Anyone indulging in Fat Tuesday?

In Detroit we have a local tradition thanks to our large Polish popluation here...

PACZKI

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paczki

Polish immigrants have popularized this type of preserve-filled doughnut in some parts of the United States, especially in Hamtramck- an enclave of Detroit. Hamtramck is known to be the only U.S. city to organize an annual Paczki-Day (Fat Tuesday) Parade, and lines can be seen up to 24 hours before the deep-fried delights go on sale at the numerous local bakeries. Many bars in town open early in the morning, and provide free entertainment, a party atmosphere, and even Paczki-clad mascots. The Paczki-Day celebration in this town is even larger than many areas have for St. Patrick's Day. Here, prunes are considered the traditional filling, but many others are used as well, including lemon, strawberry, Bavarian cream, custard, raspberry, and rarely apple. Due to French influence, paczki are eaten on Mardi Gras (Fat Tuesday) rather than on Fat Thursday. In the large Polish community of Chicago, and other large cities across the Midwest, paczki day is also celebrated annually by immigrants and locals alike.

Those look and sound delicious!

I'm gonna eat like a pig today.

psychodelicide said:

They are, but you have to be careful...they're like 400 calories a piece! I ate one this morning

jerseykrs said:

OMG...I think I will too.

applekisses said:

I love bakery, even if it is high in calories.

psychodelicide said:

I guess it would be no fun to have a Fat Tuesday tradition that was based on veggies and fiber.

Oooh I totally want pancakes for dinner!

applekisses said:

So true!

IrresistibleB1tch said:

Hungarians have a version too!

What did your mom fill them with?

susannah said:

Oh yeah! Shrove Tuesday for you guys!

applekisses said:

I hadnt thought about it until just now, when I realised *I* could make them if *I* wanted too!

applekisses said:

usually something like plum butter, or whatever homemade jelly she had. she made them for New Year's, too.

I've got beads ladies.....lemme see'em!!!

applekisses said:

I hear paczki on Monday and Tuesday / Mardi Gras / Fat Tuesday are actually "fat free."

applekisses said:

If that were the case, the day would have to be called Low-Calorie Tuesday!

WillyWonka said:

Skinny Tuesday!

a2grafix said:

Let's keep hoping that. Weren't you eating them on Monday too?

pardonme4livin said:

see? i got beads too.

I miss New Orleans very much.....with the exception of the years I've spent away being in the Army (and my infant years... )....going to all the parades and festivities was a family tradition....its good to see the city getting back to some kind of normal, but she's years....generations...away from ever getting back to what she was....

if y'all want to get a feel for OUR Mardi Gras, hop on over to www.nola.com

lots of live streetcams....take a peek...I would, but the security protocols on our network prevent such frivolity.....

Laizzez les bon temps roulez.....Let the good times roll!!!

reneGade20 said:

Those street cams are awesome! It's good to see lots of people in the streets.

applekisses said:

maybe? And today too? We have our live shot during the moring show back out at the Polish Village. Then had four od our six local news breaks during TODAY Show back there as well. At 9am locla high school kids participated in a paczki eating contest. The boys won over the girls. We got reaction at 9:25am. Good stuff.

a2grafix said:

Was anyone lined up overnight like they are in Hamtramck?

applekisses said:

If everything plays out right (as in NOT being here again), I will be there next year!!!

reneGade20 said:

That's so awesome

I've never been, but I do wish I could have seen it before the devistation.

applekisses said:

not too sure but I hear the Toledo version of the paczki is better than the Detroit version. But that's what I hear. We even have people from Metro Detroit coming down to the Glass City to get a taste.

our station has been paczki central for the past five days.

reneGade20 said:[quote]
if y'all want to get a feel for OUR Mardi Gras, hop on over to www.nola.com

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is that a hand grenade I see? The most powerful drink in all the land?

applekisses said:

it is a beautiful, wild scene, but definitely something that you would have had to experience first hand.....being from N.O. I could describe it all day, but it wouldn't do the experience any justice....every year that I went was different....and when I went as an adult, adding in spirits in quantity just made it that much more vivid and fun!

Even though Mardi Gras will never be what it was before Katrina, if enough folks go now, it should develop a new persona....so I would still recommend it if its in you to go.....