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  • Post #301 - February 25th, 2020, 8:40 pm
    Post #301 - February 25th, 2020, 8:40 pm Post #301 - February 25th, 2020, 8:40 pm
    I was in Fox Lake, IL. on Sunday (The Metra Weekend Pass is the best transit bargain in northeastern Illinois.), and if you're anywhere nearby, you could get your paczki from
    Village Bakery
    27 East Grand Ave.
    Fox Lake, IL. 60020
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  • Post #302 - February 15th, 2021, 5:49 pm
    Post #302 - February 15th, 2021, 5:49 pm Post #302 - February 15th, 2021, 5:49 pm
    Who has scored some authentic paczkis this year?

    Last year's last posts on this thread were right before the virus lockdown! Remember: two weeks to bend the curve or whatever that saying was? Who knew we would still be fighting the virus a year later? Good times, good times.
  • Post #303 - February 15th, 2021, 6:08 pm
    Post #303 - February 15th, 2021, 6:08 pm Post #303 - February 15th, 2021, 6:08 pm
    Bennison's has them. I just checked their website. You can order them ahead of time. I believe they are still limiting the number of customers in their store.
  • Post #304 - February 15th, 2021, 8:27 pm
    Post #304 - February 15th, 2021, 8:27 pm Post #304 - February 15th, 2021, 8:27 pm
    NFriday wrote:Bennison's has them. I just checked their website. You can order them ahead of time. I believe they are still limiting the number of customers in their store.


    Bennison's are fantastic. Last year they had traditional as well as cream-filled (more like a cream puff).
  • Post #305 - February 15th, 2021, 8:32 pm
    Post #305 - February 15th, 2021, 8:32 pm Post #305 - February 15th, 2021, 8:32 pm
    Stan's has them - order online and pickup. Cherry, Canoli, Chocolate, or Cream.
  • Post #306 - February 15th, 2021, 8:58 pm
    Post #306 - February 15th, 2021, 8:58 pm Post #306 - February 15th, 2021, 8:58 pm
    spinynorman99 wrote:Bennison's are fantastic. Last year they had traditional as well as cream-filled (more like a cream puff).

    They still have them: Strawberries and whipped cream, bananas and whipped cream, chocolate praline, and German chocolate. Especially enjoy the first of these.
  • Post #307 - February 15th, 2021, 9:28 pm
    Post #307 - February 15th, 2021, 9:28 pm Post #307 - February 15th, 2021, 9:28 pm
    I got a few at Oak Mill bakery a couple weeks ago. That afternoon the display case was pretty much empty so an employee kindly offered to custom-make some for me. Excellent paczki and having them freshly filled eliminated the potential for sogginess.

    I also got some day-old ones Friday from Montrose Market on Golf (former Wally's.) They were pretty pedestrian, similar to what Shop-n-Save has year round, with rose and plum filling. Is plum just a new name for prune or is it something different? I was hard pressed to tell from the flavor.
  • Post #308 - February 15th, 2021, 9:41 pm
    Post #308 - February 15th, 2021, 9:41 pm Post #308 - February 15th, 2021, 9:41 pm
    My Polish neighbor brought me two packzi (which, upon my asking, she said was pronounced "ponsh ki", and my internet searching suggests is right). The two she brought me were raspberry and creme filled, both great.
    "Your swimming suit matches your eyes, you hold your nose before diving, loving you has made me bananas!"
  • Post #309 - February 22nd, 2021, 9:29 am
    Post #309 - February 22nd, 2021, 9:29 am Post #309 - February 22nd, 2021, 9:29 am
    Pucca wrote:
    LAZ wrote:This independent doughnut shop is definitely worth a visit. Both their cake and raised doughnuts are very good, they do a variety of seasonal items (cherry cake doughnuts for Washington's birthday, for example), and they're open 24 hours.

    Spunky Dunkers Donuts

    20 Northwest Highway, Palatine
    847-358-7935
    http://www.spunkydunkersdonuts.com/paczki_day
    I love their chocolate French and blueberry cake doughnuts. Their French cruller is so light and airy - just the way I like them. We ate our doughnuts and coffee at the counter one Sunday morning and was very impressed by the constant flow of customers. It is well deserved.

    3 days, 10,000 doughnuts. Community rallies around Palatine bakery that asked for help online: ‘We knew people liked us, but I had no idea.’

    https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct- ... story.html
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  • Post #310 - February 22nd, 2021, 10:53 am
    Post #310 - February 22nd, 2021, 10:53 am Post #310 - February 22nd, 2021, 10:53 am
    Katie wrote:My Polish neighbor brought me two packzi (which, upon my asking, she said was pronounced "ponsh ki", and my internet searching suggests is right). The two she brought me were raspberry and creme filled, both great.


