Everything has a story behind them, and food is naturally no exception.

An afternoon snack with a doughnut is a very comfortable thing. Good food is a given, but today we'll mainly savor the hidden story behind the doughnut! Doughnuts are still one of the most popular desserts in the United States and are sold in any pastry store or fast food restaurant.

Children from 5 years old to 75 years old all have a unanimous love for it. In Asia, doughnuts are mainly used as a snack food, but in the United States, many people use doughnuts as a breakfast staple, and even have a "doughnut day".

A doughnut is a sweet treat made of a mixture of flour, sugar, cream, and eggs that is deep-fried. The two most common shapes are a hollow ring or a closed dessert with a sweet filling of cream and egg custard in the middle, but there are other shapes that have been modified.

But did you know that the donuts originally had no "holes"?

The number one doughnut lovers are Americans, who own two of the most famous doughnut chains in the world, but they were not born in the United States. The fried dough has been around since Roman times, and a similar food called Zalabia was introduced to Europe, England, Germany, Scandinavia, and then Manhattan by the Dutch.

However, the earliest doughnuts did not have a hole, but a round pile of dough. When such dough was fried, it was easy for the periphery to be burnt while the center was still uncooked, so people began to cut a hole in the dough to make it heat more evenly.

There are many different versions of the origin of the Donut Hole.

It is said that in 1947, a captain named Hanson Gregory on a voyage, try to use the lid of the pepper pot to remove the center of the sweet dough, so as to fry the evenly heated doughnut. Another, more bizarre version is that he asked his mother to make the dough into circles so that it could be strung on a boat and enjoyed even while driving with both hands.

In any case, the Donut Hole is really a great milestone in the history of food.

The popularity of doughnuts is not all smooth sailing.

During the Great Depression in the United States in 1930, doughnuts became an everyday food for most people with their low prices. At that time, thoughtful shopkeepers would often include a note with the doughnut advising people to "keep your eye on your doughnut instead of staring at its hole all day."

In times of recession, it is clearly wiser to think " How to have a doughnut" rather than obsessing over "Why the doughnut is missing a hole."

The fate of doughnuts was not always smooth.

From the 1970s to the 1980s, bagels became popular in the United States. It was similar to a doughnut but baked rather than fried, reducing calories considerably. As living standards improved and people became more concerned about their health, bagels gradually replaced doughnuts as the main choice for breakfast.