piernik

— The Torun piernik is known the world over, as early as the 14th century, St. Catherine’s Order of Nuns in Torun attained such fame that their “piernik cakes” became known as “Katarzynki” (little Catherines). […] There is an old Polish saying that best depicts the high quality of the Torun piernik, […] (Vodka from Gdansk, the piernik from Torun, a young miss from Krakow, and a dainty slipper from Warsaw, these are Poland’s best). […] Imagine baking a piernik on a day when fasting and abstinence were the order of the day, just as it had been for many days before, and with more to come for the balance of the Advent season.