Mary O’Dell 3) Hanson Gregory was a sea captain from Maine who worked on a lime trading ship. He would often bake and fry cakes from remaining bread bits he sweetened. Tasty, but soggy in the middle, the fried cakes needed some changes. Captain Gregory experimented with cutting out the center of the cakes. This was a practical move which allowed increased surface area for more uniform frying. The result was the elimination of the dessert’s soggy center. Captain Hanson Gregory had stumbled upon a superb solution and redefined the shape of the pastry. The circular ring shape with a center hole is known as the American doughnut shape.

Which sentence best summarizes paragraph three of this selection?
A
Doughnuts are sweetened bits of leftover bread.

B
The American doughnut shape was a solution to the soggy middle of fried cakes.

C
Fried cakes were not called doughnuts until they were introduced by Captain Hanson Gregory.

D
Captain Hanson Gregory was a sea captain from Maine who loved doughnuts.