OT: Happy Paczki Day to Anna

[Bama fan]

Today as we celebrate Fat Tuesday in the U S, in Poland they celebrate Paczki Day. A paczki is a filled doughnut and in Western Pennsylvania where I grew up, the local Polish community celebrated the day before Ash Wednesday and Lent with these delicious treats. Many local churches and bakeries made the treat for this day. In New Orleans they make king cakes for Mardi Gras, but in Pittsburgh and surrounding mill towns it was paczki. Quite delicious and with a sense of community, I hope someone in Connecticut hooks Anna and the ladies up !

 

[oldude]

Today as we celebrate Fat Tuesday in the U S, in Ploand they celebrate Paczki Day. A paczki is a filled doughnut and in Western Pennsylvania where I grew up, the local Polish community celebrated the day before Ash Wednesday and Lent with these delicious treats. Many local churches and bakeries made the treat for this day. In New Orleans they make king cakes for Mardi Gras, but in Pittsburgh and surrounding mill towns it was paczki. Quite delicious and with a sense of community, I hope someone in Connecticut hooks Anna and the ladies up !

Does triaddukefan know about this?

 

[psconn]

I would have to believe that somewhere in New Britain there is a paczki with Anna's name on it.

ON EDIT: As I suspected, there are at least 2 bakeries in New Britain that advertise Paczki. Also, in Vernon, a short 20 minute drive from Storrs is the Unicorn Polish Bakery and Deli. They probably have it too.

 

[Artifact]

Snachnee, { delicious } !

 

[Biff]

You can find packzi in many bakeries and several of the grocery chains this time of year. The polish is strong in Nutmegger land.

 

[Plebe]

Does triaddukefan know about this?

@triaddukefan

Someone quick, do a welfare check. He may be drowning in his own drool ... or simply in a catatonic state induced by that photograph.

 

[OviedoFLHusky]

For those of Husky Nation who are down South, the Publix grocery store chain carries paczki in three different varieties - filled with either custard, apple, or raspberry. They come 4 to a box; the boxes are red with white lettering.

Not all of the Publix stores have them. I find that the smaller neighborhood Publixes are more likely to have them. And it's only for this time of year.

They are absolutely delicious! The dough is richer and denser than a regular jelly donut. If you'd normally eat 2 jelly donuts per serving, you'd find 1 paczki quite filling. Raspberry is my flavor of choice! 😛

Publix also has king cakes!

 

[CL82]

Thanks for explaining it. I thought it was a Polish holiday celebrating package stores.

 

[uconnfan68]

You can find packzi in many bakeries and several of the grocery chains this time of year. The polish is strong in Nutmegger land.

Big Y is excellent!

 

[triaddukefan]

 

[Alydar]

You can find packzi in many bakeries and several of the grocery chains this time of year. The polish is strong in Nutmegger land.

The small grocery store I use has had them on a table as you enter the store. for 2 weeks. My health issues force me to walk past them and it isn't easy.

 

[phil sampieri]

yes New Britain has a high populous of Polish, Bristol French and Waterbury Irish and Italian.

 

[CaliHuskyFan]

Big Y is excellent!

Hey 68 - My Mom (1st generation from Poland) agrees with you!

 

[psconn]

11:30 pm. ... anybody know of any all-night paczkiries in Eastern Connecticut?
😛

 

[MilfordHusky]

yes New Britain has a high populous of Polish, Bristol French and Waterbury Irish and Italian.

My family was part of the Bristol French. I didn't know there was a collection of French there until recently.

 

[JAMS]

This is real thing in New Britain

 

[mbr33ct]

While the Boneyard was down today, decided to go grocery shopping at the BigY (North Haven), my store of choice. They had Paczki's pre-packed of 6 but I like to order at the bakery counter. To my surprise they had none, reason yesterday was last day until next year.

 

[Bigboote]

I had intended to make beignets yesterday, but work got in the way. They're New Orleans doughnuts, kind of flat. They're not specifically associated with Mardi Gras, but it would be a good excuse to make them.

 

[Plebe]

I had intended to make beignets yesterday, but work got in the way. They're New Orleans doughnuts, kind of flat. They're not specifically associated with Mardi Gras, but it would be a good excuse to make them.

I found fascinating this history of the beignet, aka the official doughnut of the state of Louisiana:

Beignets

Follow this tasty treat from scriblita to the Big Easy.

www.nationalgeographic.org

 

[j66kicker]

Oh geez - making me miss NOLA. Are there any WCBB final fours scheduled for there? Absolutely the best place to hold a FF!

