About the origins of this dish are still arguing. Someone said that the doughnut was invented by the American girls, to entertain the passing horsemen of the postal service "Pony Express". Someone who claims that doughnuts in America brought the Dutch. Someone to "blame" all the Jews who allegedly prepared the buns so in memory of the Holy oil that poured into the menorahs-the menorah in the Jerusalem temple. The most romantic legend has it that the doughnut was invented by the Danish fleet captain Hanson Gregory. He supposedly stood at the helm and munched some pastries. Began a terrible storm, the captain to control the ship took both hands and he put his loaf on the handle steering wheels. In fact, the invention of the doughnut is most likely related to the fact that the dough with the hole faster is fried, and that's all.