It turns out that there are a lot of Polish people in Detroit (not that I've been to Detroit, I just read about them) and this time of year, they (and all the non-Polish people these days) celebrate "Paczki Day" when they make and eat the traditional "paczki" a traditional Polish bakery treat. The story goes that historically, the Polish would try to use up all the fat & eggs that they would not be eating during Lent - and so created the paczki (pronounced poonch-key), which is basically what I would call a jelly doughnut. I think it's too cold to have an actual Mardi Gras celebration here, so they compromise and eat fatty foods indoors! Here in East Lansing, a couple of stores carry them and we've tried a bunch of different flavors. Custard-filled is my favorite - but really, at the end of the day, I'd take a krispy kreme plain glazed over one these things.
I was excited to try them because I had read so much about them, but in the end, like many things Michigan (except Dave, of course!), not worth the excitement! Photos of the "process".
P.S. It's 40 degrees today, sun is out and I can hear kids playing outside. . . Spring cannot be that far off!
1 comment:
They look good. Maybe you can bring some home in March. But I probably shouldn't eat any more fat.
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