Pączki
[ ˈpɔntʃki ] describes aPolish specialty ofa round yeast pastry fried in fat, which is traditionally provided withrose hip jamor other sweet fillings. In addition to sprinkling with powdered sugar, you can often find other glazes or baked orange peel.
The pączki are closely related to the "Fastnachtküchlein" in terms of production and customs, which are known in large parts of the German-speaking area as Berlin pancakes , outside northern Germany also as Kräppel or Kreppel (e.g. in Anhalt, Hesse, in the Palatinate as well as among the Germans Minority in Upper Silesia ) or as Krapfen (Bavaria, Austria). They are traditionally eaten on the Thursday before Ash Wednesday . This is due to using up the leftover lard, sugar and fruit left in the house, which are prohibited during Lent.
The name is Paczki Polish actually the plural form of Pączek [ pɔntʃɛk ], the non-Polish language but it is mostly used as a noun singular and declined. In the Russian and Ukrainian cuisine is Paczki find as Puschki (especially in St. Petersburg ), Pampuschki (пампушки) or Pontschiki (пончики) again, the latter word on pierogi ( пирожки , Piroschki , "Chickie") called baked goods can be applied.
Polish immigrants made the food known in the USA, and the Detroit region in particular has a living tradition today. In addition to the traditional filling with rose hip pulp, there is often a filling with plum jam, but other fillings are also available in stores, including lemon, strawberry, raspberry or Bavarian cream . In addition to the custom on Fat Thursday, the custom also changed to Fat Tuesday, Shrove Tuesday, which in Detroit is also simply called Pączki Day and is celebrated with a festive procession.
See also
literature
- Maria Lemnis, Henryk Vitry: W staropolskiej kuchni i przy polskim stole . 4th edition. Interpress, Warsaw 1986, ISBN 83-223-1712-3 .
- Robert Strybel, Maria Strybel: Polish Heritage Cookery . Hippocrene Books, New York NY 1993, ISBN 0-7818-0069-2 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Klaudia Kluczniok, Helena Bastek: Opolskie Specjały - Opole offers specialties . Związek Śląskich Rolników - Association of Silesian Farmers, Opole 2007, p. 10 .