Introducing the doughnut

I saw a reference today to a Wikipedia page titled “List of doughnut varieties.” It’s extremely comprehensive, including a section called “Controversial doughnut-related items.” Your Time-Waster of the Day.

What could possibly be controversial about the doughnut?

The BRI crowd: Apparently there are many, many members of the Bagel-Related Injury crowd. This is truly a fascinating news day:

In 2008, according to an analysis of fingers cut by knives as reported in the government’s National Electronic Injury Surveillance System, 1,979 people appeared in ERs with a BRI. Chicken-related injuries (3,463) led the category, but recorded bagel injuries were otherwise exceeded only by potato, apple and onion injuries.
[Bagel Guillotine]

Bagels, in fact, were implicated in more finger cuts than pumpkins (1,195) or cheese (1,236). Fewer than 100 incidents in 2008 involved turnips; ditto for wedding cakes.

Fresh “pork”: This may be old news to you, but laboratory pork has been invented and should be in stores in the future. One key quote:

So far the scientists have not tasted it, but they believe the breakthrough could lead to sausages and other processed products being made from laboratory meat in as little as five years’ time.

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