laissez le bon ton roulez

[tonksy]

it's officially the week of mardi gras festivities! being up north now there is no real events going on in town but i didn't manage to purchase a insanely large king cake and some boudin. my children are in louisiana now and they will be attending at least one parade.
does you area do anything to celebrate?

 

[Professur]

temps, not ton.

 

[Leslie]

Pancakes.

 

[tonksy]

cajuns can't spell.

 

[Professur]

cajuns can't spell.

Nope, but dey shore cans cook.

 

[tonksy]

we also picked up a cajun brisket and some sausage. i intend to celebrate even if no one else in town is.

 

[Leslie]

I have a plethora of pancake meals to choose from

 

[tonksy]

pancakes? is that what you canadians eat for mardi gras? must be the syrup, eh? do you do parades up there?

 

[Leslie]

It's Fat Tuesday. Hence, pancakes

no, really... lol

it's

Shrove Tuesday or Pancake Day, which heralds the beginning of fasting in Lent. On this day (so the historians say) there were feasts of pancakes to use up the supplies of fat, butter and eggs... foods that were forbidden during austere Lent.

http://www.pancakeparlour.com/Annual_Events/Shrove/shrove.html

 

[tonksy]

It's Fat Tuesday. Hence, pancakes

no, really... lol

it's http://www.pancakeparlour.com/Annual_Events/Shrove/shrove.html

makes sense to me. in louisiana we eat the king cake:
clickity

 

[Professur]

Seen in on OCC. Not terribly impressed. I'll stick to black forest, thanks.

 

[Leslie]

lol I dunno about finding a baby in my food, but the cake looks YUMMY.

 

[tonksy]

lol I dunno about finding a baby in my food, but the cake looks YUMMY.

it's a tiny plastic baby about the size of a thimble.

 

[Leslie]

My gramma does a penny wrapped in tinfoil at times.

*shudders at the traumatic memories*

 

[tonksy]

My gramma does a penny wrapped in tinfoil at times.

*shudders at the traumatic memories*

oooh...tinfoil on the teeth...how...unpleasant.

 

[Starya]

I need to find me a new hobby. You say Cajun, I think "Gambit".

 

[tonksy]

I need to find me a new hobby. You say Cajun, I think "Gambit".

well...at least he has all his teeth...

 

[MrBishop]

umh... isnt' fat tuesday, NEXT tuesday?

Shrove Tuesday is on the 8th.
That's where we get to stuff ourselves silly on pancakes, sausages and other heart-attack inducing foods

 

[Professur]

umh... isnt' fat tuesday, NEXT tuesday?

Shrove Tuesday is on the 8th.
That's where we get to stuff ourselves silly on pancakes, sausages and other heart-attack inducing foods

And then spend the rest of the time until easter praying .... that the pounding will stop.

 

[Starya]

Ooh, Fat tuesday.. That's when we eat salt meat and mashed rutabaga. Yummy.