Pączki
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Paczki
) Glazed pączki | |
| Alternative names | kreple, ponchik |
|---|---|
| Type | Doughnut |
| Place of origin | Poland |
| Region or state | |
| Main ingredients | grain alcohol, confiture or other sweet filling, powdered sugar, icing, glaze, or bits of dried orange zest |
Pączki (Polish: [ˈpɔnt͡ʂkʲi] ⓘ; sg.: pączek, Polish: [ˈpɔnt͡ʂɛk]; Kashubian: pùrcle; Old Polish and Silesian: kreple) are filled doughnuts found in Polish cuisine.
Description
A pączek is a
grain alcohol (traditionally rectified spirit) is added to the dough before cooking; as it evaporates, it prevents the absorption of oil deep into the dough.[1] Pączki are commonly thought of as fluffy but somewhat collapsed, with a bright stripe around them; these features are seen as evidence that the dough was fried in fresh oil.[2][3]
Although they look like German
jam) and wild rose petal jam[1][4] are traditional fillings, but many others are used as well, including strawberry, Bavarian cream, blueberry, custard, raspberry, and apple.[5]
Pączki have been known in
Augustus III, under the influence of French cooks who came to Poland, pączki dough was improved so that pączki became lighter, spongier, and more resilient.[citation needed
]
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Pączki displayed for sale -
Traditional pączki serowe or oponki -
Home-made glazed pączki -
American-made pączki
Etymology, spelling, and pronunciation
The Polish word pączek Proto-Slavic *pǫkъ, which may have referred to anything that is round, bulging and about to burst (compare Proto-Slavic *pǫkti "to swell, burst"), possibly of ultimately onomatopoeic origin.[7][8] From Polish the word has been borrowed into several other Slavic languages, where the respective loanwords (ponchik,[a] ponchyk[b] or ponichka[c]) refer to a similar ball-shaped pastry.[9][10][11]
English speakers typically use the plural form of the Polish word in both singular and plural. They pronounce it as /ˈpʊntʃki, ˈpʊnʃ-, ˈpʌntʃ-, ˈpɒntʃ-/[d] and often write it as "paczki", i.e., without the ogonek (hook-shaped diacritic).[12][13][14][15] This should not be confused with the unrelated Polish word paczki [ˈpat͡ʂkʲi], which is the plural form of paczka [ˈpat͡ʂka], meaning "package" or "parcel".[16]
Pączki Day
| Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday |  Fat Thursday(Tłusty Czwartek) |
Friday | Saturday | ||
| Sunday | Monday | Fat Tuesday (Pączki Day) |
Ash Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday | ||
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In Poland, pączki are eaten especially on Fat Thursday (Tłusty Czwartek), the last Thursday prior to Ash Wednesday and the beginning of Lent.[17] The traditional reason for making pączki was to use up all the lard, sugar, eggs and fruit in the house, because their consumption was forbidden by Christian fasting practices during the season of Lent.[citation needed]
In North America, particularly the large
Fat Tuesday. With its sizable Polish population, Chicago celebrates the festival on both Fat Thursday and Fat Tuesday.[18] Pączki are also often eaten on Casimir Pulaski Day. In Buffalo, Toledo, Cleveland, Detroit, Grand Rapids, St. Louis, South Bend, Louisville, and Windsor, Pączki Day is celebrated on Fat Tuesday.[citation needed
]
The Pączki Day celebrations in some areas are even larger than many celebrations for
St. Patrick's Day.[citation needed] In Hamtramck, Michigan, an enclave of Detroit, there is an annual Pączki Day (Shrove Tuesday) Parade,[5] which has gained a devoted following. Throughout the Metro Detroit area, it is so widespread that many bakeries attract lines of customers for pączki on Pączki Day.[19] In suburban Cleveland, Eastern European bakery Rudy's Strudel hosts a large indoor and outdoor Paczki Day party in conjunction with neighboring record store, The Current Year. It is called "the Mardi Gras of the Midwest".[20]
In some areas, Pączki Day is celebrated with pączki-eating contests.[citation needed]
United States
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These pastries have become popular in the United States as a result of
Mid Michigan, Greater Buffalo, New York, Greater Rochester, New York, Toledo, Greater Cincinnati, Greater Cleveland, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, Northern and Central New Jersey, Central Connecticut, and Western Massachusetts
.
See also
Explanatory notes
- ^ Russian: пончик.
- ^ Ukrainian: пончик, Belarusian: пончык.
- ^ Bulgarian: поничка.
- ^ Respelling: PUUNCH-kee, PUUNSH-, PUNCH-, PONCH-.
Citations
- ^ ISBN 9780781811248.
- Grupa Interia.pl. Retrieved 2016-02-03.
- Grupa Interia.pl. Retrieved 2016-02-03.
- ^ "Pączki? Hard to say, culinary Lenten treat made by nuns". Catholic News Service. Archived from the original on February 28, 2014. Retrieved November 23, 2009.
- ^ a b "Pazcki day- eat and celebrate". City of Hamtramck. Archived from the original on March 15, 2008.
- ^ Żmigrodzki, "pączek".
- ^ Bralczyk (2014), p. 127.
- ^ Derksen (2008), pp. 416–417.
- ^ Ushakov (1940), пончик.
- ^ Boldyrev (2003), p. 514.
