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I am not Catholic, nor any shade of Christian, but I appreciate celebrations of all sorts. Mardi Gras as practiced in New Orleans has always attracted me - the colors, the parades, the political statements hidden (or not so hidden) in the Krewes and hteir parade choices, the food, the joy, the giddiness...it makes me happy to see others also happy.
And I appreciate the reason behind it - the eating up of all the forbidden foods before the time of austerity and self-imposed fasting from favored foods.
And it's food I want to talk about.
Mardi Gras has some delicious food traditions. King Cake is perhaps the most popular one, and I must say, I've had a lot of practice at making King Cakes, using a nice brioche dough (Julia Child's recipe - cant improve on that)and shaping it into a crown, filled with various yummy things, and iced in the classic Mardi Gras colors: purple, gold, and green.
I've made fruit, and cream cheese, and praline, and chocolate chunk fillings. The praline seems to be the most popular.
Muffalettas, Gumbo made with andouille sausage, beignets, Lucky Dogs, and other delightful regional dishes just get me cooking hapily.
Except, really, gumbo. Because I don't care for okra, my gumbo lacks that ingredient. However, I do use file powder.
And my version of a po' boy:
My favorite Krewe is Krewe du Vieux.
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February 11, 2013
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From GreenMtnState:
chicago minx cracks wise with this comment from gizmo59's "BREAKING: Pope Benedict XVI to Resign.
From jim in IA:
I got a kick out of this from my sweetie (Melanie in IA) in today's Cheers and Jeers.
From Steveningen:
In gizmo59's diary BREAKING: Pope Benedict XVI to Resign, AnnetteK undoubtedly is responsible for a lot of coffee spewed on keyboards with this excellent comment.
From Dave in Northridge:
Remediator starts a thread and entlord, YucatanMan and IndieGuy play it out in Scout Finch's diary about banning gay students from a prom in Indiana.
From ontheleftcoast:
Sometimes profanity is the appropriate response. The use of it in Azazello's comment's video may seem over the top but considering the subject matter and who it is directed at I think it's appropriate. In Troubador's diary Top 10 Reasons the Pope is Resigning.
From gizmo59:
In my diary, Ninepatch posted an interesting comment, to which Uncle Cosmo replied, starting an interesting and revelatory exchange. The best of it is here:
When the topic turned to who might replace Ratzinger and the possibility of an American pope, one of the newscasters on GMA made what I thought was a telling, and probably spot on, observation. To Rome, Catholics in the US are seen as a source of income not a source of spiritual leadership
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