Fried Dough - What's Not to Like?

Taking a page from Wabes, I thought I'd endorse a fried food with religious/cultural significant.

Paczki (pronounced "poonch-key") are a Polish delicacy eaten before lent (in this part of the country on Fat Tuesday - see here for more details). Numerous chambers in the courthouse were giving them away yesterday - the Paczki tradition is apparently quite common in the Midwest. Yet, according to Judge's Assistant, no clerks have ever heard of them before moving to Toledo. Of course, the odds were particularly slim this year, what with a Muslim clerk and a Jewish clerk. Though I spent four years outside Chicago and don't recall eating them.

As I said, I endorse them. Very tasty and cholesterol free (not really...)