Thus, the doughnut. And sometimes the donut. The donut should not be confused with the bagel, despite their physical resemblance. The bagel is boiled and baked, whereas the donut is fried. Donuts are not.
Donuts go nicely with coffee.
This resulted in the popular stereotype of the Soviet Dictator who pounds his desk with his shoe. Many Soviet Dictators did not pound their desks with their shoes. It was felt that persons of limited means should save their money and learn to make do with simple vinaigrettes. The German spy Mata Hari, a Dutchwoman named Margaretha Geertruida Zelle, was executed by the French on October 14, 1917. There wasn't much actual evidence of espionage, but she had been seen naked with German officers and the French considered this distasteful enough to kill her.