Happy Paczki Day!

[1gobluedem]

I have already had my 5000 calorie, deep fried, fat-laden treat for the day....

[bif]

1. Same to you!

Although I don't think anyone more than 50 miles of Hamtramck know what it is.

[1gobluedem]

2. Their loss

I have to have paczki on Fat Tuesday or it just isn't Fat Tuesday!

[bif]

3. What flavor did you get?

I'm partial to the raspberry.

[1gobluedem]

6. Bavarian

It was a tough choice between that and the lemon.

[Giant Robot]

5. I'm about 200 miles outside of there

Do I get a treat for knowing what one is? Although to be honest they are waaaaaaaaaaaay too sweet for me.

[1gobluedem]

7. Well, I would've given you paczki but you say they're too sweet

Plus there is the added bonus of them sitting in your stomach like a lump of lead all day.

[Giant Robot]

16. Yeah I'm the weird one in the family

I never have liked sweet things.

[BeachBaby]

4. Woohoo!

Pierogies are on the dinner menu for tonight. :) :hi:

[1gobluedem]

8. Yummy! With sauteed onions and butter?

I love pierogies. Mmmm. :hi:

[BeachBaby]

9. Yes!

I don't make the cheese pierogies. I make potato and onion, sauteed with more onion and butter. God, they're fattening - but soooooo good.

My Babci made them the best - she spent hours in the kitchen, yelling at my mother. I had no idea what she was saying (since it was all in Polish) - but it was fun as hell to watch my mom get yelled at, for a change. :rofl:

[1gobluedem]

10. Oh, yes, they have to be potato

One of my college roommates was Ukranian and her parents owned a Ukranian funeral home in Hamtramck. Ukranian food is very similar to Polish; her parents would bring all the leftovers from the funeral luncheons up to us starving college students and that's where this Irish girl developed my taste for pierogies. They have a different name in Ukranian that sounds like peddeh-heh but the taste is the same. Yum!

I remember those mother-grandmother kitchen 'discussions.' Now I have them with my mother. In fact, I threw her out of my kitchen one Easter morning for her running commentary on how I brown pork sausage differently than she does. :rofl:

Enjoy your pierogies for tomorrow we fast...

[BeachBaby]

13. OMG! ROFL!!!!

Okay, then, I have to ask you this....

These "discussions" that they would have.....was it a whole lot more yelling than talking? Good lord, my mom swore to me that they weren't fighting, but just "talking loudly".....but I would have put money down that it was an all-out brawl during those cooking extravaganzas. :rofl:

[1gobluedem]

17. It sure seemed like yelling to me

Now the tradition is mostly carried on by my mother and sister who believes nobody can cook except her and has quite a lot to say about how other people arrange their kitchens. Clearly not to suit her.

[bif]

11. Topped with sour cream and paprika!

[BeachBaby]

14. Oooooohhhh, I have never used paprika.

I will do that tonight! Thanks for the tip! :hi:

[bif]

15. It's the only way to eat them

Enjoy!

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

12. Yes, Happy P-Day!

I had to walk past a big display of Paczkis going to work. And drove past a bakery that had a line out the door, at 5:30am.

I've had Paczkis in the past, but not this year. I'm trying to eat healthy(er), and have blown my "senseless calorie limit" on Girl Scout cookies.

:hi:

[demmiblue]

18. I had a faux Paczki

from Kroger.

:yoiks:

Before I die, I will wait in line during the wee hours of the morning for a true Hamtramck paczki!

[bif]

21. I think they sell them year round

So you won't have to wait in line for hours.

[lizziegrace]

19. So I should be able to find one of these in Wisconsin?

:shrug:

[1gobluedem]

22. I'm not sure

Does Milwaukee have any Polish bakeries? Basically, it's a deep fat fried jelly donut made with lard.

Paczki is big in Detroit and Pittsburgh, I believe. And maybe Buffalo?

[lizziegrace]

23. It was on the news last night

but I didn't catch the name of the bakery here in Milwaukee.

[1gobluedem]

24. There are some listed here

http://www.onmilwaukee.com/market/articles/ethnicgrocery.html

This place maybe:

A.J.'s Polish Deli
1215 W. Lincoln Ave., [phone]
A.J.'s is the only exclusively Polish grocery in the city specializing in Polish pastries, perogies and breads.

Or they mention a Bellas as a place to get Polish pastries.

[lizziegrace]

25. Thanks!

I've got some errands to run and will see what I can find. :)

[auntAgonist]

20. got my fake but tasty Paczkis at Meijer

I LOVE the bavarian and the lemon filled. I bought some raspberry filled on the weekend. Yeah, we eat a lot of fake, but tasty, Paczkis this time of year!

:hi:

aA
kesha


I too will get a REAL paczki before I die.