This year was my first for a pączki. Or at least an imitation of one. Barbara and I got them from our neighborhood grocer, Seasons Market. They weren’t quite genuine but they were good. Amy did you get any of the This year was my first for a pączki. Or at least an imitation of one. Barbara and I got them from our neighborhood grocer, Seasons Market. They weren’t quite genuine but they were good. Amy did you get any of the pączki vodka?
Loved, LOVED this story. I'm never going to be able to do all. the traveling I'd like to do (or afford it!). So this kind of thorough "travel" is exactly what takes its place. Thank you!! (This was all new to me, even though Albion and Cranesville PA had lots of Polish immigrants. But I wasn't curious back then.
Thankas, mom! It's always nice to hear when people really connect with a piece. And I love that I can help people travel this way. Albion, being so close to Cleveland, probably had paczki, too. But I suspect it was more insular. I'm going to explore that in my next piece :-)
Albion was small and Cranesville, where we lived, even smaller. I was impressed Polish immigrants tended to live out in the country. Maybe the housewives baked (or fried?) their own paczkis. The town people, especially in Albion, seemed to be descended maybe from the first settlers and had English names. Cranesville had poorer people and some Polish (Batuski?).
This year was my first for a pączki. Or at least an imitation of one. Barbara and I got them from our neighborhood grocer, Seasons Market. They weren’t quite genuine but they were good. Amy did you get any of the This year was my first for a pączki. Or at least an imitation of one. Barbara and I got them from our neighborhood grocer, Seasons Market. They weren’t quite genuine but they were good. Amy did you get any of the pączki vodka?
What flavor did you try? I did buy a bottle of the paczki vodka -- and got a sip of it. And then left it in my car and it got stolen. GRRRR!
Marcus Market in Midtown still has some paczki vodka.
That is some good intel!
I didn’t get any this year. Although I did see it at Marcus Market. Maybe next year.
Loved, LOVED this story. I'm never going to be able to do all. the traveling I'd like to do (or afford it!). So this kind of thorough "travel" is exactly what takes its place. Thank you!! (This was all new to me, even though Albion and Cranesville PA had lots of Polish immigrants. But I wasn't curious back then.
Thankas, mom! It's always nice to hear when people really connect with a piece. And I love that I can help people travel this way. Albion, being so close to Cleveland, probably had paczki, too. But I suspect it was more insular. I'm going to explore that in my next piece :-)
Albion was small and Cranesville, where we lived, even smaller. I was impressed Polish immigrants tended to live out in the country. Maybe the housewives baked (or fried?) their own paczkis. The town people, especially in Albion, seemed to be descended maybe from the first settlers and had English names. Cranesville had poorer people and some Polish (Batuski?).