Indulge on Paczki Day before Lent begins with Pat Elwood`s in-laws
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By Patrick Elwood, FOX 32 News at Noon Co-Anchor - bio
CHICAGO (FOX 32 News) -
This Tuesday is Fat Tuesday, the last day to indulge for Catholics before Lent begins. But for a large segment of the population, this Tuesday is also known as Paczki Day.
Paczkis are a tasty Polish treat they wait the whole year for, and FOX 32 doesn't know anyone who makes them as good as Patrick Elwood's in-laws.
The Polish American couple bake over 1,000 of these babies in Evergreen Park every year.
"We've been doing this for 15 years," Joanell Zawaski said.
Check out the Zawaski's in action!
"We've been doing this for 15 years", says Joanell Zawaski.
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