Hamburg Fair Ground Catches Many Fish fries

That was a good start. People of Hamburg would have had a good time munching on fish fries. This was the way they  celebrated  the Polish Heritage Festival.  The organizers  broke the record by a very narrow margin of just  one serving. The Festival serves as a family-oriented gathering place that both Poles and non-Poles can enjoy. It offers an excellent opportunity for Polish entertainers, artists, and crafters to perform in front of a large audience. It also gives Polish-American organizations and vendors an opportunity to showcase their talents and services.

The 2,551  fillets of haddock went into Stan Krolick’s and Polish Union of America volunteer's quest to serve the world’s biggest fish fry. At one point he came face-to-face with potential disaster. The festival was all about doing good and serving people. Funds raised from raffles and other events at the festival every year are donated to an assortment of charities. Last year, it went to a Polish orphanage that was in danger of being closed down. They decided that it was for the people who would love a fish dinner but did not have the practical means to get it. Jozwiak called   his   Sister Johnice Rzadkiewicz, who runs the Response to Love Center, a soup kitchen on the East Side of Buffalo, and asked her if she could use 250 fish dinners for the hungry people she helps. She immediately replied in the affirmative. Later  she raced down in a van to pick up the Styrofoam boxes of fried fish, coleslaw, potato salad and rolls, which she had  planned to serve today at the center.  Krolick was thrilled to make  it into the record books  and at the same time  help out the hungry . This whole festival is about Polish people doing things for different charities. So what better way to beat the record than to do the same thing myself. And what could be a better way to celebrate a time-honored Western New York tradition? Jozwiak approached Krolick, a proud son of Poland, and they decided to give it a test run during the   festival. Roberta Jones of Attica loaded her three kids — Michael, 16, Lisa, 14, and Angela, 9 — into her car and drove all the way to Hamburg to do their part. She said that it was the largest fish fry and therefore she  was excited  to bring her kids to  get them indulged in eating the fries and support the record.

The Most Fish Dinners counted to 2551 and was set by Polish heritage Festival at Hamburg, New York, united States of America on June 1,2008.