National Donut Day! (The Other D-Day! Continued from the previous blog)
The first Friday of June each year is also National Donut Day! Originally created by The Salvation Army in 1938 to honor the men and women who served doughnuts to soldiers during World War I, you can get a FREE DONUT most places today!
I just happened to find myself driving past the Yum Yum Donuts in North Hollywood today, which has been at this location since the 80’s, and since it was National Donut Day, I just had to stop and indulge my sweet tooth.
NOTE: It’s a good place but avoid it before and after the high school rush!
From Wikipedia: “Yum-Yum Donuts is a chain of 64 California doughnut shops. Founded in 1971 by Phillip C. Holland, the original location at Avenue 26 and Figueroa Street in Highland Park, a district of Los Angeles, is still in operation. The company also owns the older and larger Winchell’s Donuts chain, which Yum-Yum purchased in 2004. The headquarters for both chains is located in the City of Industry.”
What’s your favorite kind of donut? I picked up three “fancies”: a chocolate covered custard filled, a glazed raspberry jelly filled, and a cinnamon roll. I asked if they were giving free donuts, so she threw in one of the small sugar covered “sweet cream cheese” filled (as seen on the top shelf of the photo above)
I like all kinds of donuts: cake, cruellers, twists, glazed, filled, sprinkles, beignets, profiteroles, bear claws, fritters, old fashioned, holes….who doesn’t like donuts?
They have a sit-down, eat-in area in the shop, but I got mine “To Go” and took them home. I ate the little “freebie” which was soft pastry dough filled with a sweet cream filling similar to a cheese danish. It was good, but one was not enough. Then, I inhaled the glazed raspberry filled jelly donut. Light and airy, with the right amount of jelly, a real thing of beauty! Yum!
I waited awhile until the chocolate covered custard cream filled sugar bomb started calling my name, then slowly enjoyed every bite. A thing of perfection! Yum Yum! I’m pretty sure that it’s my favorite kind of donut when it’s done right. So, that left just the cinnamon roll and I saved that one for tomorrow, the day after National Donut Day. Yum Yum Yum!
There are three other doughnut holidays: “International Jelly-Filled Doughnut” Day is the day after on June 8 or 9. “National Cream-Filled Doughnut” Day is September 14 and “Buy A Doughnut” Day falls on October 30.
YUM YUM DONUTS – 11699 Magnolia Blvd (at Colfax, across the street from North Hollywood High) 818-760-9054 http://www.yumyumdonuts.com
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