Fat Thursday

The Fat Thursday has different date in a calendar every year. It is the last Thursday before the Ash Wednesday which is the beginning of Lent.  The Fat Thursday is as important in the Polish tradition as even people on a diet try a doughnut that day. According to the tradition everybody should eat at least 1 doughnut to be in luck for the whole year. A traditional Polish doughnut differs from those well-known in the West Europe and America.

Our doughnut is a fluffy ball in the size of a hand, made from yeast cake, stuffed with jam or brier rose. Doughnuts are covered by powdered sugar, coconut sprinkle, candied orange peel or sugar icing.