Secretly Incredibly Fascinating: Doughnuts

Episode notes

Alex Schmidt and special guest Tom Lum explore why doughnuts are secretly incredibly fascinating.

Visit http://sifpod.fun/ for research sources, handy links, and this week’s bonus episode.

DONUT SHOP TIPS: Tom recommended the croissant donut at Donut Pub in New York City, and Alex’s favorite donut shop in the entire world is Hole Doughnuts in Asheville NC.

LINKS FOR TOM LUM:

• ‘Let’s Learn Everything’ podcast (Maximum Fun)
• ‘Our Findings Show!’: The Science Game Show, hosted by Tom Lum
• Tom Lum on TikTok
• Alex & Katie guesting on ‘Let’s Learn Everything’ and talking about SPACE QUAILS!
• preview of the special “Cheddar Heist” podcast by Ellen Weatherford, Ella Hubber, Tom Lum, and Caroline Roper — become a Maximum Fun member to hear the whole adventure!

RESOURCES USED TO INFORM THE EPISODE’S LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT:

• native-land.ca
• U.S. Department Of Arts And Culture
• The True Native New Yorkers Can Never Truly Reclaim Their Homeland (Smithsonian)
• “Finding Lenapehoking” (YouTube / Hudson River Maritime Museum)
• Why Do They Call It Beacon? (The Highlands Current)
• Dutch & Native American Heritage In The Hudson River Valley (National Park Service)

RESEARCH SOURCES:

• The History of the Doughnut: A look back at the men, women and machines that made America’s favorite treat possible (Smithsonian Magazine)
• A Deep-Fried History of Doughnuts (Mental Floss)
• 12 Delicious Doughnuts From Around the World (Mental Floss)
• New York doughnut history: From Washington Irving’s olykoeks to doughnut huts in Union Square (The Bowery Boys Podcast)
• The Maine Ship Captain Who Invented the Modern Donut (New England Historical Society)
• A ‘holey’ Quincy story of how a sea captain invented a doughnut that didn’t sink (The Patriot Ledger)
• Doughnut Holes (The Paris Review)
• BibleGateway.com page for Leviticus 7:12
• Chinese Cooking Demystified: “Youtiao, Chinese Fried Dough Stick (油条)” (YouTube)
• Sel Roti — Nepali Rice Doughnut (DelishGlobe.com)
• Donuts: The ‘hole’ Jewish story (Jewish Chicago Magazine)
• Winston-Salem, North Carolina: Site of the Original Krispy Kreme Doughnut Shop (Atlas Obscura)
• Quincy, Massachusetts: First Dunkin’ Donuts (Atlas Obscura)
• No, Dunkin’ Didn’t Invent Donut Holes. Here’s Who Did. (Tasting Table Magazine)
• After Fasting for Ramadan, Only Doughnuts Will Do (The New York Times)
• Hockey-Reference.com listing for Tim Horton
• Tim Horton (Ontario Heritage Trust)
• Tim Horton: A Legacy of Hockey, Donuts, & Coffee (TheHockeyWriters.com)
• Sunday Morning: Donuts To Dollars (CBS News)
• Ron Joyce, Force Behind Tim Hortons Doughnut Shops, Dies at 88 (The New York Times)
• The Little-Known History of Apple Cider Doughnuts (Mental Floss)
• Dunkin’ Donuts In Certain Boston Areas Stay Open To Serve Police During City Lockdown (HuffPost)
• Research Guides: 2013 Boston Marathon (Boston Public Library)
• This Is Why Doughnuts Are Associated With Police Officers (Time Magazine)
• The Long, Sweet Love Affair Between Cops and Doughnuts (Gastro Obscura)
• The Donut King — 2020 documentary, dir. Alice Gu
• The Donut King who went full circle – from rags to riches, twice (BBC News)
• Dunkin’ Donuts opens first Southern California shop in Santa Monica (Los Angeles Times)
• Wreck-It Ralph Fandom Wiki entry for Wynnchel and Duncan
• The Salvation Army Doughnut Dollies of WW1: An interview with Sandra Maxwell (The United States World War One Centennial Commission)
• Doughboys and the Birth of the Modern American Army (The National WWI Museum And Memorial)
• U.S. Enters the War: Learn about the events that led the U.S. to enter WWI in 1917 (The National WWI Museum And Memorial)
• The Delicious Democratic Symbolism of…Doughnuts? (JStor Daily)