We have Czechs in Texas, but not too many Poles. So we have kolaches, but no paczkis.

For Mardi Gras, we get King Cake because New Orleans is close.

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Never mind that, what is Fat Tuesday?

Bob

It's the day before Lent starts. Some Christian denominations give up something (eg sweets) during the 40 days of Lent. When they crave it they're supposed to pray.

Therefore, some people gorge themselves on rich, fatty, sugary foods on Fat Tuesday and King's cake and Paczki are two of the most popular Fat Tuesday sweets.

Most faiths give up meat. Which is why the Greek version of Fat Tuesday is pretty much an orgy of meat.

Must be an Orthodox thing.

My Catholic friends give up meat on Fridays only but give up something else (eg sweets) for all 40 days.

My protestant friends are hit & miss on giving up something for Lent. Depends on their upbringing and current denomination.

in the world of pastries,
I turn a blind eye to the nationality thing.

I have very fond memories of the church ladies making 200 or so kolaches in 5 or 6 varities.

this would happen four or five times a year

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Add me to the list of the unwashed. I may possibly have heard of them, but have no idea what they are.

Me too

Who said that?

Who the fuck said that?

Who's the comunistshittwinkletoescocksucker who just called a Paczki a JELLY DONUT??

Was that you you little slime ball? I bet it was.... I bet you're the kind of guy that calls croissant a breakfast roll... I'll be watching you!


I tell you this, if Hartman had found a Paczki in Pyle's foot locker he would have praised him for securing a proper pastry!

It's not possible in this area to not know what they are, and probably not to have had one over the years. Not a big fan of them, but I've had a lot of worse things over the years.

Despite growing up in Australia and India, I came to love pazckis once I arrived in Michigan. Since then my love for them has grown. Nowadays, having developed diabetes, I dont eat any desserts and any sugary foods, except on Fat Tuesday. So this Tuesday, I was lining up in the cold Michigan morning for the bakery to open at 6am!!! Got a dozen traditional pazckis, and the German version, bought over by German immigrants to SE Michigan.
Well, I had to take extra shots of insulin, but it is these small sacrifices that on has to make, eh?

Grew up in Chicago, German/Polish ancestry, never heard of them. But, I'm a picky eater and don't like jelly donuts, so it's possible they were around when we went visiting but I wasn't interested.

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Originally posted by Rightwire:
Who said that?

Who the fuck said that?

Who's the comunistshittwinkletoescocksucker who just called a Paczki a JELLY DONUT??

Was that you you little slime ball? I bet it was.... I bet you're the kind of guy that calls croissant a breakfast roll... I'll be watching you!


I tell you this, if Hartman had found a Paczki in Pyle's foot locker he would have praised him for securing a proper pastry!

Well ok then, somebody's a little sensitive over their jelly doughnuts, I mean jelly filled pastry

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I hope you are using lard to fry them in!

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.

Sorry that wasn't meant in a judgmental tone. I shouldn't admit to eating items made with or fried in lard lol.

No harm, no foul

I'm a traditionalist. When I came home to find my wife making paczki, knowing lard was part of the process and she wouldn't touch lard with a 10' pole, I was a bit >< taken aback.

She actually found a way, get this, to make relatively "healthy" paczki. She's good at that, my wife is. She makes all kinds of stuff where I go "that couldn't have been healthy" and she replies "Actually..."

One thing is: She never uses substitutes for Real Food. She'll use healthier alternatives, such as 2% milk in place of cream (and somehow make it work), but, she won't use margarine, sugar substitutes and the like.