In a message dated 11/16/2000 2:15:38 PM Eastern Standard Time, jims@britishlibrary.net writes: > Lovingly called "Paczki Day" (pronounced "poon-ch-kee") hereabouts. Lovely Polish cream or fruit filled cakes fried in lard. (40 grams of fat per, about 400 calories, or so I'm told) We have some great places in the Detroit area, specifically Hamtramck, a predominantly Polish area, where hundreds of dozens are sold an hour on that day, starting at 5:00 a.m. Also called Fat Tuesday, or Mardi Gras (all that partying got out of your system before you behaved yourself for 40 days during Lent, I guess). Penny (Wasalaski) Rowland from the beautiful Great Lakes State of Michigan Searching for: Makepeace, Holmes, Fowler, Pierce, Quay, John, Spalding, Dilworth, Wasalaski, Gill, Osborne, Shimmons