Today is Fat Tuesday. Being half Polish and from a Roman Catholic family from an heavily ethnic Catholic area (Toledo), paczki were part of the spring tradition. The really cool thing is that we are Protestants. We get to enjoy cultural traditions like Fat Tuesday, with the accompanying paczki but we don’t feel obligated to give up something for Lent. See, being a Protestant is a win-win. Thank you Martin Luther, I will eat a paczki (or three) today in your honor!
