Happy Paczki Day!!!

Happy Fat Tuesday!!

Celebrate with a Paczki.


For those not in the know Paczki's are Polish calorie bombs hiding in a incredible costume.

For Education Click here

OK- so my officemate (originally from Poland) educated me on these and I must say- screw you. Now I'm starving.

He said the sugar on top is vanilla sugar and the jam in the middle was made from rose hips (in Poland)- it sounds fantastic

Nor is it Kasimir S. Pulaski day(I would link the Big Black video of the song by the same name, but the album title was a wee too vulgar... such a great album)

So this was the line in New Palace thie AM when I arrived and below is my reward.



NOTE one is already missing by the time I remembered to take a pic......

One missing- is 10 a Polish dozen?

Seriously how far do you want me to run ..I only bought 10! I have to run for 30ish min to work off one. .... Already ran this morning for an hour .... thats 2 Have a friend coming over for another run this evening.... Prob 1.5ish hrs so that is three more ..... And I give him three that leaves me with 2 for the morning after a run with the pup again. Yea I love em' but I have to at least net out to zero for today and tomorrow.....

Reminds me of these.Had variations from Croatia & Germany for examples

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orahnjača

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rugulach

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fasnacht_(doughnut)

Just had one a few minutes ago. Mmmmm

So Michigan has for a few years been running tourism ads , Pure Michigan Ads. You might have seen them. If not here is one of the original ones.
Link to all of them




And here is one of the many parodies that have sprung up...LOL This one about our beloved Paczki's

I know them all too well. SIL picks up a box at the bunny holiday time. We always called them "Punski's" probably because we did not know how to spell it. Blueberry jam filled is my favorite. The local ones are covered in powdered sugar of some sort with a fresh whipped cream and jam filling. The local Polish market sometimes carries them from larger bakeries that seasonally have them. Yum.

Yes they are pronounced like this pounchki click here to hear it...

I had a raspberry one yesterday evening...a little bit later on than I should have, I guess. It was a mistake that I paid for almost all night! Of course, I bought them from a local (not so) super market bakery...maybe that was the mistake!
Today I had another one during the afternoon that was bought from a local bakery. Lemon, this time. Yes, there was a noticable difference in the taste and quality.

Enjoyed the fat Tuesday parody!

It's fasnacht day in my house. My mothers side of the family was german and while we use to make this german potato starch donuts as kids, I buy them now. Drove 45 minutes to the only bakery around that even gets "close" to wat they should be, waited 25 mins in line and bought 2 dozen. Drove around tonight playing fasnacht fairy to my friends and family, a long time tradition. Never had a paczki but would eat one for sure! Here's my fasnachts:

I'm hungry now.

Darn you all . . . all those pics make the bagel I ate several hours ago look pretty sad in comparison. Now I'm hungry.

Thanks a LOT, Mistress! Now I have to head to Weis tonight for Fasnachts...

I had mine today thanks to my SIL who brought two boxes.

The local version:




Yeah, I ate a whole one.

Oh no you did-ent Jon.
That looks mahhhvelous.
I want one some.