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    1. According-Buyer6688 on

      Yeah already ate 6 of those badasses. 12 are waiting

    2. Auspectress on

      In Poland, Fat Thursday (Tłusty Czwartek) marks the beginning of the last week before Lent, and it’s all about pączki – fluffy, golden doughnuts bursting with sweet fillings. But it’s not only a Polish tradition. From French Mardi Gras to British Pancake Day, people worldwide celebrate the last days before the fast.

      # A very long tradition of sweet indulgence

      The origins of [Fat Thursday](https://culture.pl/en/article/fat-thursday-polands-tastiest-tradition) date back to the Middle Ages, when people would feast on rich foods before the strict fasting of Lent. Originally, pączki were savoury, filled with bacon and pork fat. It wasn’t until the 16th century that they evolved into the sweet, jam-filled pastries we know today.

      # A day to go crazy for pączki

      Fat Thursday falls on the last Thursday before Ash Wednesday. In Poland, it is a day of joyful excess and putting diets on hold. The unofficial rule is simple: the more [pączki](https://culture.pl/en/article/the-splendour-of-paczki-polish-doughnuts) you eat, the more luck you will have. Queues stretch down the streets in front of the best bakeries, and Poles take pride in devouring impressive numbers of these golden treats. A single pączek is never enough.

      Just before Fat Thursday, Polish journalists, bloggers, and culinary critics publish their own rankings of the best pączek in major cities like Warsaw or Kraków, guiding food lovers to the most delicious treats. Apart from pączki, another popular treat on Fat Thursday in Poland is faworki – crispy, deep-fried pastry strips dusted with powdered sugar. Known in English as ‘angel wings,’ these delicate, crunchy sweets are a staple of Polish carnivalesque tradition.

      #

    3. QuasimodoPredicted on

      I’ll probably eat 3 or 4. Then I will need to grind for an hour or more at the pool to burn the calories.

    4. nairolfy on

      I guess its a the same tradition we have next week Tuesday where we eat some unhealthy food (we eat pancakes), but you guys celebrate it on a Thursday instead. Ours is called “vette dinsdag”, so Fat Tuesday. Its also known under names like “Mardi Gras”, which is just the French translation of Fat Tuesday

    6. AnarchiaKapitany on

      If “Polish Doughnuts” are anything like the pastry in American Pie was, I’d like to pass.

    7. anal-inspector on

      Oh hell yeah i can get behind this. Forget bober, embrace fatty fat

    9. Legal_Sugar on

      I hate that companies decide to celebrate valentine’s day in February and not fat Thursday. It feels so forced

    10. themac_87 on

      Any Polish brother/sister care to share the recipe to a Portuguese fellow European?

    12. Particular-Star-504 on

      Interesting, do you still celebrate Fat Tuesday? In Wales that’s traditionally pancake day.

    14. toolkitxx on

      The German Navy has an old tradition called ‘Seemannssonntag’ for a Thursday. On those days a better meal like cake was often on the menu. Cake is still the traditional way of doing it nowadays.

      Nice how traditions overlap here.

    17. TjeefGuevarra on

      So it’s the Polish version of Carnival basicly? Feasting as much as you can before the fast begins? But they do it with donuts, we do it with excessive drinking and partying.

    19. opinionate_rooster on

      In Slovenia, we traditionally celebrate “Pust” on a Shrove Tuesday (47 days before Easter). We hold mask carnivals and stuff ourselves with donuts (“krof”) that looks like above picture but without the nasty-looking glaze. We also eat a “flancat”, a fried pastry and carnival dessert.

      I believe this year’s Pust is on March, 4th. Ugh. Totally not looking forward to the inevitable weight gain…

    20. TywinDeVillena on

      Fat Thursday (jueves lardero) in Soria (Spain) is celebrated by eating bread, chorizo, and egg. Part of the plan on Fat Thursday is getting very drunk, but that is a common occurrence with any given holiday in Soria. Big chances are you will find the mayor phenomenally drunk

      That city is a very special place, I love it, and I have quite a bunch of friends from there.

    21. Fabulous_Importance7 on

      I have a polish shop next to where I live. How they are called and how can I ask for them?

    22. AutomaticAndThicc on

      Wait, do you want to say there is no eating doughnuts outside of Poland??? Wtf

    23. britinnit on

      This is like Pancake Day which we have here in the UK next Tuesday.

    25. Infinite_Win_1960 on

      My partner went to get them from the Polish shop today… Already thought it’s fat-thursday, but you confirmed it now 😄

      Not a good thing if you’re trying to follow a diet, but who cares, a cheat day like this is great 😂

    26. Paul-SPC on

      Look amazing, but what makes Polish donuts special? Looking forward to trying them.

    32. AnalphabeticPenguin on

      We also eat faworki. They’re less known but also great.

    33. Inside_Ad_7162 on

      In Catalonia it’s common to find paella on the menu in restaurants on Thursday’s. Wonder what it is about Thursday?

    36. MartinMaty23 on

      Slovakian living UK here.

      tlusty czwartek is my favorite tradition my Polish girlfriend introduced me.

      I introduced this to my colleagues in an Asian restaurant and it is celebrated for a 3rd year now.

      Everyone loves tlusty czwartek

    37. AlleKeskitason on

      Little bit similar to laskiainen in Finland. We eat laskiaispulla that has a cream and almond paste or jam filling and university students get another excuse to organize an event and get wasted.😁

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