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Dance with Mr. Pierogi and Ms. Paczki at Indiana's Pierogi Festival

Where: S. Indianapolis Blvd. [map], Whiting , IN, United States
July 23, 2010 at 2:01 PM | by | Comments (0)

If there's one food that doesn't get enough play, it's those small Eastern European pasta pockets full of potatoes. But they get their due once a year at Pierogi Fest, which honors the comfort food and the land from whence it came today through July 25.

More than 200,000 pierogi-loving peeps come out to Whiting, Indiana, for the free festival. There, you can partake in food-filled activities, from a pierogi toss that tests how far you can chuck the doughy dumplings to a pierogi-eating contest.

The face of the festival is Mr. Pierogi. He and his entourage, the Pieroguettes—Miss Potato, Miss Cheese, Miss Mushroom, Miss Berry, Miss Beef, Miss Apricot and Miss Sauerkraut—will dance and sing pierogi-themed ditties. Polish pastry Ms. Paczki will be walking around as well. There also will be five stages of live music, a polka parade and a Polish Idol singing competition. If you eat 10 too many of the delish pierogi, try to work it off in the polka dance-off.

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