paczki...pronounced kinda like "punch key."

I'm not too fond of slavik food per se..but their pastries are the stuff of legend...though a hot borscht with a dollop of sour cream is comfort food on a cold winter day.

There is an enclave of Czech heritage in and around West, Texas, near where I grew up that's famous for polka festivals and kolaches...

and Piroshki Piroshki across the street from Pike Place Market in Seattle has some of the tastiest pastries around...mmm...vetruchkas...

I'd like to know as well...the fam and I are big on tasty pastries.

European Bakery downtown on 1st Street?
Just a guess. I don't know.

My mom makes these at my dad's request (he's Polish)at Christmas.

Kolachky:

Polish cookie
Cream cheese, flour, salt, some sugar, with fruit preserves on top.

Googled them and found a recipe: http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Kolachky/Detail.aspx

Not sure if it's the same, but this is a nice Polish snack. I bet you'll have a better chance finding a recipe for what you were looking for online than finding them in Duluth.

any superone w/in-store bakery has been selling them. raspberry,apple & custard filling.

Mmmmm paczki. The best kind are filled with rose jam, or rosehip jam, which I can't find anywhere in Duluth! But everytime in Poland I must get one or I go nuts. Not too many people like them that I have heard.

European bakery downtown is not really european at all. And their donuts are always frozen when I get them :-\ sorry. I have not had anything close to real paczki in Duluth.

Rosehip jam - at Cub in the jam aisle.

the difference between the pastries at Super One and those that come from the bakeries is that traditionally paczki, kolache, kolachky, vetruchkas, etc...are all made from potato flour. Super One uses wheat flour.

So:

European Bakery (never seen them there before, but will ask)
SuperOne: Not likely, I think -- those look like donut donuts, to me, but will ask...

I wondered why these were darker than other donuts -- potato flour, you say?

Thanks! Need more suggestions! And don't forget the prune aspect!

David

Weird. Just as I was reading this post, while watching Sunday Morning on CBS, they're doing a feature story on paczki (still on- hurry!). I have never had one, but, as I have just learned, "Calling a paczki a doughnut is like calling a Cadillac a Pinto." So I guess I must try one. Let us know if you find them.

We were just watching the same story - woo!

What about the 84-year old woman who is the paczki queen of the world?

I heart Mo Rocca!

I suggest a PDD Paczki Bakeoff!

There are a few Polish businesses in Northeast Mpls,by the modern cafe' and the 331 club. I remember walking into a deli there and not knowing what anything was.

totally forgot about NE Mpls...used to spend a lot of time there when I lived in the Heights...particularly @ the Modern. Mayslacks (Nobody can beat Mayslacks' meat) is a great Polish joint with amazing roast beef and cheddar sammitches...the Polka Pounders used to play there every Sunday...talk about a hoot.

Tamara - my friend & fellow cooking-phile had told me awhile back that they had rose jam @ cub, as well. But then when we went & looked - they didn't! I try and look everytime I go - both in the jam section & in the international section - am i just blind?!?!?!

Did you try the little gourmet part of the jam aisle? Right on the end towards the back of the store with all the other "exotic" jellies? I know I've seen it there.

Otherwise, you might try Wrazidlo's Meats - they stock a lot of Slavic yummies, Mount Royal Fine Foods, or Blue Heron down in Canal Park.

Otherwise, you could be brave and try this:
Make Your Own!

I know this doesn't help for Duluth, but I know a great deli in NE Minneapolis called Kramarczuk's that specializes in Polish/Eastern European fare. A little closer to home than Milwaukee...and I know last time I was there they had a whole display case of baked goods.

the blue heron in dewitt-seitz has rosehip jam.

I found some at the grocery store in the Kenwood Plaza. (Jubilee??) They're pretty authentic, and I was pleasantly surprised. Since we're into Lent already, I'm not sure if they'll still have them, but it's worth a shot.

Enjoy!

--Tomasz

ha!
my neighbor Wendy works in the bakery @ kenwood. i should have asked her.

MMmm. Paczki. Where I live here in Chicago it is easier to find paczki than a regular donut. My wife brought some home, they were all over at work. I am paczkied out. It is tough for a non-Pole like me to order though with the language difference.

Not sure where to get them in Milwaukee, but if you are ever in Madison, call ahead to Lanes Bakery on Park Street. I order them ahead of time and pick them up on Fat Tuesday. The only day they have them available and they are great!!!!