I believe that originally they were just balls of fried dough and thus resembled a "nut" more.
Or whatever your American equivalent to those are.
Ὦ ξεῖν', ἀγγέλλειν Λακεδαιμονίοις ὅτι τῇδε
κείμεθα, τοῖς κείνων ῥήμασι πειθόμενοι.
κείμεθα, τοῖς κείνων ῥήμασι πειθόμενοι.
Why are doughnuts called doughnuts?
- 03/06/2010 10:40:56 PM
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I thought they were American?
- 03/06/2010 10:46:44 PM
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Your imagination isn't stretchy enough.
- 03/06/2010 10:56:29 PM
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That is a nut?
- 03/06/2010 10:57:30 PM
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Looks like there's a gap in the market. Let's invent doughbolts. *NM*
- 03/06/2010 10:58:48 PM
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*NM*
How does no one else know this? And why is Camilla the only ignorant one who wondered? *NM*
- 03/06/2010 11:22:53 PM
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Because my brain is a strange, strange place. *NM*
- 03/06/2010 11:45:39 PM
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Or you just have more curiosity than dull minds like Cannoli's? 
*NM*
- 03/06/2010 11:52:06 PM
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*NM*
- 03/06/2010 11:52:06 PM
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well, the O shape isn't the original shape, is it?
- 04/06/2010 01:00:46 AM
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Think Timbits.
- 04/06/2010 02:04:48 AM
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I think Alton Brown said it was the size of the dough....
- 04/06/2010 02:35:48 AM
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Please, every girl knows: It's not the size of the dough, it's...
- 04/06/2010 02:55:02 PM
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