My grandparents called - they said to eat a doughnut

[rocknrollgidget]

Happy Fasnacht Day! I'm repeating my post from last year just in case anyone's forgotten what this day is all about

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[rocknrollgidget]

You don't even know how much I was wishing that there was a Krispy Kreme downtown instead of all the way out in Medford.

[jheaton]

I may have said this last year, but let me reiterate it: you are literally the only person I have ever met outside my sister-in-law's family (the Snyders, from Chambersburg, PA) who has heard of Fasnacht Day. Nevertheless, she remains convinced that Fasnacht Day is commonly known and widely celebrated, and that my brother and I, and everyone my brother and I have ever asked about it, are the weird ones for not having heard about it before she married into the family.

[rocknrollgidget]

I can attest that in PA - it's a big deal. But people really love their baked goods there. Mmmm, shoofly pie, sticky buns, funnel cake, molasses cookies, and so on.

[jheaton]

Well, certain parts of Pennsylvania. My friend Lori, who came from western PA, had never heard of it.

"good doughnuts"

[lvx140]

Your post warms my heart (probably since I seem to be in a perpetual state of homesickness) - the only thing funny about it is that the doughnuts are considered "good." The way my family makes them, they are some of the plainest things I've ever tasted. We always put maple syrup on them to give them flavor.

Re: "good doughnuts"

[lvx140]

actually - it wasn't maple syrup - it was molasses. now i remember.

[jenelope]

Here in Michigan, we have the Polish version- paczki. In fact, I just ate a lemon paczek. I usually have one with prune filling, because I consider myself a paczki traditionalist. Our cafeteria actually ordered a bunch to sell. It's awesome. I eat a filled pastry and instead of feeling guilty, I feel like a good little Polish Catholic girl.