boliver46

February 28th, 2017 at 1:19 PM ^

this is bringing back bad memories.

Ate a bakers dozen of Paczkis on a dare.  A whole mix of flavors.  Not sure what all they were.

At 350-500 calories each - you can imagine how I felt.

And I am sure many were prune based on the "end" result.

This is a probable re-enactment.

FauxMo

February 28th, 2017 at 12:24 PM ^

So THIS is why Russia is always invading Poland...access to unlimited Paczki's, or whatever the hell these things are called! 

 

In truth, I grew up in a Detroit suburb, pretty near Hamtramck (the capital of the Paczki), and never understood the hype. It's a freaking jelly donut. You can get them year round, if you so choose... 

mastodon

March 1st, 2017 at 1:03 AM ^

Dunkin' is dead to me ever since they got rid of the classic plain "knobbed" dunkin' donut.  Akin to McDonald's kicking the Big Mac to the curb.  I never appreciated the dunkin' donut until coffee-loving adulthood.  Then...gone.  Don't even try to tell me the dunkin' stick...

When I lived in Redford, down the road at Joy and Telegraph, an Indian family bought a just-closed DD location, and "Donuts Delicious Donuts" was born.  Sweetest name ever.  You would've thought it was still a DD based on the donuts, EXCEPT for - in true McDowell's spirit - their DOUBLE-knobbed dunkin' donut.  Entrepreneurial Awesomeness.

Sam1863

February 28th, 2017 at 3:32 PM ^

Amen. I grew up in Flint with a Polish step-father, who always got them from some authentic bakery near where he grew up. And every time I ate one I thought the same thing:

It's a tough jelly donut. Whoop-de-freakin'-do.

Paczkis are on my Incredibly Overrated List, along with hummus and the movie "Fargo."

Brodie

March 1st, 2017 at 6:11 PM ^

I grew up in a Detroit suburb and never even really heard of this shit until I was in high school. As near as I can tell, this is a Hamtramck thing that only spread and became a metro wide thing in the late 90's/early 00's. I don't think it's celebrated in other Polish enclaves in Chicago or Buffalo or Cleveland, etc. 

NRK

February 28th, 2017 at 12:54 PM ^

Technically there are some distinctions in recipes and the Polish side of my family would scoff at that comment, but, yes they are very similar. In my opinion a good true paczki is much more delicious than your run-of-the-mill Jelly donaught.

Cities with large Polish populations, metro Detroit being one of them, have a big celebration on Fat Tuesday as Paczki Day. It's a cultural heritage thing plus an excuse for many others to celebrate by eating something very good, and kind of a regional (Midwest) thing rolled into one.

Good times. Enjoy if you can!

The Mad Hatter

February 28th, 2017 at 1:18 PM ^

On Jos Campau in Hamtramck. I've been going there since I was a kid and the bakery itself has been there for close to 100 years.  The original recipe book is written in Polish and is still used today.  Accept no substitute.

I picked my order up yesterday afternoon around 4ish and I still had to wait almost an hour.  The poor bastards that didn't order ahead of time were waiting a lot longer.

I've had 6 raspberry so far.  I'm saving the prune for after work.

Clarence Boddicker

February 28th, 2017 at 12:36 PM ^

I was near a Polish neighborhood I loved walking and biking through when I lived in Greenpoint, Bklyn in the 90s and I'd never heard of these. Looks tasty. I can't even get a decent bagel in Vermont so forget finding that.

74polSKA

February 28th, 2017 at 12:36 PM ^

I have to get them at the local Kroger here in SE Ohio. They usually only have lemon. Has anyone every tried paczkis from Giant Eagle? We don't have many decent local bakeries around here.

74polSKA

February 28th, 2017 at 12:56 PM ^

I'm pretty sure I'd eat all my profits if I owned a bakery. My town used to have quite a bit of industry and we have a lot of vacation rental properties, so our citizens are an odd mix of hard working, educated, self-made business types and "people of Walmart". It's . . . interesting.