Englishman Reacts to... Fat Thursday in Poland! 🍩

[@RobReacts1]

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[@alh6255]

This boy was right: in Poland, during the carnival (in Catholicism, this is the period of great fun before Lent, which in turn precedes Easter, and Good Friday is the last day of Lent), we first have the last Tuesday (so called "ostatki") of the carnival (and the last balls or other dances), then Fat Thursday (and we eat a lot of pączki and other great Fat Thursday cookies - faworki), and the next week is Ash Wednesday - the first day of Lent. The length of the carnival depends on what day Easter is in a given year. Carnival always starts on December 31 (New Year's Eve, St. Sylvester's Day). In Poland we simply call this evening and night sylwester (sylvester) and for example we ask: "How will you spend sylwester, at home or are you going to a party somewhere?"

[@Delta_hater]

I can also add that Fat Thursday isn't still celebrated mainly as event before Lent. It mostly changed into civil, commercial event but it still come from this tradition.

[@leokadiamasztalska4042]

And fat thursday is on thursday because in the past before the ash wednesday, fat thursday started fat week when people had eaten only fat foods like lard, speck and meat, which were strictly forbidden during lent.

[@januszskype5331]

Lukier, skórka cytrynowa, nadzienie różane, the best!

[@elzbietajanuszewska5054]

To nie jest żadne święto, To po prostu tradycja, wesoly bardzo stary zwyczaj! Bo w dawnej Polsce post był surowo przestrzegany. Więc na koniec karnawału, gdy często było mroźnie, pączki i chrust najlepiej smakowały.

[@alh6255]

No właśnie, to po prostu bardzo stara, sięgająca XVI w. tradycja, związana z karnawałem. Tak jak ostatki (ostatni wtorek karnawału z ostatnimi karnawałowymi balami)

[@katarzynaherman4814]

Chrust czyli faworki sa tez we Wloszech

[@carsonix78]

The difference between polish donut and UK donut is obvious. The dough. When you squeeze polish donut, it comes back to its previous shape. When you squeeze Sainsbury's donut, it stays like that. Polish donut is more fluffy, mostly you can smell yeast. And the feeling, in UK quite thin consistency, in Poland strawberry, raspberry or plum marmolade it's thick, and that does the job.

[@Bzhydack]

Technicly pączki are not baked, they are DEEP FRIED.

[@Netsuki]

They should not be deep fried, though? They should be fried from two sides, that's why there is that ring, right?

[@mariakwas-ega8279]

Smażone są 😉

[@mariakwas-ega8279]

Z obu stron, bo są leciutkie i trzeba je obrócić. Wtedy powstaje słynna jasna obrączka 😍❤️

[@ezb4]

@@Netsuki However, it is deep fried in fat (lard). Pączki just float half submerged.

[@Netsuki]

@@ezb4 But isn't deep frying implying they aren't half submerged but submerged deeply? Like fries for example. They don't float. They are fully submerged in the fat.

[@madrianzorroonio85]

5:20 - Sorry Rob, doughnuts with rosehip jam is the best and mostly traditional doughnuts type. You must try it.

[@RobReacts1]

Oh I have tried it with rosehip a few times and thats why I said Cherry jam or custard is better :D

[@katarzynaherman4814]

I do like rose filling, but everyone is different. Someone close to me loves with budyn /custard. For me even thinking about it makes me sick. So it depends

[@agnistan]

@@RobReacts1 oh no Rob, don't do that - it's a provocation! In a moment, beliverers of all possible flavors will converge here and "Pączkowa" World War III will break out! 😅

[@mariakwas-ega8279]

Dokładnie

[@mariakwas-ega8279]

​@@RobReacts1 nie jadłam za to nigdy z wiśniami, może zmienię zdanie 😉

[@MayaTheDecemberGirl]

More than donuts I like "faworki" (in English it's translated in this video as "Angel wings"), especially if they are prepared at home.

