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Terça-feira Gorda

The Hawaiian observance of Shrove Tuesday, kept by eating malasadas.

Fat Tuesday, Shrove Tuesday

The Tuesday before Lent, kept in Polish-American cities — Chicago, Milwaukee, Detroit, Windsor — as a day for eating pączki.

An annual charity run in Raleigh: 2.5 miles to a Krispy Kreme, a dozen donuts, and 2.5 miles back, inside an hour.

Fasnacht Day, Shrove Tuesday

Shrove Tuesday in Pennsylvania Dutch country, named after the donut rather than the fast.

harvest season, apple picking

The weeks when orchards and cider mills in the Northeast and Midwest run donut machines for the people who came to pick apples.

National Doughnut Day

An American observance on the first Friday of June, with free donuts at many shops.