Paczki Day preparations March 3, 2014Lisa Luckey hangs a sign for paczki as the Country Bake Shop prepares for an onslaught of customers seeking the cream-filled Polish pastries on Monday, March 3, 2014, at the bakery north of South Bend. Paczki Day, or Fat Tuesday, is one of the busiest days of the year for the bakery. (James Brosher/South Bend Tribune) A group of fresh strawberry paczki, cream-filled Polish pastries, sit in a display case on Monday, March 3, 2014, at the Country Bake Shop north of South Bend. (James Brosher/South Bend Tribune) Richard Rumpf sprinkles flower on dough before running it through a roller as he starts the process to make a batch of paczki, a type of cream-filled Polish pastry, on Monday, March 3, 2014, at the Country Bake Shop north of South Bend. (James Brosher/South Bend Tribune) A sheet of dough is cut into hexagon shapes before being made into paczki, a type of cream-filled Polish pastry, on Monday, March 3, 2014, at the Country Bake Shop north of South Bend. (James Brosher/South Bend Tribune) Richard Rumpf places pieces of dough onto a rack to allow them to rise before they can be made into paczki, a type of cream-filled Polish pastry, on Monday, March 3, 2014, at the Country Bake Shop north of South Bend. (James Brosher/South Bend Tribune) Dough shapes are seen after rising before being deep fried as they are made into paczki, a type of cream-filled Polish pastry, on Monday, March 3, 2014, at the Country Bake Shop north of South Bend. (James Brosher/South Bend Tribune) Paczki, deep-fried Polish pastries, fry in a deep frier on Monday, March 3, 2014, at the Country Bake Shop north of South Bend. (James Brosher/South Bend Tribune) Richard Rumpf, the bakery owner, removes a tray of paczki, deep-fried Polish pastries, from a deep frier to allow them to cool on Monday, March 3, 2014, at the Country Bake Shop north of South Bend. (James Brosher/South Bend Tribune) Richard Rumpf Jr. adds blueberry filling to a paczki, a type of cream-filled Polish pastry, on Monday, March 3, 2014, at the Country Bake Shop north of South Bend. (James Brosher/South Bend Tribune) Key lime-flavored paczki, cream-filled Polish pastries, sit in a display case on Monday, March 3, 2014, at the Country Bake Shop north of South Bend. (James Brosher/South Bend Tribune)
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