Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> On Tuesday, February 25, 2020 at 1:34:48 PM UTC-5, songbird wrote:
>> Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>> > On Tuesday, February 25, 2020 at 10:02:36 AM UTC-5, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>> >> That is today. To verify, stand naked in front of a mirror.
>> >
>> > Not until I've had my paczek.
>>
>> eww, i just can't like those raised donuts. to me a
>> donut has always been cake donuts and fried until
>> crispy anything else is just not worth the calories.
>
> I like both kinds. My favorite, though, is a sour-cream
> cake doughnut with a light glaze. Light enough that the
> doughnut is still crispy.

i like those too, my favorite muffin is a cream cheese
pound cake type, where the top gets a bit crunchy. i
don't make them yet, but someday i'll probaby have to
give them a try.


>> no frosting needed, but if i have to have one then
>> chocolate frosting only and not that disgusting fake
>> greasy crap. all IMHO.
>>
>> what flavor do you like the best for filling?
>
> I'm not sure I have a favorite. Today I had a raspberry
> paczek, and the tart raspberry offset the sweet and
> greasy quite nicely. Bonus: the place made "mini-paczki",
> so I could get my paczek without quite so many
> empty calories. It was sprinkled with powdered sugar,
> although glazed would have been nice.

yeah, portion size has gotten pretty crazy some
places, i don't need a full pound muffin or pastry
the size of a plate.


> There's a bakery here that has rose-hip jelly paczki, but
> I've never been able to haul myself over there early enough
> to get one.

haha! maybe you can reserve one if you are a
frequent enough customer that they recognize you
they may be willing to accomodate your request?


>> i like custard first, pastry creme or a very light
>> frosting is ok 2nd, blueberry or strawberry is ok but
>> i will prefer that to be fresh fruit in custard instead
>> of the canned stuff that everyone seems to use now.
>>
>> here is what is funny and true my whole life. my
>> most favorite store bought pastry is a cream curl.
>> almost no flavor other than the vanilla and crunchy
>> pastry and the salt and sweet. i only eat them once
>> every year or two now.
>>
>> since we bake so much here and it is of much
>> better quality and to our tastes it is very very rare
>> that we buy cookies or pastries of any kind. same
>> for the chocolates too.
>
> We bake very little, but I prefer to buy quality baked
> goods.




>> yeah, we're kinda snobby. haha... but to me if
>> i'm putting things down my gullet i want to know
>> what is in them and if i've grown and cooked them
>> then at least we're doing good in that regards.
>
> I trust my bakery. They have a big window between
> the baking area and the sales area. I can press my
> nose to the glass and see everything that is going
> on in there.

my Mom worked in a bakery as a young teen. tough
hours. i almost joined a monastery that both baked
and made a lot of other things. cooking isn't a
thing i've ever been afraid of or hesitated to try
something new.


songbird