Being a Polish - American, with a strong Polish community in my city ( my own uncle Chet Zablocki actually had a radio show, "The Polka Party", for many years with his first wife, Helen [who died in 1968] and then with his second wife, Sharon. When he died in 2004, Sharon continued the show and it is still going on Sunday mornings, now in its 63rd year!), i can't help but be surrounded by the little puffy, filled powder sugar coated doughnuts that every grocery store, snack shop, and bakery seems to have tons of on this day!
Paczki Day precedes the beginning of Lent, and the baking of paczki is traditionally a way to use up all of the fat, sugar, and fruit in the house--things forbidden during the strict Polish Lenten season.
While i consider myself a poor stereotype of a Polish person (who prefers Italian food, doesn't like chicken, and can't Polka to save her life), no one has much trouble talking me into one or two of these edible Tribbles on Fat Tuesday! Guess i'll be giving up FOOD for Lent!
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