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 ...

and sometimes from pastry dough. Pierogi are stuffed in a similar fashion to many other types of dumplings, for example the Japanese gyoza or the Italian ravioli. Polish pierogi are usually boiled in ...

A Polish variety, called chrusciki ... These are made with sour cream, and lemon zest, and dusted with powdered sugar. The ...

The dough resembles that of Polish dumplings, but the filling contains ingredients typical of Asian cuisine, such as ginger, ...