{"id":14774,"date":"2016-02-09T05:01:56","date_gmt":"2016-02-09T05:01:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/?p=14774"},"modified":"2016-02-09T05:01:56","modified_gmt":"2016-02-09T05:01:56","slug":"time-to-get-your-paczki","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/blog\/time-to-get-your-paczki\/","title":{"rendered":"Time to Get Your P\u0105czki"},"content":{"rendered":"

If St. Patrick\u2019s Day is the day when all are Irish, then Fat Tuesday is when all are Polish in Detroit. This morning, the line for New Palace Bakery<\/a> will wind around Hamtramck with customers anxious to get their fresh p\u0105czki and be the favorite employee at work. After finishing off our p\u0105czki, we all will regret the calories, but there is no question we will take part in this delicacy again next year. Whether you are a p\u0105czki newbie or a p\u0105czki faithful, read on to learn a thing or two about this tasty treat.<\/p>\n

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New Palace Bakery in Hamtramck.<\/p><\/div>\n

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  1. There are no such things as p\u0105czkis. P\u0105<\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/strong>czki is already plural. <\/em><\/strong>In English, we tend to use p\u0105czki as both the singular and plural noun. In Polish, the singular is p\u0105czek (PON-check) and the plural is p\u0105czki (POON-shkee).<\/li>\n
  2. P<\/em>\u0105<\/em>czki are traditionally eaten prior to Ash Wednesday, typically on Fat Tuesday or Thursday.<\/em><\/strong> Prior Catholic fasting practices during the Lenten season, forbade consumption of lard, sugar, eggs, and fruit, so p\u0105czki were made to use up all the rich ingredients in the house. (Not so hard to see how they quickly become upwards of 500 calories)<\/li>\n
  3. P\u0105czki were traditionally filled with rose hip jam or plum (though some swear by prune) and then dusted with powder sugar.<\/em><\/strong> Now you can get all sorts of flavors. My favorites? Raspberry, strawberry, and custard. My wildcard? New Palace\u2019s Presidential-a cherry filled p\u0105czek with a chocolate glaze on top.<\/li>\n
  4. They are best enjoyed the same they day they are made. <\/em><\/strong>While some p\u0105czki veterans may be offended by any comparison of a p\u0105czek to a jelly donut, when it comes to time frame for eating-the same logic applies-donut are great, but who likes a stale one?<\/li>\n
  5. A p\u0105czek is different than a jelly donut.<\/em><\/strong> Speaking of comparing a p\u0105czek to a donut\u2026.for one p\u0105czki are usually even richer than a donut. The dough of p\u0105czki manages to be fluffier than a donut, yet still very dense.<\/li>\n
  6. Hamtramck does, in fact, have a p\u0105czek mascot.<\/em><\/strong> I wonder how he would do in the Capitol One mascot competition. He did run a 5k this past Saturday\u2026.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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    My Mom and I with our p\u0105ckzi after the P\u0105ckzi Run 5K this Saturday around Hamtramck.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    If St. Patrick\u2019s Day is the day when all are Irish, then Fat Tuesday is when all are Polish in Detroit. This morning, the line for New Palace Bakery will wind around Hamtramck with customers anxious to get their fresh p\u0105czki and be the favorite employee at work. After finishing off our p\u0105czki, we all […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":120,"featured_media":14775,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14774","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14774","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/120"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14774"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14774\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14775"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14774"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14774"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14774"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}