    Yes, "ponsh-key" is a good enough approximation in English. The "sh" is more a "ch," though. Cz in Polish is pronounced almost the same as English "ch." The "n" in the first syllable comes from the ą in pączki, which is pronounced in various ways depending on its location in a word and what follows it, but something like "on" (closer to an "aw"-type sound than an "ah" sound if you're from a Great Lakes dialect and make a distinction between the vowels in "caught" and "cot") or "own" in this case.

    Better yet, there are examples of five native speakers here pronouncing it.

    Of course, the native pronunciation doesn't mean that's how you have to pronounce it in English, but, if you're curious, there it is. I think most often I hear either "PUNCH-key" or "POONCH-key" from English speakers.
  • Post #311 - February 22nd, 2021, 1:31 pm
    Post #311 - February 22nd, 2021, 1:31 pm Post #311 - February 22nd, 2021, 1:31 pm
    Thanks for the explanation, Binko. I can't say I was accurately representing what my neighbor said but rather as a I remembered it later, the key being the unexpected (for me) "n" sound.
    "Your swimming suit matches your eyes, you hold your nose before diving, loving you has made me bananas!"
  • Post #312 - February 22nd, 2021, 2:49 pm
    Post #312 - February 22nd, 2021, 2:49 pm Post #312 - February 22nd, 2021, 2:49 pm
    Yeah, there's another fairly well-known Polish food where that ą shows up: gołąbki, the cabbage rolls stuffed with rice & ground meat (most commonly, but there are different stuffings.) Around here, I typically hear them pronounced "guh-LOOMP-key" or something like that, but it's closer to "guh-WUMP-key." In that case, the ą takes on a "um/om/owm" sound. The "l" with a slash through it is essentially the same as the English "w" sound. So that ą can be pesky -- several similar, but still different ways it gets pronounced. It can also be a pure nasal vowel (as I believe it originally was.)
  • Post #313 - February 23rd, 2021, 9:04 am
    Post #313 - February 23rd, 2021, 9:04 am Post #313 - February 23rd, 2021, 9:04 am
    Something I learned recently: Paczki is the plural of paczek, so technically it's incorrect to say, "I just ate a delicious paczki!" or "I just ate a dozen delicious paczkis!" How is paczek pronounced? Puncheck?
  • Post #314 - February 23rd, 2021, 12:56 pm
    Post #314 - February 23rd, 2021, 12:56 pm Post #314 - February 23rd, 2021, 12:56 pm
    Yes, "pun-check" or "pone-check" or "pawn-check" would all be somewhat close.

    And, yes, pączek is the singular in Polish, though you might lose some people if you use it in English. I have seen some non-Poles use the word pączek in the singular, though. However, once a word enters a language from a foreign source, it tends to be reanalyzed in the target language and may not follow singular or plural rules from the original language (a number of Italian food items are like this; the Greek "gyros" is like this when it gets reanalyzed as "gyro" for the singular.)
  • Post #315 - November 13th, 2021, 7:20 am
    Post #315 - November 13th, 2021, 7:20 am Post #315 - November 13th, 2021, 7:20 am
    Vital Information wrote:I really think that Dobra and Delightful Pastries make the best paczki in town; there's an elasticity to her dough that lightens the donut without losing its essential donut-ness. That said, Kolatek's is a lot closer to our daily path. We stopped in there for our fix.

    Normally, Kolatek's has a tray or so of packi for sale, along with their assorted baked goods--some can be pretty good, but their baked goods are not quite as strong as their breads, deli or prepared foods*. Today, a good portion of the baked goods were replaced with trays of donuts and a little bit of mayhem as the bakery section does not normally use numbers. We brought home the aptly named Advocat, a few "pudding" (custard) and a few raspberry. Like I said, Dobra makes the best, but what the hey. These hit the spot.

    Although most of their clientele at Kolatek's is a Thursday Paczki Day kinda crowd, they will be doing this again on Tuesday. What's especially enticing is beyond the donuts, all the range of Lenten-ish foods already on display at Kolatek's. They smoke salmon and whitefish chunks and whole trout. There are multiple kinds of herring. Blintzes were on display today. I'm going to have fun shopping here in the next few weeks.

    Kolatek's
    2445 North Harlem Avenue
    Chicago, IL 60707-2047
    (773) 637-3772


    *There are so many reasons to love Kolatek. One is their daily specials (except the Tuesday special of "luncheon meat", but maybe that's something authentic I don't get). Anyways, on Saturday, the butter cookies (not all of them on any given Saturday) go from $6.99 to $2.99.

    Of course, sometimes I like the deal and sometimes I splurge on the cookies further up the street at Palermo.

