If you have never had the amazing fried dough of paczki then I feel so sorry for you. I mean really, truly I do. These bad boys are a Fat Tuesday tradition here in Metro-Detroit they are EVERYWHERE. I mean EVERYWHERE!! However, for these bad boys Hubby went and picked these up today from a local bakery in Hamtramck. Any place in the States with a sizable Polish population will attest to the heavenly goodness of paczki, as a goodbye to sweet treats before Lent starts.
But if you are settling for a grocery store version then I want you to look closely at these. Then resolve to go this year or if you don’t have time this then next year you MUST resolve to a good bakery & get the real deal. Nothing surpasses this. Abso-freakin’-lutely NOTHING. I’m now going to eat my way into a sugary fried dough coma.
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You are right – nothing compares to the real deal of a bakery.
And thanks so much for your thoughtful comment earlier. I actually have thought about the whole “community” idea, but I don’t want to start anything until I really think it through…I want to be sure I could put the required time & energy into it. I was thinking of maybe a section that highlights some blogging tips (posts) which may be a good place to start…
All food for thought…thanks for always being such an awesome supporter!
The real deal is essential.
Yea, I figured you probably had considered but thought I’d through it out again. Because you know I like to add more work to everyone’s plates
wow. they look delectable — i presume you will be fasting for the next forty days?
Yep, feast then fast. I also couldn’t do these more than once a year. I’d need to be airlifted from my house if I ate them daily.
OMG that looks like heaven!
I am pretty sure these are in Heaven as well.
Holy cow. Those look GOOOOOD.
So good. I know I’m torturing people out there. Bad Beth. Bad Beth.
I’ve never had them, but you make them sound so good. Did you come out of your coma yet? LOL… Love the way you expressed that.
They are so good & sugar coma has been overcome but I still have a few hours left of this day of feasting I could succumb again
I’ve never heard of them but they look absolutely delicious.
I think if you are in a big Polish town you can’t escape them. I know a few other cultures have something similar but by a different name, kinda like a rose is a rose even if by a different name. Same with fried dough goodness.
Those look so freakin good I want to jump into the computer screen! I hate that every REALLY good bakery that I’ve come across has withered with the bad economy and the “big superstore” trend. Do you have a recipe for your Paczki dough? If you do, you better give it to us!!!! Otherwise we’ll have to come up there to Detroit and kick your rear for showing us something so yummy and not a way to get them!!!!
Oh, I should get a recipe out and make them myself. I know my husband & the kids would love that. I’ve had them homemade before & they are amazing. Hmm…I’m going to have to do some asking around now. Since usually we just buy them, no work & all the glory of eating them.
They look amazing. I want one.
I should send them out next year to people who lack their goodness in their area.
Ick – never liked them but my students go nuts for them. We have a lot of Poles in Bay City so we get the real deal too from Krzyiak’s, not any ole Tim Hortons you know.
Happy Fat Tuesday! I had to laugh at the one comment about fasting for the next 40 days, those paczki’s would definitely kill you if you had one every day.
OH MY YES!! They sure would kill you given all the fat & sugar in them. They are definitely a holdover from the old days of the stricter fasting.
I’ve never been to Krzyiak’s when in Bay City, we should check it out the next time.
You’re killing me! This is like the one day of the year that moving from Michigan to California seems regretful. Ohh how I miss thee, Paczki!!!
At least you will always have Detroit & the memories. Or you could just lick your screen but that might be weird
I was born and raised in Detroit and we often went to Hamtramck for Polish food. For some reason I was never introduced to Paczki and never heard of them until about 10 years ago. I no longer live in the Detroit area and Hamtramck is no longer a Polish community but I am still curious about these little donuts. Thanks for publishing the recipe. Going to make these for sure.
I meant thanks for publishing the photo as a reminder to me to make them. I already have the recipe.
It’s very true Hamtramck isn’t as strong as it once was for the Polish community, there are still pockets of Poles in the city but not the same as it once was. But now there is a huge center Troy and a growing community in that area. Although you still have some die-hards in Hamtramck.
I’m glad that it inspired you to make your recipe!
I grew up in Michigan and have never associated any particular food with my home state…except for the paczki. There is no sizable Polish population within reasonable driving distance to me right now, so that means Fat Tuesday comes and goes without the hope of having one to celebrate. However, I love seeing them all over the Internet. It reminds me that I’m not crazy to remember these delicacies as the best thing about Mardi Gras/Fat Tuesday in Michigan!
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Those look amazing, and actually a lot like Scandinavian cream filled baked goods that we enjoy this time of year. Here’s my post about them from last year. http://entertaininganytime.typepad.com/sparkling_ink/2009/02/-strawberry-cream-puffs-.html
What a great blog you have here! Glad to meet you:)
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