I found fascinating this history of the beignet, aka the official doughnut of the state of Louisiana:

Beignets

Follow this tasty treat from scriblita to the Big Easy.

www.nationalgeographic.org

 

[Bama fan]

I had intended to make beignets yesterday, but work got in the way. They're New Orleans doughnuts, kind of flat. They're not specifically associated with Mardi Gras, but it would be a good excuse to make them.

There is a shop about .5 mi from our house that opened last spring . It is called Beignets and Lattes. Poor timing in the midst of the pandemic, but they are struggling by. They make theirs with choux dough, but I prefer the yeast ones.

 

[Plebe]

There is a shop about .5 mi from our house that opened last spring . It is called Beignets and Lattes. Poor timing in the midst of the pandemic, but they are struggling by. They make theirs with choux dough, but I prefer the yeast ones.

Beignets and lattes. What a siren song of a combination. It's probably a good thing I don't live within a mile (or within 10 miles) of said shop.

 

[Bigboote]

There is a shop about .5 mi from our house that opened last spring . It is called Beignets and Lattes. Poor timing in the midst of the pandemic, but they are struggling by. They make theirs with choux dough, but I prefer the yeast ones.

All these decades of cooking and I’d never heard of choux dough. I think I’ll be making gougeres whenever the weather passes and I can get some gruyere or emmenthaler.

 

[Plebe]

All these decades of cooking and I’d never heard of choux dough. I think I’ll be making gougeres whenever the weather passes and I can get some gruyere or emmenthaler.

Perhaps we can all draw some choux inspiration from none other than the great one herself, Julia Child.

From an article about pâte à choux:

Making choux isn’t exactly hard, although it does require some elbow grease. In Mastering the Art of French Cooking, Julia Child—ever cheery, of course—calls it “one of those quick, easy, and useful preparations…which every cook should know how to make.”​

We Bow to the Master: Pâte à Choux

Whether or not you know it as pâte à choux, this is the classic pastry you’ve been eating all along.

www.tastecooking.com

 

[Bigboote]

Perhaps we can all draw some choux inspiration from none other than the great one herself, Julia Child.

From an article about pâte à choux:

Making choux isn’t exactly hard, although it does require some elbow grease. In Mastering the Art of French Cooking, Julia Child—ever cheery, of course—calls it “one of those quick, easy, and useful preparations…which every cook should know how to make.”​

We Bow to the Master: Pâte à Choux

Whether or not you know it as pâte à choux, this is the classic pastry you’ve been eating all along.

www.tastecooking.com

Hmm. . . The puffs recipe linked from that article looks a lot like Yorkshire-pudding-type popovers.

The stuff sounds easy enough to make, although my arthritic hands aren’t crazy about all the beating necessary.

 

[triaddukefan]

not sure why I came back into this thread.... but now I'm hungry for a doughy pastry Lemme exit stage left

 

[Bama fan]

@triadukefan made a good choice with the ever comical Sponge Bob. However, I always think of a feline Shakespearean first.

 

[RegisteredUconn]

For those of Husky Nation who are down South, the Publix grocery store chain carries paczki in three different varieties - filled with either custard, apple, or raspberry. They come 4 to a box; the boxes are red with white lettering.

Not all of the Publix stores have them. I find that the smaller neighborhood Publixes are more likely to have them. And it's only for this time of year.

They are absolutely delicious! The dough is richer and denser than a regular jelly donut. If you'd normally eat 2 jelly donuts per serving, you'd find 1 paczki quite filling. Raspberry is my flavor of choice! 😛

Publix also has king cakes!

If they are as you describe and my normal donut order were two, I'd probably substitute four of those paczkis! OK, maybe just 3 (me watchin' my diet bein' all health conscious and all), one of each flavor.

 

[Plebe]

@triadukefan made a good choice with the ever comical Sponge Bob. However, I always think of a feline Shakespearean first.

Ha I’m surprised Falwell never vituperated the highly suave and stylish Snagglepuss , who makes the Teletubbies look like meathead jocks by comparison.

 

[Dokey]

I had intended to make beignets yesterday, but work got in the way. They're New Orleans doughnuts, kind of flat. They're not specifically associated with Mardi Gras, but it would be a good excuse to make them.

My Volga German ancestors make grebble, somewhat akin to beignets, though less rich. I continue to make them for Christmas morning.