I enjoy all the silly fun traditions we have in Detroit…traditions we’ve borrowed from the cultures that have come to the D and made it home.For example, today is Fat Tuesday. Mardi Gras. The day before Lent starts. We celebrate it as Paczki Day, thanks to our Polish neighbors in Hamtramck. What’s a paczki? Some try to call it a ‘jelly donut’------but it is so much more………..more of everything………more fat…….more eggs………..more sugar! Good times.
A colleague who lives in Hamtown brought several boxes of the delectable treats in today. I have a blueberry one sitting at my desk….just the smell is enough to send me into a sugar-coma.
Next up? Corktown St. Patrick’s Day madness in March. Thankfully it starts with a 5k run!
2 comments:
My Polish friend had us over for these today!!! I love that you blogged about it tonight, cuz I couldn't, for the life of me, remember how she spelled the darn things ;) Happy "donut" day :)
xoxo
heehee! it's tricky. i feel like we say it 'poonshki'? they're intense anyway you say it, spell it! xox
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