00:00Have you always wondered the origin of the donut?
00:02Well, the forerunner of the donut can be traced to the arrival of Dutch settlers in America.
00:07They brought with them a deep-fried ball of dough they called...
00:11Oilykooks.
00:12Translated, that literally means...
00:14Oily cakes.
00:15Which sounds less like a pastry and more like something your mechanic would warn you about.
00:19So oily cakes were in need of a serious rebrand.
00:22Um, here's an idea, sir.
00:24Since they're made of dough and look like nuts, maybe we could call them doughnuts.
00:30Brilliant!
00:31But there was one more obstacle.
00:34The outside cooked beautifully, but the inside remained gooey.
00:38Enter 16-year-old American sailor Hanson Gregory, who, while working in the galley, came up with a novel idea.
00:45Look, I invented a hole!
00:46He eliminated the squishy center, which allowed the dough to cook evenly throughout, creating what we now know as the
00:52modern donut.
00:54Always wondered.
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