Come celebrate Fasnacht Day with us!

If B can post about the Poles, I can post about another family tradition we celebrate today, Fasnacht Day.

Fascnachts are made in Switzerland, during an annual festival, and in PA Dutch country to use up the lard, sugar, fat and butter in the house that was prohibited during Lent. The Poles also celebrate their version of "Fat Tuesday" by eating pączki which are usually filled with jelly or creme. So that ties both of our heritages together.

I just like eating donuts--for any reason. I don't care if they're Krispy Kreme, Dunkin Donuts or from a grocery store, though my favorite is DD Strawberry jelly filled.

So get some coffee and join us for a yummy tradition!

BTW, here's some interesting info I found on Wikipedia:

In Romania, they are called gogoşi and are a very popular snack, especially during the summer.

In Iran, they are called "Pi-rash-ki" and are very popular, especially among the children.

In Russian cuisine, the word "pączki" transformed phonetically into ponchiki (Russian: пончики, plural form of пончик, ponchik) or pyshki (Russian: пышки, especially in St. Petersburg). Ponchiki are a very popular sweet doughnut, with many fast and simple recipes available in Russian cookbooks for making them at home as a breakfast or coffee pastry.

In Ukrainian cuisine, they are called пампушки, pampushky.

In German and Danish, they are called Berliner. In Austria they are called Krapfen.

In Lithuanian cuisine, they're called spurgos.

In Portuguese tradition, a similar confection called the malasada is made during Fat Tuesday.

In Hawaii, where Portuguese immigrants worked the sugarcane and pineapple plantations, malasadas are a popular breakfast or dessert item that can be purchased at countless malasada bakeries.

In Brazil, it's called Sonho - Portuguese for "dream".

In Mexico, it's called Bola de Berlín - Spanish for "Berlin ball"

In Chile, it's called berlín - Spanish for "berliner".

In Hungary, it is called fánk.

In Italy they are called bomboloni.