<body><div><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=3AWGsv_18vTWvdM00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=3AWGsv_18vTWvdM00" width="1200" height="600" >GREEN BAY, Wis. (WBAY) - Steeped in Polish tradition, the paczki is a treat many Wisconsinites look forward to on Fat Tuesday. Last year, Smurawa’s Country Bakery alone went through 35,000 of these beloved pastries.“Lots and lots of paczki. Oh, so many flavors. So many paczki,” said Samantha Smurawa, store manager at Smurawa’s Country Bakery. “It’s our family recipe. We’ve been doing this going on 29 years, and we’re just so excited to be here once again.”The paczki has deep historical roots, used traditionally to consume ingredients before the Lenten season.“It’s the pastry that you would make right before Lent to use up all of your sugar and your butter and your oil, because you fast during Lent,” Smurawa said. “So this is the pastry you use to make up all the tempting ingredients in the house.”Down in Green Bay, another bakery is preparing a different Mardi Gras tradition — the king cake.“It’s part of Mardi Gras and it’s a great day. It’s a great excuse to indulge, and we love that here at Uncle Mike’s because we are full of sweets,” said Isabella Tomcheck, marketing manager at Uncle Mike’s Bake Shop.Uncle Mike’s will have both paczki and king cakes available in store for the holiday. The king cake tradition comes with its own customs.“So the tradition is if you get the slice with the baby in it, then you are the one to host the party in the next year,” Tomcheck said.No matter how residents celebrate or what sweet treat they eat, local bakeries have them covered.</div></body>

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GREEN BAY, Wis. (WBAY) - Steeped in Polish tradition, the paczki is a treat many Wisconsinites look forward to on Fat Tuesday. Last year, Smurawa’s Country Bakery alone went through 35,000 of these beloved pastries. “Lots and lots of paczki. Oh, so many flavors. So many paczki,” said Samantha...

Bakeries gear up for Fat Tuesday paczki rush

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GREEN BAY, Wis. (WBAY) - Steeped in Polish tradition, the paczki is a treat many Wisconsinites look forward to on Fat Tuesday. Last year, Smurawa’s Country

Bakeries gear up for Fat Tuesday paczki rush

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