[@mpingo91]

1:05 In general, yeast dough is best hot, straight from the oven, whether it's pizza, bread, rhubarb pie or donuts. Grandmothers used to say not to eat it because it would make your tummy hurt, but years later we all know they wanted to keep more for themselves. 😁

[@agnieszkastuglik5744]

"Pączki" are fried - not baked 😂, rose petals marmalade inside and powdered sugar on top is my favourite.

[@swansong5247]

Najbardziej tradycyjny/klasyczny dla mnie polski pączek to z marmoladą różaną, polany lukrem i posypany skórka pomarańczową :)) Zeżarłam tylko 2 bo się skończyły w pracy :)

[@utahdan231]

Tradycyjny paczek jest z lukrem i cukrem pudrem. Zadna pomarancza , zadne budynie i brzoskwinie. Tylko roza i powidla. Takie byly tradycje po wojnie do lat 60-tych.

[@So.Me.]

My absolutely favourite pączek is with rose filling and icing + candied orange zest on top.

[@kasiara88pl]

Yes yes yes ❤

[@MayaTheDecemberGirl]

Actually during Lent we do not practice any special fasts (it used to be like this many years ago, nowadays sometimes some people say that they don't eat sweets in Lent, but it's just their own individual practice). We just go to church on Ash Wednesday. And during the Lent there are some special prayings in churches, especially the Way of the Cross (the Stations of the Cross). And there's also another special praying - called "Gorzkie Żale" ("Bitter Lamentations") - which is interesting because it consists of old traditional hymns, coming from the beginning of the XVIIIth century, that are still sung in churches during this period (so they are interesting not only because of religion, but also as a part of cultural heritage).

[@Sighduf]

I mostly like pączek with powidła. It is with plumbs jam and with lukier "frosting"

[@xertijagee2812]

Paczki z roza oczywiscie sa najlepsze jak mozna ich nie lubic.

[@Rita_H]

Otóż można-ja ich nie cierpię😉

[@TallisKeeton]

my fav is with advocat and with plum marmolade.

[@CMDRSloma]

Remember Rob, cherry filling that you like so much (I agree, I love anything made from these fruits) is made from sour cherries not sweet cherries, that is why Wiśnia - sour cherry is as popular in Poland as Czereśnia - sweet cherry.

[@irenabieniek-levinson]

Is not rosehip jam. Is special komfitura z platkow rozy/preserve. My SP.mama use to make them. I'm living in UK. And sometimes I make it.

[@sytrostormlord3275]

So far, my score for today: 7... but day isnt over yet...😂

[@dorotabarbowska2184]

mine is three so far

[@RobReacts1]

Many hours remaining!

[@qdrju007]

My score is 5 so far. But there will be a few more for sure.

[@marekmaroo280]

I absolutely adore your work done.You are legend mate

[@RobReacts1]

haha thanks

[@ex3842]

Tbh as i remember my grandma used to do pączki on her own, and she was fryin them on the frying pan using lard

[@cezeks901]

our fat thursday is like yours pancake day.

[@kenkeneth4964]

Nie mów mi ,że w UK masz pączki, to jest coś pączko podobne.

[@jonsnow-vr7hp]

with budyń also yummy

[@amp-litude]

with candied orange peel on top

[@Netsuki]

Oh no. I hate candied orange peel.

[@SthNothingEverything]

Ja się przygotowałam na dzisiejszy dzień - wczoraj utrzymywałam diete (typu nic smażonego, tylko gorzka czekolada ze słodyczy, więcej warzyw niż normalnie jem itp.) a do tego poszłam w sport (dość intensywnie nawet mi poszło, bo dorobiłam się lekkich zakwasów już wczorajszego dnia😅). A dzisiaj po wstaniu zjadłam tylko... jedną mandarynkę a poza tym cały dzień jem pączki i nadrobiłam już napewno te kalorie hahaha. Generalnie zrobiłam zapas pączków. Dodatkowo obdzieliłam pączkami innych i generalnie przeze mnie dzisiaj wszyscy zjedli więcej niż chyba zakładali😁. A wogóle rzadko jadam pączki: niekiedy cały rok nie jem, czasem kilka razy w roku się zdarzy (szczególnie domowej roboty najchętniej). W tłusty czwartek staram się zawsze zjeść natomiast tradycyjnego pączka z różanym nadzieniem. Bardzo lubię też faworki, ale te kupowane na mieście najczęściej mi nie podchodzą, zwłaszcza jak sobie je porównam z wypiekami mojej mamy chociażby. Wszystkim smacznego życzę!

