The Polish language also indicates that doughnuts hold a special place in Polish hearts. There exist several proverbs and idioms referring to pączki, the best known of which is ‘living like a doughnut ...

A Polish variety, called chrusciki, bears little resemblance to what we know as a donut and instead looks like bow ties (or ...

Statistically, every Pole eats two and a half doughnuts ‒ or pączki, in Polish ‒ on that day, which constitutes a whopping 100 million for the entire nation. In the most famous pastry shops ...