Search entries. Admin login. Quick links bismarck Definitions a donut without a hole, filled with either jam or cream see Image 1. DCHP-2 Oct Type: 3. Semantic Change β The term is semantically versatile. In Manitoba, however, it refers to a "cream-filled doughnut, often with chocolate glaze" see COD-2, s.
These claims are difficult to evaluate, as the term is usually used without an explanation of which type of doughnut is being referred to. A prevalence of spellings can be reported that reveals a Canadian dimension: when coupled with the term doughnut , bismarck has a higher frequency in the US see Chart 1. In all likelihood, the meaning 'jam-filled donut' is a North American term. Bismarck in Manitoba appears to have undergone a localized semantic change.
The name may be linked to Germany's first chancellor Otto von Bismarck, governing from , who is said to have taken a liking to them. While the period coincides with German out-migration to Canada and US, no reliable source could be found to confirm this origin. See also ITP Nelson, s. A bismarck is only one of many names for this type of filled doughnut e.
Krapfen , Berliner and many others , but the name that was propagated by the German-speaking migrants to Central Canada and that spread into Canadian English was bismarck. Quotations Fried cakes, as such, were a contribution of early Dutch settlers when they arrived on our shores but [sic] they were in a solid shape, more like the bismarck of oblong twisted cruller familiar to most of us.
It's full of something sticky, and, when squeezed by unexpected forces, it's apt to squirt, farce-style, all over the characters.
