It's Paczki Day, there is probably booze in your office Paczkis

Here's the rundown: 

• Paczki is pronounced POONCH-key.
• It's not a jelly doughnut. My Polish grandmother (babcia) would scold you for calling them that. It's a Paczki. 
• Paczki are made for Fat Thursday or Tuesday (which falls on March 4 this year), in an attempt to get rid of all the stuff in the house you can't eat during Lent, which starts Wednesday, March 5. 
• One of the ingredients you'd be getting rid of is booze. Most Paczki recipies call for grain alcohol, rum or brandy. The one's I got from Jewel ($4.99 for 6!) don't look to have any hooch in them, but more authentic shops should use it.
• Uber Chicago is offering delivery of Paczki though their UberX service, so you barely have to move to collect the jelly-filled goods. 
• It's also National Pancake Day, and select IHOPs are offering a free short stack. 
• Since they're fried, Paczki's can be hard to make at home, so my grandma used to make kolaczki and tell us they were Paczkis. That's kind of a personal piece of trivia I guess but it's worth noting.
• They are delicious.

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