[@RobReacts1]

haha You may still need to diet for a couple of weeks

[@SthNothingEverything]

@@RobReacts1 a hit or shit: TeamFit 🤸or TeamPig 🐷 😋😉

[@55Klat]

Po 1990 roku, nie ma już pęczków. Są to potworki sporządzone na modłę anglo- saską.

[@overlordgaming6322]

Dlaczego Polacy obchodzą tłusty czwartek: Geneza tłustego czwartku sięga pogaństwa. Był to dzień, w którym świętowano odejście zimy i nadejście wiosny. Ucztowanie opierało się na jedzeniu tłustych potraw, szczególnie mięs oraz piciu wina, a zagryzkę stanowiły pączki przygotowywane z ciasta chlebowego i nadziewane słoniną. Why Poles celebrate fat Thursday: The origins of Fat Thursday date back to paganism. It was a day to celebrate the end of winter and the arrival of spring. Feasting was based on eating fatty foods, especially meat, and drinking wine, and the snack consisted of donuts made of bread dough and stuffed with bacon.

[@glitchy05]

Wikipedia👍 (właśnie czytałam XD)

[@lamerekeklerek]

yep, that's correct, later on adapted by Christianity just as guy in 2:00 described, so: end of the carnival and beginning of Lent.

[@exclibrion]

Wino? Z tego co mi wiadomo to dopiero chrześcijańscy mnisi przywieźli wino do Polski. Za czasów pogańskich to piło się miód pitny.

[@ARBAS2000]

​ Piło się dużo piwa. Miody pitne i mocne trunki otrzymywanie przez wymrażanie . Wino okazjonalnie. Kiedyś ludzie też handlowali. Klimat był cieplejszy to winorośl lepiej rosła.

[@jn1205]

Maliniak ale to w starożytnym Rzymie u nas przesilenie 21 marca, i topienie Marzanny

[@publicminx]

Doughnuts like food exists already since Roman times and spread around Europe. Some with rings, some filled. The 'modern' filled ones around the world are usually based on the 'Berliner Pfannkuchen' (thats what you usually also get in the UK at the super market) which spread around in the second half of the 18. century from Prussia/Berlin and since then many variations exists around the world (the ones in Australia, Canada, US are sometimes still called 'Berlin doughnuts', sometimes 'Bismarks', sometimes mutated to other names) with different recipes and names. The name 'Berliner Pfannkuchen' got shorten over time in Germany to 'Berliner' while in Berlin to 'Pfannkuchen' ('pancakes' but its not like the 'usual pancakes' which also exists). It is based on a recipe with the name 'Berliner Pfannkuchen' from the 'Praktisches Hausbuch' (practical housebook) by Henriette Davidis 1847. Thats also the one which uses often powder (but you get that also with glazed or iced). I wrote 'modern'; because there were already all kind of different other Doughnuts variations around (but done in a different way). For instance the cookbook Küchenmeisterei (Mastery of the Kitchen), published in Nuremberg in 1485, offers a recipe for "Gefüllte Krapfen" (filled Krapfen/'Doughnut'), sugar free, stuffed, fried dough cakes. The first record of a jelly doughnut appeared in the Polish translation (Kuchmistrzostwo) of a German cookbook published in 1532. It is uncertain whether or not that was the precise date of the jelly doughnut's invention. Known then as 'Gefüllte Krapfen', it spread throughout Europe over the next century, sometimes with other fillings considering sugar and jelly was sparsely found at the time, but Caribbean sugar plantations made both more widely available. The Polish ' pączki' is based on that (but not every variation!). Keep in mind again: many 'Krapfen' or filled Doughnuts even if the names appears similar are often NOT a variation of those older recipes but on the 'modern' recipe of the 'Berliner Pfannkuchen' or later recipies which are based on that! In the 16. century you had especaly in Northern Germany, Netherlands, Denmark etc. certain variations around which the Dutch then brought to America (as 'oily cake' - olykoek) where it changed to the 'Ring Donut' (the name 'Nuts' was due to some British influences and discribed the at irst smaller ball like shape) which became then the typical American Donut variation.

