Atkins-Friendly Paczkis?
Kimmer
Uses Paczkis For Paperweights
Zero-minus-14 and 8 workdays left! 
G'mornin', Mo Fiend!
Ya don't know what a Paczki is? OMG. 
It's a HUMONGOID donut, filled with anything from custard to jellies to creams to prune-stuff to, well, you name it 'n it's probably inside the Paczki ('cept for maybe gristle). It's a Polish thing, made ONLY for Fat Tuesday, has about a quad-zillion calories and carbs in it, is HEAVY and from what I heard on the radio this morning, you have to do two hours on a treadmill at a good rate of speed and elevation in order to get only HALF the calories in 'em burnt off. It's a diabetic coma in pastry form.
I'm thinking now that maybe it's a local thing: Detroit has a teeny city inside the Detroit borders, Hamtramck, that used to be about 100% Polish. My parents grew up outside of Hamtramck, where a lot of European immigrants settled (my Dad's parents defected from Russia, my Mom's parents "came over on Da Boat" from Hungary, but are of Rumanian persuasion).
EVERY store in the metropolitan Detroit area sells Paczkis for Fat Tuesday, and even here in Flint (about 1 hour North of Detroit) it's a tradition. One of the bakeries in Hamtramck says they plan to sell around EIGHT THOUSAND DOZEN Paczkis today.
To my understanding, they came about when the Moms and Grandmas in days of yore cleaned out their cupboards to prepare for Lent. The best way to get rid of the ingredients was to bake, and that's how Paczkis came around. There's an enormous amount of lard in them, too. They're REALLY a heavy confection - worse than sourdough or anything like that. One of 'em makes even the most NORMAL metabolism want to take a nap. I'm not a sweet person, so for all the Paczkis that have passed under my nose, I may have eaten a WHOLE one thru the years: I usually just take a piece of someone else's...and THAT puts me to snoozin'. 
One last tidbit: they're pronounced POONch-skis.
Kimmer
Resists Paczkis With A Single Bound
Zero-minus-14 and 8 work days to go! 
It's a HUMONGOID donut, filled with anything from custard to jellies to creams to prune-stuff to, well, you name it 'n it's probably inside the Paczki ('cept for maybe gristle). It's a Polish thing, made ONLY for Fat Tuesday, has about a quad-zillion calories and carbs in it, is HEAVY and from what I heard on the radio this morning, you have to do two hours on a treadmill at a good rate of speed and elevation in order to get only HALF the calories in 'em burnt off. It's a diabetic coma in pastry form.
I'm thinking now that maybe it's a local thing: Detroit has a teeny city inside the Detroit borders, Hamtramck, that used to be about 100% Polish. My parents grew up outside of Hamtramck, where a lot of European immigrants settled (my Dad's parents defected from Russia, my Mom's parents "came over on Da Boat" from Hungary, but are of Rumanian persuasion).
EVERY store in the metropolitan Detroit area sells Paczkis for Fat Tuesday, and even here in Flint (about 1 hour North of Detroit) it's a tradition. One of the bakeries in Hamtramck says they plan to sell around EIGHT THOUSAND DOZEN Paczkis today.
To my understanding, they came about when the Moms and Grandmas in days of yore cleaned out their cupboards to prepare for Lent. The best way to get rid of the ingredients was to bake, and that's how Paczkis came around. There's an enormous amount of lard in them, too. They're REALLY a heavy confection - worse than sourdough or anything like that. One of 'em makes even the most NORMAL metabolism want to take a nap. I'm not a sweet person, so for all the Paczkis that have passed under my nose, I may have eaten a WHOLE one thru the years: I usually just take a piece of someone else's...and THAT puts me to snoozin'.
One last tidbit: they're pronounced POONch-skis.
Kimmer
Resists Paczkis With A Single Bound
Zero-minus-14 and 8 work days to go! 
Hmm...it's possible.
When you throw one, do you dislocate your shoulder? Do they put the dozen (or 20 dozen in many workplaces) you ordered into your car via forklift? Do your arteries start clogging up just by looking at one?
If so, then it could be!
Kimmer
Queen of the Niners, Instigator to All Marchers, High Priestess of Giggles
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