Paczki

A New Tradition For Some, Paczki For All

... been here earlier," said Donut Den owner Bruce Aronson. "They were lining up through the door for three hours this morning.". By "earlier" Aronson meant 5 a.m., when the Donut Den opened and Paczki Day customers started coming. The bakers at the Donut Den started making paczki at 10 p.m. Monday. "The fryers have had paczki in them for 25 hours now," Aronson said. "The only question is, when do I shut it down?" he said. "When we start mixing the dough, it's three hours before they come out of the fryer.". Aronson decided to make the last batch of paczki shortly after 11 a.m. The paczki business has been getting bigger since Aronson became owner of the Donut Den eight years ago. "The first year I bought the business we made a thousand paczki, and today we're going to make 12,000," he said. A thousand paczki were more than enough eight years ago. But the demand has grown each year. Aronson had 328 paczki orders ahead of Paczki Day. Paczki Day is a Polish tradition that started when lots of dough and butter that were not to be used during the ...

Sweetwater's Extra Sweet, Busy On Paczki Day

... don't ever stop," she said. "Usually, there are a couple of hours between when our bakers come in. We do three shifts of eight hours just for prepping.". It's a day of varied celebrations across the country. The day precedes Ash Wednesday, the beginning of the Christian season of Lent, which ends with the Easter holiday. Cities with heavy French influence, like New Orleans, are famous for their Mardi Gras celebrations involving beads, costumes and parades. Story continues below. A selection of fresh paczki for sale Tuesday at Sweetwater's Donut Mill in Battle Creek. (Photo: Al Lassen/For the Enquirer). Delectable desserts also are a feature of the day, ranging from chocolate, lemon, raspberry or custard paczki — like the ones found at Sweetwater's — or variations on the theme such as the Coney Paczki with a coney dog, mustard, chili and onions served ...

Paczki Fulfill Sweetness Goal As Lent Begins

... of paczki they make in the weeks leading up to and during Lent, and through to Easter Sunday, increases with it. "Last year we made 950 dozen. This year we're shooting for 1,000 dozen," Craig Streicher said. "Out of that 1,000 dozen, we'll probably sell 600 dozen today," Craig Streicher said. He said they start selling paczki Thursday through Saturday only in January. The week of Ash Wednesday they sell the pastries every day, then go back to the Thursday through Saturday schedule until Easter. (Gloria Casas). Donna Pace picked up two boxes with one headed to her office, Re/Max Pace Real Estate in Crown Point, and one headed to her daughter and her friends at Purdue University in West Lafayette. "It's only about an hour's drive and I get to see my daughter," Pace said. "She doesn't know I'm coming.". Frank Biegel, of St. John, drove to Crown Point and waited in the long line for half a dozen paczki - enough for him and his wife. "It's tradition. I don't mind standing in line," he said. Delia Vargas, of Hobart, said she comes to the Crown Point bakery every year on Fat Tuesday to get the ...

Body Builder Devours 9 Paczkis To Win Fat Tuesday Title

... as a sixth ward alderman in Ansonia. “If I win, I get to be mayor for a day,” Shuart said. But that wasn’t to be, and Cassetti — wearing his City of Ansonia jacket — breathed a sigh of relief. Each contestant was given one paczki of each variety — apple, black raspberry, blueberry, custard, lemon, prune and strawberry. And everyone agreed the prune paczki was the toughest to handle. So how did Wehry, a first-time winner, gulp down the title from a stalwart like Marcus Bartone of Derby, who has been known to eat 11 paczki at a sitting. “It’s all about style — take lots of tiny bites,” Wehry said. “You don’t want to stuff it all in your mouth at once.”. Wehry finished second last year to Seymour’s Brandon Carr , who ate 12 paczki last year to win Eddy’s crown, but did not return Tuesday to defend ...

