Today, Fat Thursday is celebrated in Poland. It is the last Thursday before Lent starts and, traditionally, a lot of donuts are eaten on the day. The Polish donuts are a bit bigger than their American equivalents and have no hole in the center. They are covered with powdered sugar-based glaze and filled with a small amount of marmalade. The more modern version is chocolate, pudding, or cherry filling. Well, I like the marmalade ones best. Of course, you can eat donuts on any day, but the Fat Thursday tradition is quite a good excuse if you feel like stuffing yourself and eating more donuts than one or two. Well, maybe four?
The spelling of the word "pączki" (= donuts) includes the Polish letter "ą" which does not exist in the English alphabet. That is why people tend to write "paczki" instead of "pączki". The trick is "paczki" means "packages" in Polish, not "donuts".
Traditional Polish donuts are deep-fried in oil. Some years ago, I made them as well. There are other options, though. However, instead of frying, I used a recipe for baked donuts. You can find it here: Yeast Jelly Buns.
Have you eaten a donut today?
Photo: Silar, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, Wikimedia Commons
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