2006-07-04 20:38:39 · 15 answers · asked by misterclay 2 in Food & Drink ➔ Other - Food & Drink
not all donuts have holes!
2006-07-04 20:41:21 · answer #1 · answered by EJonLam 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the ones without holes have jam/jelly in them so they made ones without a center to differ so when you shop you will know which one to take...the ones with holes just have frosting/icing on them...
The two most common types are the torus-shaped ring doughnut, and the filled doughnut, a flattened sphere injected with jam/jelly, cream, custard, or another sweet filling. A small piece of dough, originally made from the middle of a ring doughnut can be cooked as a doughnut hole.
Before the ring shape became common, doughnuts were often made as twisted ropes of dough. When placed into a pot of boiling fat, they floated until the lower half was cooked, then rolled themselves over to cook the other side. Ring doughnuts have to be flipped over by hand, which was more time-consuming. The twisted-rope type is called a cruller in some parts of the U.S., but cruller also refers to a particularly airy type of ring doughnut, usually glazed.
Another story credits the invention of the doughnut hole to a Danish sea captain named Hanson Gregory. During a particularly violent storm, Gregory needed both hands free to man the wheel of his ship, and impaled a fried cake upon the wheel, creating the signature hole. The center of fried cakes were notorious for being undercooked, so the innovation stuck. By cooking fried cakes with the center hole, the surface area increased, and the doughnut cooked faster.
2006-07-05 03:57:30 · answer #2 · answered by ██████████ 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they use the part that comes out of the middle to make the donut holes...lol
2006-07-05 03:41:22 · answer #3 · answered by dmori23 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ACTUALLY they have holes so they will cook all the way through. You have less of a chance of getting an uncooked center if you cut out the center.
2006-07-05 03:42:49 · answer #4 · answered by leavethis2yesterday 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
im not sure on this but i have seen alot of people eat doughnut with there finger though the hole so mabe thats why
2006-07-05 05:41:43 · answer #5 · answered by frenchvanilla414@sbcglobal.net 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cos they are shaped like the nuts used in mechanics...just that they are made of dough so doughnuts
2006-07-05 03:41:24 · answer #6 · answered by crispey_honey 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
amadeus is right. i was bored and watched a special on it. the used to cut the middle out so it would cook properly!
2006-07-05 03:43:14 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
they do not, a missed question dear, think of the bear claw or apple fritter, hummmm. But to answer your question sort of, it was so they could flip them.(used to be my second job) OY
2006-07-05 03:48:05 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
the middle would not cook very well, the edges would burn more than middle inside
2006-07-05 03:42:08 · answer #9 · answered by billy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
that we can hold it n fast in cooking maybe.
2006-07-05 04:37:27 · answer #10 · answered by Roro psychiatrist 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