Fat Thursday is a traditional Christian feast marking the last Thursday before
Lent and is associated with the celebration of
Carnival. Because Lent is a time of fasting, the days leading up to
Ash Wednesday provide the last opportunity for feasting until
Easter. Traditionally it is a day dedicated to eating, when people meet in their homes or cafés with their friends and relatives and eat large quantities of sweets, cakes and other meals usually not eaten during Lent. Among the most popular all-national dishes served on that day are
pączki in Poland
[2][3] or
berliner, fist-sized donuts filled with rose hip jam, and angel wings (
faworki), French dough fingers served with powdered sugar.
(Wikipedia)