Happy Fat Tuesday

February 24, 2009 by supereli23 4 Comments

Since I already celebrated Pardi Gras (which I thought was a terrible attempt at a play on Mardi Gras fueled by the beer industry), I think today I will ring in actual Mardi Gras–Fat Tuesday by eating a paczki. No, I’m not Polish.  More of the German-French descent.  Which btw, is there really a worse combination??

But darn it, I plan on eating as fatty of a thing as I can.  Because tomorrow I don’t get my ham sandwich.  I get a processed cheese sandwich.  Oh yum.  I’m still trying to decide what to give up for Lent, but I guess I have all of a day to come up with it.  Any ideas?  Because the year I tried to give up cussing was terrible.  I made it so far only to have my friend bait me into dropping an F-bomb.  About his grandma no less.  I’m a terrible person.  Other years it was pretzels, candy, cookies, fast food…I need something new.  And not food-based.

But anyways, today is my ode to Paczki.  You are so darn delicious, my mouth is watering thinking of you and your terrible nutritional content.

Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Paczki

Amount per Serving
Calories 329<—Equiv of 10 rice cakes.  Or essentially the whole package. Calories from Fat 102
% Daily Value *
Total Fat 11.4g<—HOLY FAT!!!!	18%
Saturated Fat  6.2g	31%
Monounsaturated Fat  3.6g
Polyunsaturated Fat  0.9g
Trans Fat  0g
Cholesterol 153mg                                                                                          Arteries…*tear*———->	51%
Sodium 172mg	7%
Potassium 91mg	3%
Total Carbohydrate 48.8g	16%
Dietary Fiber  1.3g	5%
Sugars  18.6g
Protein 5.5g	11%

Vitamin A	8%
Vitamin C	4%
Calcium	3%
Iron	11%
Vitamin E	1%
Vitamin B6	3%
Vitamin B12	3%
Magnesium	2%

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Est. Percent of Calories from:

Fat 31.2%     Carbs 59.3%

Protein 6.7%

 

Moral of the Story:  Don’t eat too many Paczki today.  Or enter a Paczki eating contest.  You will turn into a Paczki.  No one wants to be flaky on the outside and full of goo on the inside.