Celebrate Paçzki Day: Polish Pastries Delight!

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Discussion Overview

The thread centers around the celebration of Paçzki Day, with participants sharing their experiences and thoughts about this Polish pastry. Various locations and traditions associated with Paçzki Day are mentioned, alongside personal anecdotes and cravings for the pastries.

Discussion Character

  • Anecdotal
  • Opinion-based
  • Exploratory

Main Points Raised

  • One participant shares that Paçzki Day is a significant event in Milwaukee, noting long lines at local bakeries.
  • Another participant describes the popularity of Paçzki in Detroit, highlighting the rich history and various fillings available.
  • Several users express their cravings for Paçzki, with one mentioning a desire for a raspberry-filled one.
  • One participant, identifying as a consultant, mentions that Paçzki are also popular in a Dutch community, indicating a broader appreciation for the pastry.
  • Another participant notes the cultural significance of Paçzki as a way to use up rich ingredients before Lent.
  • Some participants discuss the connection between Paçzki Day and other celebrations like Pancake Day, with playful comparisons made between the two.
  • One participant shares a recipe for Paçzki, providing a detailed account of the preparation process.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

Views differ regarding the popularity and significance of Paçzki Day in various locations, with no clear consensus on which area has the best or most authentic pastries.

Contextual Notes

Participants come from various regions, including Chicago, Detroit, and Kansas, sharing local traditions and experiences related to Paçzki Day and its cultural background.

Who May Find This Useful

Readers interested in culinary traditions, particularly those related to Polish culture, may find the shared experiences and discussions about Paçzki Day engaging.

The_Kitchen_Guy said:
No wonder everyone swears off all that stuff for Lent! After a day of overloading on Paçzkis, it would take 6 weeks to recover!
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The prune one would help exit it out the back door quicker, but the addition to them would still linger.
 
Ann and KG that ain't no joke! They are kinda like mini bowling balls! Pat took a bite out of one of 4 prune ones I bought on Tuesday morning. I ate the rest of it and the other three on and off all day Tuesday, I did not want to waste them even though they were kinda nasty. I spent most of yesterday running! Luckily I could stay home!
 
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Yup - the thread dedicated to the delightfully fattening treat has been
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(It's become a Shrove Tuesday tradition around here.)
 
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And yes, it has other names and traditions in other parts of the country.The Christian Science Monitor has a report today about fastnacht day, usually associated with the Pennsylvania Dutch country but is actually a German tradition. It is also known as Pancake Day in some areas, that is passed down from the English. This is also known as Shrove Tuesday. "Shrove" is the past tense of "shrive" as in "he shrives, he shrove, he has shriven" which in Olde English meant to confess one's sins to a spiritual leader and to receive assurance of God's love and pardon for sins. To receive such advice is to receive "shrift" which, in today's English, is usually associated with a short shrift.Carnival, the traditional celebration in New Orleans and Rio de Janiero, comes from Latin, "Carni" as in "carnivore" and "vale" as in valediction and it means, literally, "farewell to meat." In French, it became Mardi (Tuesday) gras (fat) which became our "Fat Tuesday." One last day of partying, fats, and meat before Lent.All of these traditions seem to rotate around using up stored fat, like the bacon drippings, because the fats would not be used during Lent.So whether your tradition is pancakes, fastnacht or paçzki, they're all related to Fat Tuesday, Mardi Gras, or to have been shrove.
 
Four years later and I finally got my raspberry paçzki! Good stuff. Husband is flipping pancakes tonight for Shrove Tuesday. We had a Mardi Gras party on Saturday and made a King Cake. We've just been full of traditions of the season!
 
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chefjeanine said:
Four years later and I finally got my raspberry paçzki! Good stuff. Husband is flipping pancakes tonight for Shrove Tuesday. We had a Mardi Gras party on Saturday and made a King Cake. We've just been full of traditions of the season!
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I had a raspberry paçzki myself this morning! There is a local grocery chain that offers a little more upscale product line than the big chain down the street, and they were selling several different fillings in good, traditional, fat-laden paçzki, covered with a very fine powdered sugar. Most of that powdered sugar is all over the front of my black jacket, so I'll have a reminder of Paçzki Day for awhile. (At least, until I wash my jacket, I suppose.)
 
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It appears that this thread missed its annual bump last year.Two years later, Shrove Tuesday, and I could just C&P my previous post. There's a raspberry paçzki in the kitchen (from that same store) awaiting me and a fresh cup of coffee in just a few hours.Happy Paçzki Day 2013!
 
I think I'm skipping the paçzki today. You are having my favorite flavor. Enjoy!Husband will be off making pancakes tonight.
 
I wish they looked like the ones in pic 1. They are covered with powdered sugar. What a mess!

I went to the store and found a limited selection, got blueberry for Roomie and custard for me. Diet. Officially. Blown.

And I still don't see the diference between them and a donut.
 
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If a paçzki is truly a paçzki, baked in the traditional way, it would be made with more eggs and lard. I don't know of a commercial bakery these days that uses lard.When they're made with lard, they are also heavier than a traditional filled donut. Most of the paçzki that I've had over the last few years are actually kind of dry, and the filling explodes when I'm eating it. I suspect that's because the recipe is traditional except the lard, and that makes the difference.(Lard was the secret to my grandmother's fabulous pie crust. Pie crust these days is just awful, thanks to our modern aversion to lard.)
 
*waves from Michigan*
No Pączki at our house this year - Car Guy and I are both dieting. I had half a bagel for breakfast yesterday (free bagel day at the gym!) and felt guilty about it.
 
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That's okay, I made up for you and ate three - one of each of us.
 
I made homemade pie crust once, just once. With shortening and butter combined. I told my family, "Enjoy it because I'm NEVER doing this again."
 
At least you've done it once!
 
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There is a secret to good pie crust.They come in a box.
 
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Time to bump this annual Shrove Tuesday thread!It's Pączki Day!
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Yum that looks good! Is that lemon?
 
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Probably. Traditionally, pączkis are prune filled, now popular fillings are prune, lemon, raspberry and today I had a cherry filled pączki.
 
Husband brought me a raspberry pączki and spent the evening flipping pancakes at a local church.
 
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Time for the annual bump of this delicious thread!
 
I know what I'm having for dessert tonight!
 
so...where's the recipe??
 
Cheated last Saturday and got a box (raspberry) at Meijer. Stopped today at a bakery and picked up one custard and one raspberry. As usual, Larry will be flipping pancakes tonight at a local church.
 
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The_Kitchen_Guy said:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Ponczki.jpg/250px-Ponczki.jpgThe delightful Polish pastry! It's Paçzki Day!(Pronounced Poonch-key.)(ETA: This is from TWO THOUSAND SEVEN, folks, so enjoy the thread but remember that this year's discussion starts towards the end! :))
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Bumping for 2019!
Happy Paçzki Day!
 
Hope you had a great Paczki Day, KG. I thought of you. . . forgot to come on here and say hello.
 
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