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A Detroit coworker would bring in paczki annually, and I could never work out the deal. But I'm not a big doughnut person, unless there were Krispy Kreme franchises in the old country.
Is Fat Tuesday a translation of Mardi Gras, or vice versa, or are they both a translation of something else? What is the day called in Polish?
What is the day called in Polish?
I thought we established that it was Paczki Day.
Mardi= Tuesday Gras=Fat
There's also Lundi Gras.
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Mmmm, paczki. None to be found here, sadly. However! There are many yummy Chinese dishes, so Gung Hay Fat Choy!
In Poland, Paczki Day is celebrated on the Thursday before Ash Wednesday. It's in the US that it's celebrated on Fat Tuesday.
Fat Tuesday, the way I was taught, was the Annual Pig Out Day before Lent and Teh Fasting. Eat all of your favorite things before you offer it all up for the 40 days.
This might be completely inaccurate as my family is kind of a bastardized Catholic/Lutheran thing.
Mardi= Tuesday Gras=Fat
I know. But which came first? Fat Tuesday seems an awkward English formation, so I wouldn't be surprised to find out it's the translation. And I'd be even less surprised to find out Lundi Gras was a back formation from the Tuesday, but would like to be more sure.
I thought we established that it was Paczki Day.
That's what the church calls it?
I was just looking up paczkis at the Chicago foodie website I occasionally visit, and I think I've found a source for them just down the street from where I'm going to pick up my glasses at lunchtime. I think I'll drive by there and see if they have any left that I can bring into work--this bakery is supposed to carry the rose-flavored filling, which is traditional along with prune, and I'd like to try one.
In Poland, Paczki Day is celebrated on the Thursday before Ash Wednesday. It's in the US that it's celebrated on Fat Tuesday.
Cool. Thanks for the info.
I note that the UK was Catholic before it was Protestant, so I expect Fat Tuesday has been what it's called there for a long, long time.
Fat Tuesday also = Shrove Tuesday. That's what out church called it.