Jelly became this “accessibility” thing, she said. German cookbooks back in the 15th Century even talk about “making jam sandwiches with fried donuts, which is sort of where it comes from ...

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And the jelly-filled doughnuts sell like hotcakes ... In the Second Century, the Maccabees, the Jewish rebel army, revolted against the Syrian-Greek Empire and reclaimed the temple.