[@aneluakosa2910]

Paczki z różą coś wspaniałego to jest klasyk, reszta się chowa, oprócz pączków jadą się faworki- chrusty lub obwarzanki 😊

[@annalis3736]

My favorite taste of pączki is with jam….love it❤❤❤

[@RobReacts1]

But what flavour jam?

[@arkadiuszpaul]

PĄCZKI ...Only from good small bakery are good !!! NEVER from supermarket !!!

[@DMSBrian24]

They're very different from any doughnut I had anywhere else in Europe. But my favourite ones are still what we call "little nests", Spanish or Viennese doughnuts, essentially a Polish take on a French cruller or German "spritzkuchen".

[@pawedziura963]

ja nawet nie wiem ile przez ręce mi przeszło jak nabijałem je różą przez te dwa dni/ don't even know how much went through my hands while I was stuffing them with roses during these two days. j think its thousent and som hundryts

[@DanGregson-p1g]

Last Thursday I bought some Polish pączki on my way to work and guess what - my British colleagues’ favourite was also the custard one! There was plum, strawberry and rosehip traditionally too. My favourite is actually a flat square fold pocket of pączki dough filled with sweet curd cheese. It’s insanely delicious combination of pączki and cheesecake!

[@adamk7981]

Best pączek is with toffi or strawberry jam inside

[@unseelie7774]

For the sugar to stay powdered it can't be sprinkled on a dough that is super hot - after the baked/fried goods cool down then the sugar won't clump/melt unless they are super oily or moist.

[@Trutka91]

Rose ones are my favourite. I could eat rose jam straight from a jar with a spoon. xD

[@kasiak.8763]

Hey Rob. Your polish is getting impressive :) Good job! I like the warm cherry-chocolate best but also rose hip, plum and kinder bueno filling.

[@franciszeksinkiewicz4493]

Tłusty Czwartek nie zawsze jest 8 lutego. Zależy do od daty Wielkanocy.

[@mariakwas-ega8279]

Pączek tylko z nadzieniem różanym naturalnym pycha pycha

[@publicminx]

the 'Fat Thursday' exists also in other European countries, sometimes with the same name (e.g. in Italy, some regions of Germany etc.), sometimes with different names (other regions of Germany and other countries). in Germany you have variations like 'Weiberfastnacht' (similar in the Netherlands), 'Silly thursday' or 'Dirty Thursday' ('dirty' refers here to 'sin'), 'Heavy Thursday' and so on. The Thursday before the carnival days start (uually 11:11 am). As far as I know in all those countries Christian traditions mixed usually with some older traditions to something new, depending on the regions of Europe which means: the Polish one also has its unique flavor/tradition and is different to for instance the one before the Carnival in Cologne (or other German regions) to the one in Spain, Greece, Italy etc.

[@maarbow]

Challenge: eat a donut without licking your lips. Of course, the traditional one with ROSE marmalade 😎

[@qostka]

The classic paczek should be fried in very hot lard, both sides.. In combination with sweet yeath dough and powdered sugar on top gives the very best paczek ever. Of course, filled with proper good rosehip jam, mmmmmm :)

[@dorotabarbowska2184]

not rosehip friut , but made of rose petals though

[@pathfinderpolska]

I am 100% Slavic. Fat Thursday is a pre-Christian holiday. "Fat Thursday" "Shrovetide" "Podkoziołek" are holidays that have the same origin as carnival. over 3,000 years ago, our ancestors lived next door to the Hellenes and then the Romans. These were the times before the great migration north. We lived by farming, hunting and fishing in the Black Sea. Stockpiles were made for the winter, but they ended at the turn of February and March. That's why people celebrated by collecting the rest of what was stored for feasting. Then, until spring and the first harvest, they ate hunted game or dairy products from farm animals, and the first green plants were harvested in spring. Fasting preceded by feasts and feasts comes from this practice. Christians took over these customs naturally because they were unable to unlearn our old customs. When we lived next to the Romans, some of our customs were common - before Lent, we made balls of bread dough and put inside fried bacon and onion left from our supplies. We fried these stuffed bread balls in fat and that's how the first donuts were created. About 200 years ago, when refined sugar appeared, we started making sweet donuts because previously they were dry and salty.

