Paul, My grandma used to make them. Tey were never 'Bismarks', that's German! And for a time, Chicago was reputed to have more Poles than any city except Warsaw. There is still a big immigrant community, now centered around Midway airport. Regards, Bob S.
On Tue, Mar 8, 2011 at 9:38 AM, Paul Stenquist <[email protected]> wrote: > I grew up in Chicago. While my southside neighborhood was home to many Poles, > it was predominantly Irish. But Chicago was certainly a favorite destination > of Polish immigrants. So too, Detroit, particularly Hamtramck, which is a > city within the Detroit city limits that was once almost 100% > first-generation Polish and remains predominantly Polish. The Hamtramck > bakeries provide most of the Paczkis consumed on on the last day before lent. > The city is is also home to a number of great and inexpensive Polish > restaurants. While the paczki has polish roots, I think it's importance was > magnified by the Detroit-area Polish community. I don't recall ever seeing > one during my 31 years in Chicago. The closest thing to a paczki that I can > recall were the jelly bismarcks that were sold at Steffen's Bakery on 84th > and Stony Island. > Paul > On Mar 8, 2011, at 10:27 AM, Bob Sullivan wrote: > >> Yesterday was Kasmir Pulaski day here in Chicago. >> Many schools had the day off. Chicago is a Polish city. >> And I heard President Obama made him a citizen (only a couple of >> hundred years late). >> Not too bad for a Polish calvary officer who died at 34 helping our >> revolution. >> Regards, Bob Sullivan (My grandma said my better half was the Polish half.) >> >> On Tue, Mar 8, 2011 at 8:50 AM, Paul Stenquist <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> It's Paczki Day in Detroit. A phone pic of my breakfast: >>> >>> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=12791453&size=lg >>> >>> >>> I'm not going to eat another one. >>> I'm not going to eat another one. >>> I'm not going to eat another one. >>> >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> [email protected] >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>> follow the directions. >>> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
