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Doughnut [Pączki] Day... in Poland


Wroclaw  44 | 5359
30 Jan 2008   #1
It's doughnut (pączki) day tomorrow.

Enjoy.
JustysiaS  13 | 2235
30 Jan 2008   #2
oh yeah course it is! Tłusty Czwartek (Fatty Thursday) mmm... better than pancake day in UK, i prefer doughnuts!
OP Wroclaw  44 | 5359
30 Jan 2008   #3
better than pancake day in UK,

It's much easier to organize. I seem to spend hours making pancakes for this family.
JustysiaS  13 | 2235
30 Jan 2008   #4
my mother always spends hours making doughnuts, home made ones are definitely better! im not in Poland though, so ill go and buy some i guess. at least i wont have to fight for them!
OP Wroclaw  44 | 5359
30 Jan 2008   #5
at least i wont have to fight for them!

Older posters on the forum will remember that I'm quite partial to doughnuts. And this time I will fight for them.
miranda
30 Jan 2008   #6
Older posters on the forum will remember that I'm quite partial to doughnuts.

oh yes. Guard them with your life tomorrow;P
Patrycja19  61 | 2679
30 Jan 2008   #7
Older posters on the forum will remember that I'm quite partial to doughnuts. And this time I will fight for them.

dont leave them vunerable on your desk this time commrade ;o)
telefonitika
30 Jan 2008   #8
after stuffing myself with two pizzas tonight highly unlikely to eat doughnuts tomorrow so Wroclaw you can have my share :D i will let you this once matey!
Shawn_H
30 Jan 2008   #9
Stopped by the Polski Sklep today for some meats, bread etc.... NOT A SINGLE FRIKKEN PACZKI in the store!
Davey  13 | 388
30 Jan 2008   #10
Gotta love the pączki, wish I knew how to make them!
plk123  8 | 4119
30 Jan 2008   #11
if any of you here in the states have a Kroger groceries near you, stop by there as they have pączki and they must be baked by poles or germans or something because they are pretty darn good. Kroger is from the germanish town of Cincinnati. :D
z_darius  14 | 3960
30 Jan 2008   #12
Kroger is from the germanish town of Cincinnati

Germanish?
In Cinci they can smell non-aryans a mile away :))
plk123  8 | 4119
30 Jan 2008   #13
well there is a hood just outside the centre. :D
kioko  - | 84
31 Jan 2008   #14
I'v just eaten one.... next few are waiting.... My company bought hundreds od pączki for the workers. There is no place it the kitchen to make coffe. I see pączki everywhere :)))
ShelleyS  14 | 2883
31 Jan 2008   #15
better than pancake day in UK, i prefer doughnuts!

Hmm not really, I have my pancakes with warm blackcherrys and apples and icecream - its all about being creative :)

Doughnuts are evil :(
BubbaWoo  33 | 3502
31 Jan 2008   #16
mind you dont tread in them country pancakes aarhh
Dice  15 | 452
31 Jan 2008   #17
It's a dough nut (pączki) day tomorrow.

No, the paczki day was a month ago, not today! I remember the chef at work always makes some paczkis for everybody (or maybe they just buy'em?) :)
Shawn_H
31 Jan 2008   #18
Made Pancakes for the kiddies instead of Paczki. mmm.
Dice  15 | 452
31 Jan 2008   #19
R u a chef, Shawn? Is the Paczki Day in the beginning of January or at the end? U should know that.
BubbaWoo  33 | 3502
31 Jan 2008   #20
paczekdlaciebie.pl/821455
Shawn_H
31 Jan 2008   #21
R u a chef,

No, just like making a mess in the kitchen.

Is the Paczki Day in the beginning of January or at the end

I am not Catholic either, but I believe it has to do with the Lenten Period. The idea is to get all the good stuff in (food, drink etc...) before you give it up for Lent. This is similar to Mardi Gras in Nawleens (New Orleans) and other places.

edit: addition of en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tlusty_czwartek
Dice  15 | 452
31 Jan 2008   #22
OK I got it. It looks like the Paczki Day is celebrated on Fat Tuesday or Fat Thursday (two different things) depending on the location: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paczki

In Chicago, Detroit, Hamtramck, Milwaukee, and South Bend Paczki Day is more commonly celebrated on Fat Tuesday instead of Fat Thursday.

That is interesting. I never knew that.
porta  18 | 225
31 Jan 2008   #23
pączki? And what about Faworki?
kioko  - | 84
31 Jan 2008   #24
I don't like faworki/chruściki... too dry
krysia  23 | 3058
31 Jan 2008   #25
Here in Wisconsin the churches organize "ponchka dances". They had one this Saturday. There was a polka band playing and at 8:00pm they start serving pączki. Everything would be cool, exept those are the worst tasting pączki you could ever eat! TRhey buy them from a store and they don't know how to make them. They are undercooked with raw batter still inside then they stuff them with the cheapest, bitterest raspberyy or prune filling you could ever imagine. My daughter took one look and turned away. My 4 year old son took a bite then stuck his finger in the hole and the red raspberry juices started floated out and he tells me his finger is bleeding. He's such a little joker.

He gets that from me :)
z_darius  14 | 3960
31 Jan 2008   #26
I don't like faworki/chruściki... too dry

There must be either something wrong with the recipe, or they are not stored properly. They shouldn't be really dry.
Harry
19 Feb 2009   #27
Feb 11, 10, 20:41 - Thread attached on merging:
Doughnut day ("Paczki day") in Poland!

How did I only just remember that today is doughnut day?! Fortunately there are plenty in the office kitchen so I've now had four....
ShelleyS  14 | 2883
19 Feb 2009   #28
How did I only just remember that today is doughnut day?! Fortunately there are plenty in the office kitchen so I've now had four....

Fat bastard...actually Im only jealous, Im starving..Ive only had a bowl of soup today :( Now I feel the need to go and buy doughnut on the way home...I may compromise and get some hotcross buns instead! I bet you're all glad I shared that with you!
pgtx  29 | 3094
19 Feb 2009   #29
happy Dounhnut day then?
haha ;)
Harry
19 Feb 2009   #30
With hindsight doughnuts number five and six were a mistake: I now feel rather sick :(


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