[@Darwidx]

100% true, not many people know about it because pączki were invented in XV century, already in christian Poland and they're just not search it futher.

[@be_ata]

Moje ulubione: z budyniem, z advocatem, z dżemem, pistaccjowe!! Dziś wciągnęłam 4 :)

[@demolek22]

Paczki się smaży na głębokim tluszczu, a nie piecze, powinien to być smalec, a nie olej. Jasna obrączka pochodzi z tego, że paczek powinien być dobrze napuszony przez drożdże i utrzymywać się na powierzchni. Potem sie go odwraca, ale obraczka zostaje. Jeśli paczek nie ma obwódki, znaczy się jest za ciężki, możliwe, że z zakalcem i będzie gumowaty.

[@stanislawkowal4657]

Hi Rob, mum would deep fry 60 or more paczki for fat Thursday. Haven't had any in 30 years, far to heavy but at the time we loved them.

[@juliastrzyga2274]

Pączki is life! :D And pierogi. My fav is cherry filling with powdered sugar on top.

[@centurion5407]

Z różą najlepsze!

[@aleksandra60452]

Love that guy who took a rubber pig out of the box and showed it to the camera 😉

[@staryznajomy1]

Panie drogi Polskie pączki byly smazone na glebokim tłuszczu...czyli wtedy na słoninie...z dodatkiem soli( żeby się nie przypalała) ...lub częściej z ziemniakiem wyciągającym spaleniznę. Ale ogólnie kulki na smalcu z czymś słodkim w środku są ok

[@michastef7829]

Zapraszamy do Poznania 11 listopada na rogale świętomarcińskie 🙂

[@RobReacts1]

I will have to try and remember

[@DMSBrian24]

those are a bit more divisive, some love them, some hate them

[@trzynastka88]

My favourite paczek is the traditional one, jam filled and sugar on the top❤

[@wiktiwm7755]

My top 3 pączki: 3. With whipped cream and coconut 2. With peach jam 1. With rosehip and powdered sugar on top

[@paggorpa]

How to recognize which one is most traditional and actually the best? It's simple really. It should be dark brown with a ring of course. No matter what filling inside. It's because only these are fried in animal fat (lard) and not in vegetable oil. It makes a huge difference in taste. I know a bakery that uses this recipe and queue of people starts at 4:00 am that Thursday. As you can see most of paczki shown are light brown. It means a vegetable oil. It's cheaper to use

[@agnieszka7231]

In Poland, no one goes on a diet on Fat Thursday. What's more, you have to find at least one lucky person ;) My favorites are those with powdered sugar and rose.

[@mariolajankowska659]

Paczek with Rose fuuuj not like.I love paczek with marmolade.

[@basil_the_beagle]

Is it weird that I found out that today is Tlusty Czwartek from your video? 😂It is time to revisit Poland, I think 🤣 Smacznego!

[@RobReacts1]

haha! The páczki from the polish shops here arnt amazing. Better fresh and hot

[@basil_the_beagle]

@@RobReacts1 I agree 👍

[@krzysztofkrupa4755]

Rób nie ma to jak tłusty czwartek😂😂😂😂😂😂, a we wtorek będą ostatki😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 może na ten temat też zrobisz film byłoby super. Smacznych pączków Ci życzę

[@RobReacts1]

Pancake day! But I dont like the English pancakes

[@monikaspurtacz505]

The traditional arewith rose jam inside and are traditional and the best

[@monikatrzos7019]

I just love the dough in pączki, so my favourite ones ore without any filling and without any topping ;)

[@123voy321]

Dziś podobno Polacy zjedzą 100 000 000 pączków.. 😂😂

[@Netsuki]

Sorry, byłem głodny.

