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Nope, never heard of it. Besides, me giving up sugary foods for Lent would be like a nun giving up sex, no real point or additional sacrifice. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "The problem with our Liberal friends is not that they are ignorant, it's that they know so much that isn't so." Ronald Reagan | |||
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I've never heard of them. I grew up near Pennsylvania Dutch country (though I'm Catholic), so it was all about fastnachts for me. | |||
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Nullus Anxietas |
Comparing paczki (singular: paczek, pronounced [approximately] "poonchkee" and "pooncheck," respectively) to a jelly doughnut would be like equating a filet mignon to a microwaved gas station hamburger  The "big deal" is they're made only at one time during the year, and properly-made paczki are delicious.
If you don't like dessert foods or pastries then I can understand why you wouldn't like paczki. For those who do like that kind of thing: If you've never had real paczki, made in a proper bakery or pasty shop, but, only the garden variety things that claim to be paczki, typically found in supermarkets and most doughnut shops: Then you don't know what you're missing. My wife, not wishing to stand in line to acquire the Real Thing, Monday, decided to put the stand mixer I got her for Christmas to good use, and made her own. Holy tamole! Best paczki I've ever had in my life! We gave most of 'em away. The lucky recipients agreed with me  "America is at that awkward stage. It's too late to work within the system,,,, but too early to shoot the bastards." -- Claire Wolfe "If we let things terrify us, life will not be worth living." -- Seneca the Younger, Roman Stoic philosopher | |||
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Nope. Ya ain't from around here, are ya son?  “Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.” - John Adams | |||
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Most faiths give up meat. Which is why the Greek version of Fat Tuesday is pretty much an orgy of meat. ------- A turbo: Exhaust gasses go into the turbocharger and spin it, witchcraft happens, and you go faster. Mr. Doom and Gloom "King in the north!" "Slow is smooth... and also slow. | |||
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A Grateful American |
I KNOW!! I KNOW!!!!  A Cab driver in New York? "the meaning of life, is to give life meaning" ✡ Ani Yehudi אני יהודי Le'olam lo shuv לעולם לא שוב! | |||
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We got some this year as usual, from a local bakery with a good reputation. Didn't help. One per year is my limit, and that's just to be gracious to my girlfriend. They're way too doughy for me. I'm going to tell her about Ensigmatic's idea, though. She's good at improving existing recipes, and got a top-of-the-line Kitchen Aide blender a couple months ago. There's hope for me yet! -------------------------- Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats. -- H L Mencken I always prefer reality when I can figure out what it is. -- JALLEN 10/18/18 | |||
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Around here it's Fasnachts that are the big thing for Shrove Tuesday/Fat Tuesday  Fastnacht (Pennsylvania Dutch) | |||
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Not as many as you'd think  -------------------------- Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats. -- H L Mencken I always prefer reality when I can figure out what it is. -- JALLEN 10/18/18 | |||
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| Get my pies outta the oven! |
It comes from the days then things like fat and sugar were not allowed to be eaten during Lent, so the people would make things to use all that up with before the Lenten season started rather than throw it away or let it go bad. Hence things like cake and donuts. | |||
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I always pick up a few at Goodales Bakery in Grayling. Should probably stick to just one! Jim | |||
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Nope never heard of one, never had one. Somehow I'm still kickin' | |||
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Lots made here in the Yoop. End of Earth: 2 Miles Upper Peninsula: 4 Miles | |||
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i was up early Tuesday so I hit the Polish deli at 06:00 and waited in line for a dozen. They where good but not as good as my buddies Babcha makes. i am actually spoiled that his sisters and mother still make them. And when they do none of that silly glaze or fruit n them, plain jane with powder sugar. Pure Heaven men. pure heaven....... Nothing here to see! | |||
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had to look it up , the czech's had something very similar. Mm m m m m m m m pastries Safety, Situational Awareness and proficiency. Neck Ties, Hats and ammo brass, Never ,ever touch'em w/o asking first | |||
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I hope you are using lard to fry them in! Nothing here to see! | |||
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Nope. She used peanut oil. Didn't claim they were traditional--just very, very good. Brought over a dozen into work, to give away. Got the same reactions. "America is at that awkward stage. It's too late to work within the system,,,, but too early to shoot the bastards." -- Claire Wolfe "If we let things terrify us, life will not be worth living." -- Seneca the Younger, Roman Stoic philosopher | |||
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always with a hat or sunscreen |
Eh? A what? Is that like a bronski? Certifiable member of the gun toting, septuagenarian, bucket list workin', crazed retiree, bald is beautiful club! USN (RET), COTEP #192 | |||
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Sorry that wasn't meant in a judgmental tone. I shouldn't admit to eating items made with or fried in lard lol. Nothing here to see! | |||
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