    Kolatek's Bakery & Deli, which after 35 years in business in Chicago, now has a second location called Kolatek Baking Co. in Palatine. The 3,300-square-foot store at 1916 N. Rand Road opened this week. http://www.dailyherald.com/article/2021 ... /211119686
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  • Post #316 - February 27th, 2022, 9:15 pm
    Post #316 - February 27th, 2022, 9:15 pm Post #316 - February 27th, 2022, 9:15 pm
    Hi,

    I have not had a paczki from La Petite Pastry Shop II, though I have had their bacon buns, German hard rolls and sweet rolls. This could be a good option for those around Midway Airport.

    They gave me a form to complete when I visited on Saturday. I am not sure how prepared they are for walk-ins on March 1st.

    Prices are for 2022:

    Priced at $1.40 each
    - Apricot
    - Cheese
    - Custard
    - Lemon
    - Pineapple
    - Plain
    - Poppyseed
    - Prune
    - Raspberry

    Fruit at $1.80 each:
    - Apple
    - Blueberry
    - Canoli
    - Cherry
    - Chocolate Mousse
    - Peach
    - Strawberry

    With whipped cream at $2.10 each:
    - Apple
    - Blueberry
    - Cherry
    - Peach
    - Strawberry

    All have a tax of 2.25%

    La Petite Pastry Shop II
    5610 W. 63 rd Street
    773/735-7383
    Fax: 773-735-7244
    http://www.lapetitepastry.com

    Regards,
    Cathy2
    Cathy2

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  • Post #317 - February 27th, 2022, 9:59 pm
    Post #317 - February 27th, 2022, 9:59 pm Post #317 - February 27th, 2022, 9:59 pm
    Not going to make it to the Midway area -- but counting on Garden Fresh in Buffalo Grove repeating last year's massive display of paczki. Having never had them before, it is easy to say in advance that they will be the best I've ever had. :)
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  • Post #318 - February 27th, 2022, 10:09 pm
    Post #318 - February 27th, 2022, 10:09 pm Post #318 - February 27th, 2022, 10:09 pm
    There's always Central Continental in Mount Prospect, they've always got a wide variety, but they start at $3.50 for the basics and $5.25 for the gourmet ones.
    What is patriotism, but the love of good things we ate in our childhood?
    -- Lin Yutang
  • Post #319 - February 28th, 2022, 9:14 am
    Post #319 - February 28th, 2022, 9:14 am Post #319 - February 28th, 2022, 9:14 am
    I have six pack of paczki from Familiar Bakery. Familiar took the spot where Hot Chocolate Bakery was in Revival Food Hall. Six for $25. I don't have enough to share at work so they are hiding in their box under my desk. ;-)

    Blueberry Chamomile Jam
    Salty Honey Cream
    Spiced Chocolate Cream
    Raspberry Rose Jam
    Coffee Cream
    Passionfruit Cream
    -Mary
  • Post #320 - February 28th, 2022, 9:31 am
    Post #320 - February 28th, 2022, 9:31 am Post #320 - February 28th, 2022, 9:31 am
    The GP wrote:I don't have enough to share at work so they are hiding in their box under my desk. ;-)

    Love it!

    Regards,
    Cathy2
    Cathy2

    "You'll be remembered long after you're dead if you make good gravy, mashed potatoes and biscuits." -- Nathalie Dupree
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  • Post #321 - February 28th, 2022, 9:43 am
    Post #321 - February 28th, 2022, 9:43 am Post #321 - February 28th, 2022, 9:43 am
    Six things to remember about a particular Polish fried pastry as millions fan out over the city.

    https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists ... at-tuesday
    Never order barbecue in a place that also serves quiche - Lewis Grizzard
  • Post #322 - February 28th, 2022, 10:04 am
    Post #322 - February 28th, 2022, 10:04 am Post #322 - February 28th, 2022, 10:04 am
    From that article:
    First, say it right.

    The word “paczki” is not, as I sometimes do, pronounced “pash-key,” like artist Ed Paschke.

    Nor “push-key,” like the Jewish charity box.

    “Punch-key” is close. But not quite.

    “Poinch-key,” said Warsaw-born Dobra Bielinski, of the Polish pastry so ethereal it has its own holiday in Chicago, Paczki Day, Tuesday March 1. “That’s how you properly pronounce it.”


    Say what? "Poinch-key" is an odd transliteration of that first syllable. (I'm not attributing this to Dobra Bielinski, but rather the author's attempt at approximating in English.) I see I've commented on the pronunciation a year ago, with audio examples, but this is the first I've seen anyone do it that way and say it's "right." No approximation is going to be perfect, but this one stretches it a bit for me.