Pistons' Svg Tries Paczki For First Time

... good. and enough. Carlos Monarrez , Detroit Free Press 6:58 p.m. ET Feb. 28, 2017. Sue Selasky asked folks across the newsroom. Hear them try to pronounce paczki. Sue Selasky, Detroit Free Press. Pistons coach Stan Van Gundy reacts after getting a technical foul during the second quarter of the Pistons' 114-108 overtime win Thursday at the Palace. (Photo: Leon Halip USA TODAY Sports). 8 CONNECT TWEET LINKEDIN COMMENTEMAILMORE. Detroit Pistons coach Stan Van Gundy tried his first paczki today and the review was two deliciously sticky thumbs up. Van Gundy was finally exposed to paczki, the deep-fried Polish treat and metro Detroit favorite, when a reporter brought some of the pastry to the team’s facility early in the day. More Pistons coverage. “I never had had one,” Van Gundy said before tonight’s game against the Portland Trail Blazers at the Palace. “I didn’t even know what they were. I’d never even ...

Iconic Swedish Bakery’s Last Day Draws 120-person Line For Paczki

... Swedish Bakery’s Last Day Draws 120-Person Line For Paczki. The 88-year-old Andersonville bakery will sadly close for good at 6:30 p.m., or when it runs out. The massive line outside Swedish Bakery on its final day of business. Ashok Selvam. About 120 customers lined up on Clark Street early Tuesday morning in Andersonville as today is the final day for Swedish Bakery. A neighborhood icon, the bakery will close today at 6:30 p.m., ending business after 88 years. There was an extra layer of excitement on this Fat Tuesday as the bakery is one of the many which celebrate a Polish-Chicago tradition, the paczki. Customers showed up as early as 5 a.m. to line up, and others will arrive later today, but the latter may be left with only breadcrumbs. News crews descended to fill their morning broadcasts as head baker Dennis Stanton surveyed the scene from outside his ...

And A Classic Bakery

... the street in the sector known as Warrendale. The third, West Warren Bakery , is close enough to Sisters that if the employees needed to, they could walk a few steps and borrow a cup of sugar. Or a 50-pound bag. In between are an assortment of shops like Iman’s Bakery, often offering meals as well as sweets, where proprietor Alex Badzi says, “Just Lebanese. We don’t make donuts.”. At Chene Modern, Janice Maksimovski has been behind the counter since her brother bought the business in 1980. She was chatting with Carol Piestrak of Woodhaven, who was picking up 101/2 dozen paczki. “I think they’re not as heavy as the Hamtrack ones,” Piestrak was saying. “They go down smooth.”. There’s also less congestion at the Warrendale bakeries than in Hamtramck, she says. Both areas have changed, Maksimovski points out, but as long as ...

Paczki Tradition As Strong As Ever In Little Poland

... up fresh pastries. Paczki are essentially Polish doughnuts, often served and enjoyed warm and right out of the oven. Paczki are made with yeast and need to rise for about three hours before they are deep-fried and filled with a variety of puddings or fruit. This year’s Fat Thursday was at least as busy as — if not busier than — last year, according to Sylwia Kaczorek, a manager at Roly Poly. She said that, while the number of in-person customers was similar to last year, Roly Poly had received more box orders than in years past. “They (customers) were standing in the line for, like, an hour and a half, two hours just to wait for 10 to 15 paczki,” said Kaczorek. Elizabeth Belsano said her cousin was one of those people who waited for the paczki. “He waited for like a half-hour for these, so I can’t wait to try them,” Belsano said while waiting in line herself. Roly Poly offers fillings of strawberry, raspberry, prune, rose hips and pudding, along with a few others to make 10 ...

Polish Village Holds Annual Paczki Sale

... and co-workers. “It's just something that you participate in,” Mrs. Wester said. Created by the Lagrange Village Council in 1990 to raise funds for neighborhood improvements, this project-selling authentic Polish paczki. Pronounced "poonchkey," the pastries first resemble sweet dinner rolls before they are stuffed with a flavored jelly or dried fruit and rolled in powdered sugar. They're the Polish tradition among Protestants and Catholics to indulge before Lent, which begins Wednesday. Paczkis are on sale at 3103 Lagrange St., at the corner of Central Ave., in the historic Polish Village, until 2 p.m. or when sold out. The cost is $7 for a half dozen; $14 for a dozen; or $12 for a polish coffee cake. Brian Kempa, 25, of Detroit, said he is in town for business, and searched locally for paczkis. “If I wanted to, I could probably eat four in one sitting,” said Mr. Kempa said. Flavors range from apple to chocolate to custard to ...