A doughnut (Br.) or donut (US) is a type of fried dough, popular in many countries and prepared in various forms as a sweet (or occasionally savoury, like the Hungarian lángos) snack that can be homemade or purchased in bakeries, supermarkets, food stalls, and franchised specialty outlets. The two most common types are the ring doughnut and the filled doughnut, which is usually injected with jam (or jelly), cream, custard, or other sweet fillings. Baked doughnuts are a variation cooked in an oven instead of being deep fried. Doughnut varieties are also divided into cake and risen type doughnuts. The hole in the doughnut was invented by a 16-year-old sailor named Hanson Gregory. In 1916, the Washington Post interviewed Gregory, the man who claimed to have invented the modern donut back in 1847. Gregory was tired of eating greasy and undercooked donuts with raw dough on the insides. It was giving him indigestion. He decided to cut a hole in the donuts first, to make it easier for him to keep his food down. He cut the first donut hole with the cover of a tin pepper box. When he came back home from sailing he told his mom about […]
dough | (még nyers) tészta, kenyértészta |
savoury | sós |
purchased | megvásárolt |
stall | bódé |
to inject | befecskendez |
custard | sodó |
instead of … | … helyett |
risen type doughnut | kelesztett típusú fánk |
to invent | feltalál, kitalál |
sailor | tengerész |
to interview somebody | interjút készít valakivel |
to claim something | jogot formál, állít |
to be tired of doing something | megun valamit |
greasy | zsíros |
undercooked | nyers (nem főtt/sült meg rendesen) |
raw dough | nyers tészta |
indigestion | gyomorrontás |