    ETA: OK, here is Dobra Bielinski pronouncing it herself last year -- I wanted to see if it was her accent or something -- but, I dunno -- you be the judge. That doesn't sound like "POINCH-key" to me:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bw9m-YQmobA

    Good article on pączki, especially judging the dough, not the abundance of fillings. (I suspect I harped on this somewhere in this thread.) I picked up six on Fat Thursday (two rose hip, two plum, and two Bavarian creme for the kids) and will do Pączki Day Part Deux tomorrow.
  • Post #323 - February 28th, 2022, 5:33 pm
    Post #323 - February 28th, 2022, 5:33 pm Post #323 - February 28th, 2022, 5:33 pm
    Had my first paczki today. Really lovely. And thank you, Binko, for the correct pronunciation.
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  • Post #324 - February 28th, 2022, 11:15 pm
    Post #324 - February 28th, 2022, 11:15 pm Post #324 - February 28th, 2022, 11:15 pm
    Cynthia wrote:Had my first paczki today. Really lovely. And thank you, Binko, for the correct pronunciation.


    Yay! Glad you liked 'em! And when it comes to pronunciation, when words come over from another language, they change to something comfortable in the new language. That's normal. In English, it's pronounced however the majority of English speakers decide it's pronounced, and it may be that here in Chicago we say it differently than, say, in Detroit or Buffalo (I don't know if this is the case, but pierogi seems to have regional variations in spelling and pronunciation). I'm fine with any of "punch-key" or "pownch-key" or "pawnch-key." The only reason I bristled a bit is that author was somewhat authoritatively saying those were "wrong" and offering up yet another pronunciation I had never heard an English nor a Polish person say for the word, that's all. I was somewhat bemused by it.
  • Post #325 - March 1st, 2022, 10:44 am
    Post #325 - March 1st, 2022, 10:44 am Post #325 - March 1st, 2022, 10:44 am
    Here is a photo of the Familiar Bakery paczki selection:

    Image

    We had the Raspberry Rose Jam (top left) and Spiced Chocolate Cream last night (middle right). I know rose is a frequent flavoring used in paczki and it is still one I don't really like. Plenty of raspberry rose jam though. We enjoyed the spiced chocolate cream filling but would have liked more. I didn't love the pastry of these two. It seemed denser than I remember. Things looked up this morning with the Coffee Cream (bottom left). Balanced filling and frosting, pastry seemed fresher/lighter. Three more to go: Blueberry Chamomile Jam, Salty Honey Cream and Passionfruit Cream.
    -Mary
  • Post #326 - March 1st, 2022, 11:09 am
    Post #326 - March 1st, 2022, 11:09 am Post #326 - March 1st, 2022, 11:09 am
    The GP wrote: I know rose is a frequent flavoring used in paczki and it is still one I don't really like.


    Well, rose hip, more properly. It's the fruit of the wild rose, not the flower like you get in something like rose water. Commonly paired with hibiscus in teas. Today I got two rose hip, two apricot, and two bavarian creme for the kids. The dough should be reminiscent of challah.
  • Post #327 - March 1st, 2022, 11:58 am
    Post #327 - March 1st, 2022, 11:58 am Post #327 - March 1st, 2022, 11:58 am
    My neighbor brought me two paczki today!
    "Your swimming suit matches your eyes, you hold your nose before diving, loving you has made me bananas!"
  • Post #328 - February 15th, 2023, 6:53 am
    Post #328 - February 15th, 2023, 6:53 am Post #328 - February 15th, 2023, 6:53 am
    On Fat Tuesday, February 21, J.P. Graziano, the beloved sandwich shop that grew out of an Italian grocer along Randolph Street in the West Loop, will sell a Chicago first, combining two foods that inspire a tremendous amount of civic pride: Chicago, meet the giardiniera paczki.

    https://chicago.eater.com/23599502/giar ... at-tuesday
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  • Post #329 - March 9th, 2023, 8:18 pm
    Post #329 - March 9th, 2023, 8:18 pm Post #329 - March 9th, 2023, 8:18 pm
    Fred Meyer here in Salem Oregon had some Paczki made by CT I think it was, not fresh in a bakery. I'm guessing that it wasn't even close to best, cause if it is, I can't think of why anyone would hunt it down. Just not worth the calories or effort to find it.
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  • Post #330 - March 10th, 2023, 9:13 am
    Post #330 - March 10th, 2023, 9:13 am Post #330 - March 10th, 2023, 9:13 am
    My husband and I volunteered in Przemysl Poland at the World Central Kitchen last May and had paczki every morning with a cup of coffee from a little stand in the downtown area of Przemysl. 2 paczki and 2 coffees for under $5.00. They were so delicious, very light and eggy. We would try different flavors every day-custard, coconut, nutella and rose. I am Polish and grew up with my grandmother making paczki every year. The paczki in Przemysl are nothing like hers or any bakery here in the States. The ones I have had here are more dense and heavy. Not to say they aren't delicious, but I haven't been able to find replicas here. I will continue to hunt for them!

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