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Fastnachts or Paczki for Fat Tuesday?

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Fastnachts or Paczki for Fat Tuesday? I believe Lent starts Wed, Feb 18 this year and that means Fat Tuesday (Mardi Gras) is the day before. A lot of people have their last fattening sweets on that day and these kinds of filled donuts are their go to. Fastnachts are potato dough and Paczki are yeast based.

Which do you eat?
 
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Lamb said:
Fastnachts or Paczki for Fat Tuesday? I believe Lent starts Wed, Feb 18 this year and that means Fat Tuesday (Mardi Gras) is the day before. A lot of people have their last fattening sweets on that day and these kinds of filled donuts are their go to. Fastnachts are potato dough and Paczki are yeast based.

Which do you eat?
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Actually, I'd never heard of either one.

Guess I'm just a pretty simple sort of guy.

Where would someone go to find things like that?
 
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Some background information (from visitthe usa)

"According to historians, Mardi Gras dates back thousands of years to boisterous pagan celebrations of spring and fertility in Rome.
When Christianity arrived during the medieval years, religious leaders decided to incorporate the popular local customs of these pagan celebrations (think parades and lots of eating and drinking) into traditions, and they became a prelude to Lent..."

John wrote
Do not love the world or anything in the world. (1John 2v15)
 
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I find them at the grocery store and I love Fastnachts
 
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Maranatha said:
Some background information (from visitthe usa)

"According to historians, Mardi Gras dates back thousands of years to boisterous pagan celebrations of spring and fertility in Rome.
When Christianity arrived during the medieval years, religious leaders decided to incorporate the popular local customs of these pagan celebrations (think parades and lots of eating and drinking) into traditions, and they became a prelude to Lent..."

John wrote
Do not love the world or anything in the world. (1John 2v15)
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So how about the answer to the OP question? Do you prefer fastnachts, paczki or neither?
 
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