- ^ Georgiev (1999), p. 517.
- ^ Dictionary.com, paczki.
- ^ American Heritage Dictionary, paczki.
- ^ Barber 2004, paczki.
- ^ Edge (2006), chapter 7.
- ^ Żmigrodzki, "paczka".
- ISBN 9788370019488.
- ^ Lukach, Adam (23 February 2017). "Paczki day specials from 33 Chicago restaurants and bakeries". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
Whether you celebrate Paczki day on Fat Thursday or Fat Tuesday, or both, area bakeries are ready with thousands of the filled treats.
- ^ "Fat Tuesday Can Be Paczki Pandemonium". Southfield, MI: WWJ-TV. Retrieved 21 February 2012.
- Cleveland.com. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
General and cited sources
- "American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language". Retrieved 2018-02-02.
- Bańkowski, Andrzej, ed. (2000). Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Polish etymological dictionary] (in Polish). Vol. 1. Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN.
- ISBN 978-0-19-541816-3. Retrieved 2016-12-23.
- Bizzarri, Amy, ed. (2016). Iconic Chicago Dishes, Drinks and Desserts. Charleston, SC: American Palata. ISBN 978-1-46713-551-1.
- Boldyrev, R. V. (2003). Melnichuk, O. S. (ed.). Etimologichnyi slovnyk ukrayinskoi movi Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian). Vol. 4. Kyiv: Naukova dumka. ISBN 966-00-0590-3.
- Bralczyk, Jerzy (2014). Jeść!!! [Let me eat!] (in Polish). BOSZ. ISBN 978-83-7576-218-1.
- Czerniecki, Stanisław (1682). Compendium ferculorum, albo Zebranie potraw [A Collection of Dishes] (in Polish). Kraków: Drukarnia Jerzego i Mikołaja Schedlów.
- "Dictionary.com Unabridged". Random House. Retrieved 2018-02-02.
- Doroszewski, Witold, ed. (1969). "Słownik Języka Polskiego" [Polish Dictionary] (in Polish). Warszawa: Państwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe.
- Dumanowski, Jarosław; Jankowski, Rafał, eds. (2011). Moda bardzo dobra smażenia różnych konfektów [A Very Good Way of Frying Various Confections]. Monumenta Poloniae Culinaria (in Polish). Vol. 2. Warszawa: Muzeum Pałac w Wilanowie. ISBN 978-83-60959-18-3.
- Dumanowski, Jarosław (2016). "Pączki z przeszłości, czyli tłusty czwartek historycznie" [Pączki of the past, or Fat Thursday in history]. naTemat.pl. Retrieved 2018-02-06.
- Edge, John T., ed. (2006). Donuts: An American Passion. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons. ISBN 978-1-440-62864-1.
- Georgiev, Vladimir Ivanov (1999). Blgarski etimologichen rechnik Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian). Vol. 1. Marin Drinov. ISBN 978-95-4430-315-0.
- Kitowicz, Jędrzej (1840). Opis obyczajów i zwyczajów za panowania Augusta III [Description of customs and habits under Augustus III] (in Polish). Poznań: Edward Raczyński.
- ISBN 83-89763-25-7.
- Lemnis, Maria; Vitry, Henryk (1979). W staropolskiej kuchni i przy polskim stole [Old Polish Traditions in the Kitchen and at the Table] (in Polish). Warszawa: Interpress.
- "Lista produktów tradycyjnych" [List of traditional products] (in Polish). Ministerstwo Rolnictwa i Rozwoju Wsi. Archived from the original on 2018-05-24. Retrieved 2016-06-15.
- Łozińska, Maja; Łoziński, Jan (2013). Historia polskiego smaku: kuchnia, stół, obyczaje [History of the Polish Taste: Kitchen, Table, Customs] (in Polish). Warszawa: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN. ISBN 978-83-7705-269-3.
- Mish, Frederick C. (2004). Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary (11th ed.).
- Neilson, William Allan; Knott, Thomas A.; Carhart, Paul W. (1947) [1934]. Webster's New International Dictionary (2nd ed.).
- Strybel, Robert; Strybel, Maria (2005) [1993]. Polish Heritage Cookery. New York: Hippocrene Books. ISBN 0-7818-1124-4.
- Szymula, Elzbieta (2012). "Polish Diet". In Thaker, Aruna; Barton, Arlene (eds.). Multicultural Handbook of Food, Nutrition and Dietetics. Wiley-Blackwell. pp. 277–295. ISBN 978-1-4051-7358-2.
- Szymanderska, Hanna (2010). Kuchnia polska: Potrawy regionalne [Polish Cuisine: Regional Dishes] (in Polish). Warszawa: Świat Książki. ISBN 978-83-7799-631-7.
- Ushakov, Dmitry Nikolayevich (1940). "Tolkovy slovar russkogo yazyka" Толковый словарь русского языка [Explanatory Dictionary of the Russian Language]. Akademik (in Russian). Moskva: Sovetskaya entsiklopediya.
- Żmigrodzki, Piotr (ed.). "Wielki Słownik Języka Polskiego" [The Great Polish Dictionary] (in Polish). Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN.
External links
- Paczki Day PSA, an account of Paczki Daytraditions in 2008
- Paczkis Video produced by Wisconsin Public Television
