Now I'm not sure who this "Tuesday" person is, but calling her fat is very rude. What a lame joke. At any rate, the pastries in the snap above are part of the reason today is referred to as Fat Tuesday. These are Paczki. (pronounced "punch-key") These nasty, delicious, decedent balls of grease are the cause of many expanding waistlines. Good that Lent follows Fat Tuesday and many people give up sweets. The average 5 oz. Paczki contains 420 calories! That's nearly an entire meal and probably more fat than most of us require in an entire day. If I were to eat one of these, or like many people, SEVERAL of them, I would feel I needed to pray for forgiveness! I'm grateful that I have never succumbed to consuming even one Paczki. Will power? Some, at least. Most of my will power comes from the knowledge that if I eat such a thing, in all it's deep-fried glory, I would feel quite sick for the rest of the day. My stomach's sensitivity to deep-fried delicacies has saved me from many culinary sins. At least it's good for something then!Celebrate Fat Tuesday if you like but remember, tomorrow we diet!
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Oh yeah, I forgot about Fat Tuesday. I've never eaten a Paczki either... ew.
I was mother of year Monday, because I brought a variety box home from Anderson's. MMMMM.... Ours had very yellow dough, which I think are athenic, because the orginal ones were made to use up all the eggs and lard before lent. We had fat food Tuesday for supper too, and got out the deep fryer. Topped it off with chocolate cake, as I'm giving up chocolate and candy for lent! Plus Ryan no longer has to make weight, so I'm doing my best to fatten him back up.
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