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Day of the doughnut

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Paweł Kononczuk 04.02.2016 15:50
  • Day of the doughnut
“Fat Thursday” marks the beginning of the last week of Carnival before Lent - and allows for unlimited doughnut consumption.
Photo: PAP/Wojciech PacewiczPhoto: PAP/Wojciech Pacewicz

Confectioners predict tens of million doughnuts will be consumed throughout Poland today to celebrate Fat Thursday. In the Christian calendar, this day marks the beginning of the last week of Carnival. Right before Lent, this is one of the last chances to gorge on food.

What's the magic of doughnuts? John Beauchamp went to one of Warsaw’s oldest family-run confectioners and spoke to the head of the operation, Błażej Wróbel.

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