It’s National Doughnut Day! Time to take a quick break from work and go pick up your free treat. Many local and national doughnut shops are offering free doughnut or special deals today. While you ponder which flavor you’re craving most, here is a little background on this sweet-filled day.
According to the Salvation Army, National Doughnut Day officially began in 1938, but started out as a tradition on the front lines of World War I. Back during the war, soldiers survived on limited rations that were certainly not known for their taste. The Salvation Army would deliver free doughnuts to the soldiers to boost morale, along with a warm cup of coffee.
As you may imagine, the front lines of a WWI were not outfitted with kitchens. Instead of the traditional way of frying doughnut, Salvation Army members Ensign Sheldon and Adjutant Purviance designed a new way of doing things. They would fry the doughnut in a soldier’s helmet!
The Salvation Army took this war-time practice and brought it to the public during the Great Depression. They used this new national holiday as a way to raise money and bring attention to the services they had to offer.
Today, doughnuts are as popular as ever. USA Today reports that 60 percent of American households eat doughnuts and that 10 billion doughnuts are made in America each year.
Here at Dassault Systèmes, DS Solidworks Solutions helps customers, such as your local doughnut-maker, improve their business. It can be used to make doughnuts “rounder, tastier, and lest costly.” Check it out:
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