[@Marna73]

Hi @RobReacts1 Im not big fan of pączki but during watching your video I have started to think about it and now I have to go to buy it . I don`t like pączek with rose - smelling is to intensive I prefer traditional with jam and sugar :) Bon apetit !

[@tommy2129]

In my region, Fat Thursday is celebrated together with Babski Comber - a folk celebration of Shrovetide originating from the Middle Ages, which used to take place in various regions of Poland, usually on Fat Thursday. The most detailed records of this custom have been preserved only in the case of celebrations in Krakow, where street vendors organized a party with drinking and dancing in the Market Square. This custom may have come to Poland in the Middle Ages and was brought by German settlers. Alexander Brückner believed that the word comber comes from the German language, from the word Schemper (mask) or zampern (running in masks). Zygmunt Gloger mentions a similar game organized by village girls in the Poznań region, called cumber or cumper. In turn, in Lusatia there is a carnival custom called Zampern or Zempern. W moim regionie obchodzi się tłusty czwartek razem z Babski Comber - wywodząca się ze średniowiecza ludowa zabawa zapustna, odbywająca się dawniej w różnych regionach Polski, zazwyczaj w tłusty czwartek. Najdokładniejsze przekazy dotyczące tego zwyczaju zachowały się jedynie na temat obchodów w Krakowie, gdzie przekupki urządzały na Rynku zabawę z pijatyką i tańcami. Zwyczaj ten być może trafił do Polski w okresie średniowiecza i został przyniesiony przez osadników niemieckich. Aleksander Brückner uważał, że słowo comber pochodzi z języka niemieckiego, od słowa Schemper (maska) lub zampern (biegać w maskach). Zygmunt Gloger wspomina o podobnej zabawie, organizowanej przez wiejskie dziewczyny w Poznańskiem, nazywanej cumber lub cumper. Z kolei na Łużycach istnieje karnawałowy zwyczaj o nazwie Zampern lub Zempern.

[@dzikuz991]

I think the Lent is not as big deal as it used to be but this tradition is awesome so gotta celebrate it the proper way.

[@hamartian]

Fat Thursday is the equivalent of Mardi Gras or Pancake Tuesday and it's indeed the day of indulging yourself before the upcoming season of fasting and repentace - the Lent. Now, I saw you were confused hearing about the "carnival". The word "karnawał" (translated as carnival) refers to the season between the Epiphany (6th Jan) to Ash Wednesday, and it describes the period of merrymaking, partying and feasting. It obviously ends with Ash Wednesday and the beginning of Lent.

[@Aywantu]

I used to have 3 pączki for breakfast and then one per hour till late evening. No other food that day

[@wojtekwosztyl615]

Hey Rob, how are You feel seeing all of theese pączki? 😀 My favourite ones? Traditional ones. Stlill warm, the best. Thanks for this video, have a nice Tłusty Czwartek 😁 ( eating pączek noises)

[@Axis-Libris]

In my city there is Pączkarnia - place where they make only pączki, all the year, and people every day buy them there ❤

[@krystyna.popowicz]

The best ?traditionally with plum marmalade.

[@monikasyldatk9713]

According to tradition, on the last Thursday before Lent you can eat donuts and other sweets with impunity. Eating donuts is said to bring good luck. 🤔 And you can make donuts yourself. It's easy. I know because I tried.😂😂😂 And when it comes to people on a diet, there is no diet on Fat Thursday. 😊

[@tommy2129]

