I have mentioned before that I just can't get behind
Shrove Tuesday pancakes as a great indulgence before Lent starts tomorrow on Ash Wednesday. I mean, sure, pancakes are delicious and all, but are they really the most indulgent meal to have before forty days of penance? We can eat pancakes during Lent. In fact, we probably
will eat pancakes during Lent, on a Friday when we're not eating meat.
And so today, we will not be celebrating Shrove Tuesday with pancakes. We will be celebrating with a large chunk of fatty pork and mashed potatoes.
Laissez bon temps rouler, as my people would say.
How about you? Do you have any good day-before-Ash-Wednesday traditions?
Here in northeast PA we celebrate by eating fasnacht's today. (Donuts) Not me though.
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Linda: I can get behind donuts as a pre-Lenten indulgence. I do love donuts.
ReplyDeleteI am in Mobile, AL and have gone to four parades today. I have eaten cheese grits, corn dog, nachos, funnel cake, pizza, and am going to eat leftover ribs and potato casserole before bed. I am giving up carbs for Lent, so I am trying to eat them all today!
ReplyDeleteJoellen: Now THAT is a proper Fat Tuesday.
ReplyDeleteThe obligatory pancakes here--buckwheat. I spotted several people at the church pancake supper wearing ropes of Mardi Gras beads--but all the other trappings of Mardi Gras were sadly lacking. No king cakes, either--though Wegman's stocks them, all purple and yellow and green--
ReplyDeleteMy girlfriends and I got together for a lunch buffet, all you can eat style.
ReplyDeleteWe made filled donuts last night. They were good.
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