Happy Paczki Day!!!!

[Lisa L from MI]

Have you had yours today yet?? Luckily, I don't really care for them so it doesn't bother me...plus it doesn't go with my "diet". Just talked to a couple of my friends at work and they have had their share already!!

 

[Krisu]

Our newspaper deliverer is the local "Paczki Eating Champion"!!

 

[iluvdisney]

I am staying away from the stores today so I don't bring home a box of those - they beckon to me every year and I luv 'em.

 

[browneyes]

Um, what are they?

 

[Denine]

DH's mom ususally makes them. I don't know if she did or not.
They are kind of like donut holes with a filling. Traditional fillings are prune and apricot.

 

[MerryPoppins]

Those sound yummy. I've never heard of them before. Are they a northern tradition?

 

[FOJMO]

I've never heard of Paczkis. I don't think it's a Northern tradition, per se, as I'm from PA and never heard of them!

BUT, in Allentown, PA (my hometown), today is Faschnacht (sp?) Day, which means Fast Night in German/PA Dutch. It's a big DONUT day in Allentown, and all of the bakeries are loaded up with them as everyone brings in boxes and boxes of them to work!

 

[MerryPoppins]

Guess when I've been to New Orleans I've been too obsessed with beignets to try the paczkis? Anyone know if it is just a Mardi Gras/seasonal thing?

 

[BethR]

Hey Merry!

Yes, paczkis are traditional to the Fat Tuesday or Shrove Tuesday. They are a way to use up the fat (probably lard originally) and eggs, and other goodies that are to be fasted from during Lent.

I have never eaten any, only read about them. So perhaps someone else can clarify or correct me.

 

[MerryPoppins]

Hey, we do Shrove Tuesday here in Oklahoma, too. So why do we not have yummy paczkis? We usually have a lot of pancake suppers around town. Maybe I need to find a recipe and start a new tradition? These sound better than old pancakes! LOL!

 

[Lisa L from MI]

http://acweb.colum.edu/users/agunkel/homepage/paczki.html

here is a link to facts about Paczki day. It is really BIG around here probably because we have a large Polish community near by.

 

[Patrick IL.]

Yup I had a poppy seed one compliments of our Cafeteria staff

 

[Dan Murphy]

A VERY big day here in Chicago. Chicago has the largest Polish population in the world, outside of Warsaw. It was a state holiday here yesterday, Pulaski Day.

 

[MerryPoppins]

Thanks for the recipe. I guess I've never heard of them because we don't have a large Polish population. They sound great! I love Polish foods, so I may have to give this a try sometime.

 

[Poohbear123]

Not in Miami!

 

[maleficent1959]

Boy do I miss them. I haven't lived in Michigan for 13 years, and all they have down here is King Cakes. My mom always went to the Polish bakery and got them for us. YUM!

 

[tlgoblue]

I went to the market here in FAT WAYNE, and was thrilled to find paczki!
I bought 2 boxes, and was going to surprize DH. We just couldn't wait, and dove straight in. YUCK! YUCK! EEEW! They were so disgusting! Not to mention $4.00/box! They were like bricks filled with jello! I REALLY don't like it here. I'm going HOME on Thursday (Ann Arbor, MI), hoping that my family may have some left over. Wish me luck!

Now I know all you WISH buddies are thinking I'm not Keeping the Faith, but Paczki is just that! Faith.

Yummy! Cant wait 'til Thursday!

Tracy

 

[Mishetta]

For those of you who feel you are missing out...YES, taste wise you are, but I hear there are about 420 calories (& about the same amount of FAT grams) in each one!

My mom & I split a delicious lemon & a strawberry (pronounced) "poonch-key" or I've heard people call them "punch-key." So in other words, we each had a WHOLE one but we got to try 2 diff flavors. inkbounc

They are HUGE jelly filled donuts ~ sort of ~ only MUCH tastier!!

 

[shoes99]

My Foodtown grocery store makes the prune donuts in their on-site bakery. They are sooo good.

 

[nativetxn]

I never really liked paczkis either. Lucky for me, they look like lots of sugar.

Happy paczki Day, Lisa.