Fat Thursday - the last Thursday before Lent (i.e. 52 days before Easter) in the Christian calendar. Also known as Shrovetide, Meatpust, Carnival. Fat Thursday begins the last week of carnival. In Poland and in the Catholic part of Germany, according to tradition, overeating is allowed on this day. Date Since the date of Fat Thursday depends on the date of Easter, this day is a moveable feast. The next Thursday is the Thursday after Ash Wednesday and belongs to the period of Lent, during which Christians, for religious (penitential) reasons, in preparation for Easter, should observe fasting, i.e. abstinence from eating certain foods. It may fall between January 29 and March 4. For the first time in the history of the calendar, on February 14, 2075, Fat Thursday will also be celebrated - Holiday Calendar. The most popular dishes are donuts and faworki, also called chrust or caddis in some regions. In the past, people ate donuts stuffed with bacon, bacon and meat, and drank plenty of vodka. Tłusty czwartek - ostatni czwartek przed wielkim postem (czyli 52 dni przed Wielkanocą) w kalendarzu chrześcijańskim. Znany także jako zapusty, mięsopust, karnawał. Tłusty czwartek rozpoczyna ostatni tydzień karnawału. W Polsce oraz w katolickiej części Niemiec, wedle tradycji, w tym dniu dozwolone jest objadanie się. Data Ponieważ data tłustego czwartku zależy od daty Wielkanocy, dzień ten jest świętem ruchomym. Następny czwartek jest czwartkiem po Środzie Popielcowej i należy do okresu wielkiego postu, podczas którego chrześcijanie ze względów religijnych (pokutnych), jako przygotowanie do Świąt Wielkanocy powinni zachowywać post, czyli wstrzemięźliwość od przyjmowania niektórych pokarmów. Może wypaść pomiędzy 29 stycznia a 4 marca. Po raz pierwszy i historii kalendarza w dniu 14 lutego 2075 przypadnie również Tłusty czwartek - Kalendarz Świąt. Najpopularniejsze potrawy to pączki i faworki, zwane również w niektórych regionach chrustem lub chruścikami. Dawniej objadano się pączkami nadziewanymi słoniną, boczkiem i mięsem, które obficie zapijano wódką.

[@BarlineckiRojber]

When i worked in UK, i also preffered pączki with custard, usually from Morrisons, if didn't get any in Ladybirds 😉😆

[@CezaryStachurski]

Część witam serdecznie Rob 👍

[@user-ie9fv1dj3d]

Shrove Tuesday - this word refers to the last days of the carnival beginning on Fat Thursday and always ending on Tuesday, before Ash Wednesday. See carnival in Rio for the same reason. The original paczki usually were made with prunes and later with rose jam (made of rose pedals) and during the communism era with marmalade ( Marmalade - sweetened fruit concentrate made from puréed fruit, fresh or, more often, after the sulfitation process, which is cooked with a large amount of sugar (more than 50% of the weight of the ingredients). Marmalade can be prepared from the fruit of one or more species of fruit).

[@twkolejofil]

As a child, I really liked small (4-5 cm) spherical doughnuts without any jam, just with icing. Today I prefer with rosehip or chocolate 😉

[@Pablo123.]

W tłusty czwartek pączki nie mają kalorii😅😉

[@RobReacts1]

haha thats true every day isnt it? :D

[@vanilla5473]

I have a friend who's family owe a small, but very old confectionery in Wrocław near rynek. The history of this place started in 30's in completely different city. After war they moved to Wrocław and survived all communistic times till now. And they are most famous from donuts, as there was a time they had no space to bake anything else. And I'm saying this cause this year I ate there best donut ever with flavour of pistachios, when I'm even not a pistachio fan at all. You have to try it if you visit Wrocław next time! The place is called Łomżanka :) 🍩💈 And by the way I have a birthday this weekend, and some years they are same day as fatty thursday. Could you imagine better day for this? 😂 The only problem is with finding some birthday cake that day. So last time when it happened I decided to make myself a donut birthday cake xD 🍩🎂

[@noodleppoodle]

Icing sugar in Poland is different and better. Usually contains lemon juice as well.

[@Chruptak67]

Ja jestem ciekawy jakie są Wasze ulubione smaki ? Moje zdecydowanie róża i śliwkowe powidło lub marmolada. Uważam, że te wszystkie kisielowo-dżemowe nadzienia to profanacja pączka i powinny być zabronione. Nie mam nic przeciwko, żeby pączka opatentować jako dobry polski produkt 👍

[@magdalenazukowska571]

Rob, tomorrow 13 Feb, we celebrate Shrove Tuesday! Last chance to devour another heap of pączki and angel wings!

