hole in the middle is said to have a practical reason: the centers of the solid cakes weren’t cooking in the center. Making a hole allowed the centers to cook through evenly.
—America’s favorite type is glazed (KK could have told us that, eh?). Chocolate, powdered sugar and plain come next, in that order.
I will not be eating a doughnut today, because my family is trying to cut out sugar, at least temporarily. You can read about our sugarless adventures in my June 10 column at http://www.journalnow.com/hastings.
