{"id":8265,"date":"2020-02-20T17:13:26","date_gmt":"2020-02-20T17:13:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/?p=8265"},"modified":"2020-02-20T17:13:26","modified_gmt":"2020-02-20T17:13:26","slug":"lets-have-some-polish-doughnuts-this-fat-thursday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/lets-have-some-polish-doughnuts-this-fat-thursday\/","title":{"rendered":"Let’s have some Polish doughnuts this Fat Thursday!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fat Thursday is here! How I wish I was in Poland today, eating wonderful doughnuts my mother makes at home….What a delicious holiday!<\/p>\n

The exact date of Fat Thursday (T\u0142usty Czwartek<\/strong>) changes every year because it depends on the Christian calendar and is linked to Lent and Easter. However, Fat Thursday is always celebrated on the last Thursday before Ash Wednesday and, therefore, just before the beginning of Lent.<\/p>\n

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P\u0105czki my friend Ela made! Image courtesy Ela Thiede-Waugh<\/p><\/div>\n

Every year Polish people get crazy about p\u0105czki<\/strong> (doughnuts). The purpose is actually to eat as many donuts as possible on this day. According to statistics every Polish person eats two and a half donuts on that day, which stands for 100 million for the entire nation. On this day Polish people eat also angel wings (faworki<\/strong>), which are my favorite! It’s a french pastry cut lengthwise with a slice in the middle. You twist the dough through the slice few times and that’s how you get this amazing shape! I remember that this was my favorite things to do when I was helping my mother in the kitchen.<\/p>\n

But if you don’t make your own doughnuts on this day, get ready to stand in long lines through the whole day to get them from bakeries!<\/p>\n

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Doughnuts with icing and almonds. Image by czaro85 from Pixabay<\/p><\/div>\n

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Faworki. Image by Marcin W\u0105\u017c from Pixabay<\/p><\/div>\n

Most traditional donuts are fried and filled with rose jam, or plum preserve. There are also more modern editions with alcohol: advocate and chocolate. They\u00a0can be topped with icing, powder sugar or almonds. It is said that you will have bad luck for an entire year if you do not eat at least one p\u0105czek<\/strong> (doughnut – singular, p\u0105czki – doughnuts plural) on this day!\u00a0Once a year, this day gives Polish people the chance to overindulge on food! I’m heading to the local bakery now!<\/p>\n

How many doughnuts have you eaten today?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

Fat Thursday is here! How I wish I was in Poland today, eating wonderful doughnuts my mother makes at home….What a delicious holiday! The exact date of Fat Thursday (T\u0142usty Czwartek) changes every year because it depends on the Christian calendar and is linked to Lent and Easter. However, Fat Thursday is always celebrated on…<\/p>\n

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