Anybody getting paczkis for Paczki Day this week?

[kimmar067]

Proper Polish grammar please!!! Paczki is a plural word, a single one is a paczek.

....good to know. [ ]

 

[Micca]

the theme of consuming all the "rich foods" in the house so as not to waste them before going into the fasting period of Lent

I don't observe Lent but rich foods have a very short shelf life around my house!

 

[kimmar067]

....can someone tell me the phonetic way of pronouncing it?

 

[ronandannette]

I don't observe Lent but rich foods have a very short shelf life around my house!

My thoughts have always run along the lines of "who in heck considers pancakes to be a rich, indulgent food"?!? Good thing I didn't live in medieval Europe - it sounds sad.

 

[lorimay]

I just had my first fitting for my dress for my sons wedding in April, swore I was going on a salad diet..... But then I come home and read this thread
So yes, I will get a box of them......... What can I say, I'm a sugar addict.

 

[RedAngie]

....can someone tell me the phonetic way of pronouncing it?

Poonch-key, but many in my old neighborhood Anglicized it to punch-key.

 

[kimmar067]

....thanks.....wow, I would have totally OBLITERATED it!

 

[J'aime Paris]

Considering I live in Pulaski, WI which is the ultimate Polish town (named after Polish war hero, Casimir Pulaski) and we have a local bakery that is featured on the news every year on Paczki day...of course! They have every filling imaginable. People come from all over the area for them from our bakery, which is actually kind of funny because they sell them EVERY day. We love our paczkis!

http://www.smurawabakery.com/polish-specialties
http://www.smurawabakery.com/paczki-day

eta: my fave are the raspberry filled and the lemon filled. yum!

I have a very good friend from Pulaski! She's making a road trip to visit family and get Paczkis of course!

 

[mjkacmom]

....are they Polish? The next town over [Wallington] has a large Polish population - perhaps I should get there post haste....

I found a bakery in Passaic that is supposed to be known for them (google). http://www.poloniabakery.com/the-history

 

[Nancyg56]

I already bough =t some, but will buy one more box tomorrow. YUM!

 

[mjkacmom]

What day are we supposed to eat them?

 

[kimmar067]

I found a bakery in Passaic that is supposed to be known for them (google). http://www.poloniabakery.com/the-history

....oooooh, that'll work too! Thanks!

 

[kimmar067]

What day are we supposed to eat them?

....why, Paczkis Day, of course!

 

[Uncranky Donald]

Eat them every Sunday, the valley where I live is filled with Polish and Slovak immigrants that came over in the 20's and 30's..my Baba being one of them

 

[Micca]

What day are we supposed to eat them?

I'm very traditional so it must be a day that ends in "Y".

 

[RedAngie]

I'm very traditional so it must be a day that ends in "Y".

In some areas they're sold year round. Those lucky people don't have to wait until Mardi Gras.

 

[missbrooke06]

I'm from Michigan. Like there's a choice.

I'm sure there will be paczki in many places for me to take advantage of (DH will probably bring some home), but I usually don't take initiative to go to any one of the well known sites and buy them myself.

I recently saw an image of a paczki version with cannoli filling. That would be awesome.

Also from Michigan. I'm born and raised and grown here and I never realized this was such a regional thing until a couple of years ago when I asked some work colleagues from the South what flavors they had picked up. They thought I was insane.

Now that I'm no longer in college with infinite time to wait in lines, I don't usually get the awesome, super fresh ones. The Meijer ones aren't bad though!

 

[bcla]

Had no idea how it was spelled. The only time I've heard of them, it was mentioned by former football coach and TV analyst John Madden on his daily segment on a local radio station. I guess he had them on his visits to the Midwest. He way he pronounced it was "paste-eeze".

 

[Squirlz]

Had no idea how it was spelled. The only time I've heard of them, it was mentioned by former football coach and TV analyst John Madden on his daily segment on a local radio station. I guess he had them on his visits to the Midwest. He way he pronounced it was "paste-eeze".

That is a completely different thing. Pastys are a meat and vegetable filled shortbread crust. Paczkis are like jelly donuts. I'm always amazed at how such a know it all can get tripped up by the most mundane things.

 

[Julie's Haircut]

I usually start seeing them about a week before Fat Tuesday. But as of Friday, my local Shop Rite didn't have any yet. Hopefully they will by tomorrow.