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Are You Ready for FAT Tuesday ? Mmmmm
Tomorrow is FAT Tuesday...yes, yes we know that there are those of you who "fear fat"....have been there/done that and won't join in this Lenten preparation as a result. FAT Tuesday is a pre-lenten presentation that celebrated by many Christians who enjoy diving into "sweet treats" before they begin the lenten season with the absence of such food. Throughout southeastern Wisconsin, it is very common for people to celebrate this day indulgiing with a Paczki. This is prounced nothing like it looks. It is pronounced POONSH KEY....and is a deep fried dough that has a feeliing often of either raspberry or prune filling.....a Cousin to a jelly doughnut....and diet or not, really, who can't LOVE a jelly doughnut ? The tradition began with this sweet yeast dough delicacy as a way to use up the sugar, eggs, fat, flour that would be use very sparsely during lent. They are often heavily dusted with sugar...powdered or granulated and we see in some parts of the country where bakeries have added other fillings and frostings from bacon to creams. Trying them all iikely to mean a HUGE fast/diet well beyond lent ! Depending upon size (yes size matters !), filling, topping etc. you ... more
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