paczki

Paczki

The paczki or polish donut are one of the most normal desserts you can find in a Polish store. They are also one of the most traditional Polish desserts that date back to the middle ages and the first half of the 18th century. A paczki looks like a jelly donut. First to make it you make the dough with rich ingredients like confecture, grain alcohol, eggs, fats, sugars, and sometimes milk. Then they are then filled with sweet fillings like fruit preserves, cheese, plums, raspberries, rose petals, lemons, maple bacon, chocolate, even meat, and more. Then it will get fried until it turns a darker brown gold color. Finally it's toed off with powdered sugar, icing sugar, chocolate, glaze, and more, also some are filled with an almond or nut. The poles have a tradition of eating the paczki on the last day of carnival. It is the last Thursday prior to Ash Wednesday. This day is called "Fat Thursday" and 'Trusty czwartek in the Polish language. Since only some paczki are filled with almonds or nuts it is said that whoever gets that paczki are to be lucky. Some states or cities in the United States preserve this tradition. Paczki's actually began to avoid food waste, and to just use up the extra sugar, eggs, butter, and other ingredients. King August III, who was a monarch, revolutionized them. He ate as much as he could in ruling and hired French cooks to cook for him at his castle. There is a paczki eating contest and the record is 22 paczki's in 10 minutes. There is also a movie made about them made in Ohio of 2004 who also hold the tradition.