Makes me wish I was Polish... mmmm...So, friends and family in places like Toledo, or Buffalo - is this description of Paczki-fever in your towns accurate? Have you had a paczek before?
In Toledo, Ohio, people will start waiting in lines at 4 AM to get fresh paczki for Fat Tuesday. A local Polish grocery store called Stanley's, located on the north end of town, makes them homemade. The same thing happens also in Buffalo, NY, Cleveland or Garfield Heights, Ohio.
I also would like to see (or compete in?) this event:
A cultural phenomenon is the emergence of the "Pączki Challenge", an eating contest in which individuals attempt to race from one side of a room (non-standard) while eating as many pączki as they can before reaching the other side. The person who arrives first and has eaten the most pączki wins. Typically a ratio of 1 pączek for every 10 steps is considered competitive. Amateur competitive eater McKay Johnson holds the record at The Greater Chicago Paczki Challenge. He was able to consume 18 raspberry filled pączki before crossing the room.
Yum, I guess.
1 comment:
Of Course we were there... didn't get in line until 4:10am though... NOT. They are quite the phenomenon here. Taste like big jelly donuts, kind of heavy. Anyway, Happy day after Fat Tuesday! love, toledo nichols
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