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Fatty Thursday is Polish counterpart of British Pancake Day. Actually, to be more precise in Poland it is rather Doughnut Day. The holiday is always on the last Thursday before Lent Post. As Fatty Thursday date depends on Easter day, its date is changeable every year. During lent people should be concerned of salvation and should fast so, before lent people can eat more to prepare themselves for the time of hunger. Typically Polish people eat on this day doughnuts and faworki (cenci – deep fried sweet pastry ribbons). Polish doughnuts are very different from their American version as they don’t have a whole in the middle. On the other hand they have various fillings. The most traditional filling is of rose jam but you can also encounter plum and raspberry jam or chocolate. Average Pole eats about 3-4 doughnuts on this day which is a lot of calories (one doughnut has about 350 kcal). The superstition says that if a person doesn’t eat any doughnut on this day it will bring bad luck in the future. Therefore, if you want to be successful in the future and you happen to be in Poland today Bon Appétit!

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