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May 18, 2024

Pączki Day

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Fri, Feb 25, 2022 (4:53 p.m.)

The pastries are pączki — pronounced as poon-shkee and known singularly as a pączek — a deep-fried piece of dough filled with jam or custard and usually coated with powdered sugar or a glaze of sorts. Scholars say the pastry’s origins date to the middle ages, and caught on in American cities like Buffalo, N.Y., Chicago and Detroit as Polish immigrants flocked to the United States.

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