{"id":4883,"date":"2014-02-27T19:04:08","date_gmt":"2014-02-27T19:04:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/?p=4883"},"modified":"2014-06-06T18:47:21","modified_gmt":"2014-06-06T18:47:21","slug":"tlusty-czwartek-whats-so-special-about-fat-thursday-in-poland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/tlusty-czwartek-whats-so-special-about-fat-thursday-in-poland\/","title":{"rendered":"T\u0142usty czwartek – what’s so special about Fat Thursday in Poland?"},"content":{"rendered":"

As in other Catholic countries that celebrate the last day before the fasting season of Lent begins, Poland has its own version of the French Mardis Gras (Fat Tuesday), known locally as T\u0142usty Czwartek<\/strong>, or Fat Thursday. With Lent forbidding sweets and treats, Fat Thursday is a similar celebration of gluttonous indulgence as in other countries, but with the date bungled, and instead of parading and partying the Poles queue up in lines that sometimes stretch around the corner in order to purchase pastries from the local cukiernia<\/strong>, or bakery.<\/p>\n

Poland\u2019s favourite pastries, particularly on Fat Thursday, are p\u0105czki<\/strong> – large deep-fried doughnuts typically filled with rose jam (or other marmalades), glazed with sugar, and sometimes topped with a piece of candied orange peel. Another Fat Thursday favourite are faworki<\/strong> – thin dough ribbons, fried until crispy and sprinkled with powdered sugar. The number of these baked goods consumed annually on Fat Thursday is truly astronomical, but you can buy them any day of the year in most bakeries. This year Fat Thursday falls on February 27th.<\/p>\n

Here are couple of short poems about this holiday:<\/p>\n

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\u273a\u273a\u273a<\/p>\n

By\u0142 sobie p\u0105czek, co nie mia\u0142 r\u0105czek<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

i okr\u0105glutki by\u0142 jak miesi\u0105czek.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Mia\u0142 lukrowan\u0105 z\u0142ocist\u0105 sk\u00f3rk\u0119,<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

a w \u015brodku dziurk\u0119 na konfiturk\u0119.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Wszyscy go lubi\u0105 – starsi i dzieci.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Na jego widok, a\u017c \u015blinka leci.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Lecz co naprawd\u0119 p\u0105czki s\u0105 warte,<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

to przede wszystkim wie t\u0142usty czwartek.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

There was a donut, which did not have hands<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

and he was round like full moon.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

He had golden crust,<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

and in the middle of the hole for jam.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Everyone likes him – the elderly and children.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

In his view, the mouth is watering.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

But what really donuts are worth,<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

first of all know Fat Thursday.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

\u273a\u273a\u273a<\/p>\n

Jak tradycja stara ka\u017ce<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

w domu, sklepie, biurze, barze.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Wsz\u0119dzie p\u0105czek dzi\u015b kr\u00f3luje,<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

ka\u017cdy ch\u0119tnie go smakuje.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Z d\u017cemem, z cukrem, z wisienkami<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

wsz\u0119dzie p\u0105czek dzisiaj z nami.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Dzi\u015b kalorii nikt nie liczy,<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

wsz\u0119dzie moc pysznych s\u0142odyczy.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

W t\u0142usty czwartek przez dzie\u0144 ca\u0142y<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

s\u0142odkim kr\u00f3lem – p\u0105czek ma\u0142y!<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\ufffc<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Just like old tradition tells<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

home, shop, office, bar.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Everywhere donut reigns today,<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

everyone is happy to taste it.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

With jam, with sugar, with cherries<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

donut everywhere with us today.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Today, no one counts the calories,<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

everywhere the power of delicious sweets.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

In Fat Thursday all day long<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

sweet king – little donut!<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n