| The Doughnut Cutter back to 'Doughnut Girls'
Doughnut cutters soon appeared everywhere, fashioned from all kinds of materials - an evaporated milk can and a shaving tube, baking powder can tops and coffee percolator tubes, even a seven-pound shell fitted with a one-pound shell.
 a doughnut cutter made from a tin can
The doughnut reminded the soldiers of home and could be made in any kettle over an open fire. But as Herbert Wisbey explains in Soldiers Without Swords: "It was not the delicious home cooking, but the spirit in which it was served that captivated the men".
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