16/02/2023
Today is Fat Thursday in Poland- in Polish Tłusty Czwartek. On this day people purchase Pączki (POHNCH-kee) - doughnuts from their local bakeries or eat homemade pączki. Polish Doughnuts - Pączki (POHNCH-kee) are fried rounds of yeast dough with rosehip, prune, apricot, strawberry, raspberry or sweet cheese filling.
What is your favorite pączki filling?
Fat Thursday is a traditional Catholic Christian feast marking the last Thursday before Lent and is associated with the celebration of Carnival. Because Lent is a time of fasting, the next opportunity to feast would not be until Easter.
Traditionally it is a day dedicated to eating, when people meet in their homes or cafés with their friends and relatives and eat large quantities of sweets, cakes and other meals usually not eaten during Lent.
