February 28th, 2017 at 1:19 PM ^
this is bringing back bad memories.
Ate a bakers dozen of Paczkis on a dare. A whole mix of flavors. Not sure what all they were.
At 350-500 calories each - you can imagine how I felt.
And I am sure many were prune based on the "end" result.
This is a probable re-enactment.
February 28th, 2017 at 1:32 PM ^
in Kalamazoo hands down
February 28th, 2017 at 3:20 PM ^
Because I would be at Sweetwaters twice a week
February 28th, 2017 at 10:07 PM ^
I went to WMU, 20 years later now and I've never found better donuts, seriously, not even close and I have lived in 6 different major cities since then.
February 28th, 2017 at 12:13 PM ^
February 28th, 2017 at 12:24 PM ^
So THIS is why Russia is always invading Poland...access to unlimited Paczki's, or whatever the hell these things are called!
In truth, I grew up in a Detroit suburb, pretty near Hamtramck (the capital of the Paczki), and never understood the hype. It's a freaking jelly donut. You can get them year round, if you so choose...
February 28th, 2017 at 2:00 PM ^
I went to school 3rd through 8th grade in Hamtramck. I had a lot of those over the years. I don't understand the hype either.
February 28th, 2017 at 2:18 PM ^
And they're not even very good.
February 28th, 2017 at 3:19 PM ^
An unsweet, relatively tasteless jelly donut. Not a huge fan.
February 28th, 2017 at 10:12 PM ^
Absolute factory mass produced hot trash, the worst excuse for a donut I've ever eaten. Didn't used to be this way, there used to actually be a guy at each location making donuts.
Dunkin' is dead to me ever since they got rid of the classic plain "knobbed" dunkin' donut. Akin to McDonald's kicking the Big Mac to the curb. I never appreciated the dunkin' donut until coffee-loving adulthood. Then...gone. Don't even try to tell me the dunkin' stick...
When I lived in Redford, down the road at Joy and Telegraph, an Indian family bought a just-closed DD location, and "Donuts Delicious Donuts" was born. Sweetest name ever. You would've thought it was still a DD based on the donuts, EXCEPT for - in true McDowell's spirit - their DOUBLE-knobbed dunkin' donut. Entrepreneurial Awesomeness.
February 28th, 2017 at 3:06 PM ^
And even by doughnut standards, they're pretty unhealthy.
Still, it's tradition to have them.
February 28th, 2017 at 3:32 PM ^
Amen. I grew up in Flint with a Polish step-father, who always got them from some authentic bakery near where he grew up. And every time I ate one I thought the same thing:
It's a tough jelly donut. Whoop-de-freakin'-do.
Paczkis are on my Incredibly Overrated List, along with hummus and the movie "Fargo."
I grew up in a Detroit suburb and never even really heard of this shit until I was in high school. As near as I can tell, this is a Hamtramck thing that only spread and became a metro wide thing in the late 90's/early 00's. I don't think it's celebrated in other Polish enclaves in Chicago or Buffalo or Cleveland, etc.
February 28th, 2017 at 12:54 PM ^
February 28th, 2017 at 12:14 PM ^
I'm keeping my coneys and paczki separate.
Somewhat partial to GM Paris.
Fave Flaves: Custard, Prune, Rosehip
February 28th, 2017 at 12:15 PM ^
Anyone know of paczki vendors in west Los Angeles?
February 28th, 2017 at 12:18 PM ^
https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#q=paczki+near+me&*
I'm about 10-15 minutes from Hamtramck so I was inundated with options.
February 28th, 2017 at 12:23 PM ^
As if I haven't tried the obvious.
February 28th, 2017 at 12:29 PM ^
No need to be a richard.
February 28th, 2017 at 6:01 PM ^
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February 28th, 2017 at 12:55 PM ^
Papillon International Bakery. I think there's a couple in LA.
I think more on the north/northeast side of LA though.
February 28th, 2017 at 1:07 PM ^
February 28th, 2017 at 1:18 PM ^
I had trouble with this when I lived out that way and it's not especially easy now in Minnesota, either. Not many people know what they are outside of certain regions.
February 28th, 2017 at 3:20 PM ^
I found some in two local grocery stores here in Florida. I was floored to see them and had to try them. They were absolutely fantastic and as good as I remember them being in Michigan. I don't know who made them, but no way was it the grocery store bakery.
February 28th, 2017 at 10:02 PM ^
February 28th, 2017 at 12:20 PM ^
I was never a fan of the filled pastry.
February 28th, 2017 at 12:20 PM ^
February 28th, 2017 at 12:26 PM ^
I wish but my fat ass is on a diet.
February 28th, 2017 at 12:27 PM ^
February 28th, 2017 at 12:54 PM ^
Technically there are some distinctions in recipes and the Polish side of my family would scoff at that comment, but, yes they are very similar. In my opinion a good true paczki is much more delicious than your run-of-the-mill Jelly donaught.
Cities with large Polish populations, metro Detroit being one of them, have a big celebration on Fat Tuesday as Paczki Day. It's a cultural heritage thing plus an excuse for many others to celebrate by eating something very good, and kind of a regional (Midwest) thing rolled into one.
Good times. Enjoy if you can!
February 28th, 2017 at 3:22 PM ^
I've always referred to them as a jelly donut on steroids.
February 28th, 2017 at 1:18 PM ^
On Jos Campau in Hamtramck. I've been going there since I was a kid and the bakery itself has been there for close to 100 years. The original recipe book is written in Polish and is still used today. Accept no substitute.
I picked my order up yesterday afternoon around 4ish and I still had to wait almost an hour. The poor bastards that didn't order ahead of time were waiting a lot longer.
I've had 6 raspberry so far. I'm saving the prune for after work.
February 28th, 2017 at 1:27 PM ^
you'd have said your favorite was the cocaine filled. I'd have upvoted that.
February 28th, 2017 at 2:24 PM ^
Maybe I'll try one with "sprinkles" when I get home.
February 28th, 2017 at 6:48 PM ^
You live with Annie Sprinkle? How's she doing nowadays?
February 28th, 2017 at 12:33 PM ^
Mmmmm...pączki...
February 28th, 2017 at 12:36 PM ^
February 28th, 2017 at 12:36 PM ^
I have to get them at the local Kroger here in SE Ohio. They usually only have lemon. Has anyone every tried paczkis from Giant Eagle? We don't have many decent local bakeries around here.
February 28th, 2017 at 12:41 PM ^
start one then. You'd probably make a mint running a good Polish bakery in an area without any.
Unless you live in a, nawh that's too expensive we'll just get er cake from walmarts, kind of town.
February 28th, 2017 at 12:56 PM ^
I'm pretty sure I'd eat all my profits if I owned a bakery. My town used to have quite a bit of industry and we have a lot of vacation rental properties, so our citizens are an odd mix of hard working, educated, self-made business types and "people of Walmart". It's . . . interesting.