Delightful paczki do Mardi Gras, Polish-style
By Louisa ChuDelightful paczki do Mardi Gras, Polish-style
By Louisa ChuWhen Pope Benedict XVI shocked the world with his resignation announcement yesterday, Catholics across Chicago could at least stress eat with paczki.
The Polish pastries are part of the great last hurrah before Lent. They’re traditionally eaten in Poland on Fat Thursday (last Thursday), and across this country today on Fat Tuesday, or Mardi Gras. In Chicago, we celebrate both days thanks to our Polish-American population, and because we like to eat.
Paczki look like everyday doughnuts but should feel heavier, bite denser, and taste unfamiliar, filled with stewed plum or rose hip jam. Before the gourmet doughnut trend, there were paczki.
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