Hamtramck Paczki

[hooD]

Hamtramck not only built great e-bodys but they make the best paczki.  Fat Tuesday was just a few days ago, and needless to say I consumed about 5,000 calories worth of them!   We drove into downtown Hamtramck and enjoyed the afternoon. 

[70_challenger]

I consumed about 5,000 calories worth of them!   

Oh, so you only had one of them, eh?  Good stuff, there.  I had to skip it this year (I'm trying desperately to lose weight), but the ones from Hamtramck are the best, aren't they?

-Tom

[torredcuda]

Ok,I give -what the heck is a Paczki?

[ksierens]

Some will say it is just a jelly doughnut, but oh, it is sooo much more.

more fat, more calories, more jelly!

[67vertman]

Some will say it is just a jelly doughnut, but oh, it is sooo much more.

more fat, more calories, more jelly!

Yes they are  more than a jelly donut......can you send me a dozen....please. 

[70_challenger]

Ok,I give -what the heck is a Paczki?

Jeff:
They are a traditional Polish treat, made of a deep-fried dough filled with either fruit filling or custard.  Paczki have traditionally been made for Fat Tuesday, to use up the stock of lard, sugar, fruit, and eggs before the start of Lent.   

The city of Hamtramck here in Michigan is a mostly Polish community, and the paczki are a celebrated delicacy on Fat Tuesday.  People drive from all around Detroit very early in the morning and wait in line at the bakeries to get paczki to share with their families, or more commonly at their workplace.

If you ever get a chance to try a paczki, do it.  Never mind that they have about two weeks worth of fat and calories...they are delicious!   

-Tom

[4Cruizn]

I still have a couple in the kitchen  . . . razzberry.  Yum