M&D p.7 Donuts

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At 09:10 AM 5/3/97 -0400, Steve Lindsay wrote:

>On the subject of anachronisms and Ketjap... Dough-Nuts appear on page 7.
>Here in Maine it is a commonly held belief that the Doughnut was invented by
>a Mainer (whose name I have forgotten) at some time in the nineteenth
>century. There are colorful local festivals to celebrate this fact.  What
>sayeth the OED?


First recorded use: 1809.  Quoth the OED.