Cora's is good... I used to be *very* into going out for breakfast... Mimi's, The Lakeview, Aunties and Uncles, Future Bakery...
I still enjoy making breakfast when I have the time... I am known for my scratch pancakes.
That said, I'm OK with doughnuts for breakfast... just not everyday. Hell, some eat pastries or Danish for breakfast, why not a doughnut? My son and I actually had Tim Horton's doughnuts for breakfast on Saturday as we raced off for an appointment... We were discussing the origin of the word... turns out he was right and I was wrong:
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The earliest occurrence of the word is in the work of Washington Irving (1809). He had to define the word, so we can assume that it was not a widely known dish at the time, at least to his audience. And, interestingly, he defines doughnuts as "balls of sweetened dough, fried in hog's fat". This suggests that doughnuts were not named after knots or nuts and bolts, but instead after nuts like walnuts or pecans. They were balls of dough that, when fried to a deep golden brown, resembled nuts. Doughnuts only took their torus shape to overcome a problem inherent in balls of dough - uncooked centers. Removing the centers ensured that the doughnuts would be cooked throughout.
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