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| Donut Cutter Berkley, Michigan |
I grew up in the Metro-NY area, a very diverse place, but I had never heard of a Paczki until I moved to the Metro-Detroit area. For those of you who don't know this is a Paczki:
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| Gurwin and his blueberry Paczki |
Looks a lot like a doughnut and well, Paczki is Polish for doughnut. Here are some things to know about Paczkis:
- They have been around since at least the Middle Ages
- Started as a way to use up lard, sugar, eggs and fruit for fasting during Lent.
- Cities that have Paczki Day celebrations: Detroit, Chicago, Toledo, Buffalo, Cleveland, Grand Rapids, Milwaukee, South Bend and Windsor (Ontario)
- An old Polish proverb states; "If you don't eat at least one doughnut (Paczki) on Shrove Tuesday, you will no longer be successful in life."
- They are DELICIOUS
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| Gurwin and his sack of Paczkis |
Gurwin and I got out #Gadflyin early to get ours. Maybe next year we will trek to Hamtramck to get our Paczkis, but this year we got them at The Donut Cutter in Berkley. They were fresh out of the oven and the trays just kept coming - big demand for Paczkis today.
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| Donut Cutter Berkley, Michigan |
Hope you live somewhere where you can get a Paczki.
