C'est Mardi Gras!
Many of you may recall a blog by Aunt Cheryl a little over a year ago concerning the Polish doughnuts called paczki. They are traditionally made and eaten in large amounts for today, Fat Tuesday, the day before the beginning of Lent. In keeping with that tradition, I recently bought a box of four paczki. Kroger just so happened to have them on sale last weekend. (Coincidence? I think not...) The ones I got were Bavarian creme-filled and have a chocolate icing on top. I have already eaten two of them, and let me just say, mmmmm. I saved the other two just for today, so that I can indulge and "get rid" of them before Ash Wednesday.
For those of you that thought my title was CLEVER, thank you, but the idea was not original. I mentioned in a comment on Aunt Cheryl's blog recently that a bakery close to Xavier was advertising paczki on their sign. Just a few days ago, they changed their message to the phrase, "Paczki Are Baczki," and that was just too clever to go unnoticed. Naturally, I couldn't resist using that as a title for this blog! So in case those kind people are reading this, I give credit to the Busken Bakery on Montgomery Road in Norwood, Ohio. Perhaps I'll stop by and get some fresh paczki before tomorrow???
Anyway, I hope everyone enjoys their Mardi Gras, and be sure to eat some paczki if you can get your hands on them.
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4 comments:
Yes, clever indeed! (LOL LOL LOL LOL)
So then you'll go Baczki to get more Paczki.
You described my favorite Krispy Kreme Doughnut...creme filled, chocolate iced.
If I can't find any pollack doughnuts, I can settle for KK.
Before I finalize this, the "word verification" below is "nupgowzg" which looks so much like one of the last names of Grandma Rosie's neighbors in Detroit.
Gee, I always thought it was strawberry filled with no icing.
I wish they sold them here. I guess I have to settle for the KK also.... oh.... that's right we don't have one of those either..... guess I have to try DD.
Today, March 4th, I bought four Paczki, in a box of four, at Winn Dixie. I saw the strawberry filling oozing out checked the price at $1.74 and thought, "Why not". I picked a box that had no oozing and, along with a half-gallon of milk, took them to the cashier. The cashier asked what they were because so many people were buying them. I told him it was a Polish pastry eaten at Easter time. When I got home I found they were filled with Bavarian Creme and not strawberry. I have eaten one and it was delicious. However, calories 330 is a heavy price to pay.
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