Rose-petal-jam pączki hunt leads to Cheektowaga satisfaction

Euro Deli offers Polish delicacy, plum, sour cherry, prune, and custard versions, plus everyday baked magnificence

Clockwise from top: rose petal jam, plum, custard, sour cherry, black currant, prune pączki at Euro Deli in Cheektowaga.

Pączki are a Buffalo thing because of the Polish immigrants who settled on the East Side in the 1900s. They pop up in February because of Fat Thursday, to use up eggs, milk, and other richness that observant Catholics abstained from as…