Everything about Fat Thursday totally explained
Fat Thursday (
Polish Tłusty czwartek,
German Fetter Donnerstag,
Schmutziger Donnerstag, or in areas where carnival is celebrated
Weiberfastnacht) is a traditional
Polish and
German feast marking the last Thursday before
Lent. Because Lent is a time of fasting, the next opportunity to feast wouldn't be until
Easter. It is similar to, but shouldn't be confused with, the
French festival of
Mardi Gras ("Fat Tuesday"). Traditionally it's 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 forbidden during Lent. Among the most popular all-national dishes served on that day are
pączki or
berliner, fist-sized donuts filled with rose
marmalade, and
faworki, French dough fingers served with lots of powdered sugar.
In
Italy,
Giovedì Grasso (Fat Thursday) is celebrated, too, but isn't very different from
Martedì Grasso (
Shrove Tuesday). It is also similar to the Greek custom of
Tsiknopempti (loosely translatable as "Barbecue Thursday"), which involves the massive consumption of barbecued meat. In
Spain this celebration is called
jueves lardero, and in
Catalan-speaking areas,
dijous gras.
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