[@Greg74948]

Quick side note: pączek - doughnut (singular form) pączki - doughnuts (plural form)

[@malaxes]

Correct, it is feast before lent🍩 My favourite with traditional marmalade and soft icing with orange bits😋

[@leszekk.73]

What is a donut? Donut is a type of deep-fried "pączek" , which differs from the Polish one in the lack of filling and a characteristic hole in the middle. And the ingredients are also important. Most American donuts you can buy in stores contain flavor enhancers, preservatives, artificial colors... Traditional Polish donuts contain only natural ingredients!

[@paweszawowski9337]

Muslims used to feast before sunset and then they used to fast during Ramadan. Catholics used to feast on Fat Thursday or Mardis Gras and and they entertain themselves every last day of a carnival before Lent. Religion slowly wanes, tradition remains.

[@sienkiewiczmonika1161]

The origins of Fat Thursday date back to paganism. It was a day to celebrate the end of winter and the arrival of spring. Feasting was based on eating fatty foods, especially meat, and drinking wine, and the snack consisted of donuts made of bread dough and stuffed with bacon. In this way, the Romans celebrated the so-called Fat Day. Around the 16th century, the custom of eating sweet donuts appeared in Poland. They still looked slightly different than today - they had a small nut or almond hidden inside. Whoever found such a lucky donut was supposed to enjoy prosperity, happiness and success.

[@Sandro_de_Vega]

I dont like glazed or powdered pączki. Glazed is sticky, and it melts. Powered sugar drops everywhere. Best pączki are covered in chocolate.

[@charonboat6394]

Polish doughnuts are more fluffy. Western ones are made from heavier dough. Unfortunately many Polish bakeries are churning out garbage for doughnuts and charge arms and legs for it.

[@jolantadrzewicka376]

Pączki się smaży a nie piecze na głębokim tłuszczu.

[@maami8965]

W moim biurze pracuje pięć osób, kążda przynosi po pięć paczków dla pozostałych więc je się po pięć pączków tylko w samej pracy. A w domu? Litości!!

[@RobReacts1]

haha and on this day lots of Poles put on a few pounds!

[@Superjohn1312]

Tłusty czwartek...

[@Axis-Libris]

Pączek z różą jest bardzo często najbardziej ulubiony przez wielu Polaków 😅😅 Chociaż widziałam różne opcje tego. Niektóre są z marmoladą z płatków dzikiej róży, a niektóre są z owoców dzikiej róży.

[@Dubik84]

marmorada ze śliwek jest nalepsza wspomnienia od dziadków..;)

[@zorzyk6790]

Rob, every country has its own holidays, and a lot of people don't even know where or why they come from. Is it Thanksgiving in the US? Is. Americans know why? Know. But why do they pack some shit into an ostrich-sized turkey that makes this dish inedible? I have a cousin in the U.S. and we discussed this topic. I suggested a simple recipe that he should check on regular chicken before he buys a turkey and treats it as such. It's a big surprise that you can do it differently and tastier.

[@andyp7027]

I have 4 for breakfast today in Katowice

[@HHuy-xk2vy]

12 paczkow...miesiac biegania...hehehe...ale warto

[@ottonfiniewicz3181]

Prawdziwe pączki gotuje się w gotującym się smalcu wieprzowym, a nie w żadnym oleju. Tłusty Czwartek to ostatni dzień karnawału. Następny dzień to początek postu przed Wielkanocą.

[@Picassoo85]

hmm paczek z nadzieniem czeresni/dzemem slodkim :) mniami...... albo chrusciki/flaworki z posypka cukru pudru.. mniammmm... ale jako slazak to i golonke preferuje i piwko do tego ;) z chrzanem i musztardom, jakas dobra sloninka tez nie zaszkodzi XD... ach....

[@jerzy7118]

Er, Rob, I thought you'd have your donut at the end😄

[@RobReacts1]

unfortunately not!