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Tuesday, February 5th is Shrove
Tuesday or Fat Tuesday and marks
the day before Ash Wednesday and
the beginning of Lent.
It's Mardi Gras
and time to
"Let the Good
Times Roll!"
We searched and
found some interesting facts and
fun for your Mardi Gras
celebration.
FOOD and FUN
 Food
is a major part of Fat Tuesday
festivities and we have found some
recipes with New Orleans flavor and
flair.
Get ready to roll those good times
with
Carnival Jambalaya.
Then you have to try the ultimate
Carnival dessert -
King Cake.
Bring the Fun and
Flavors of Mardi Gras Home
King
Cake – A Must for Mardi Gras Season
Mardi Gras Facts
* You know you are
a Mardi Gras addict if you have
memorized the location of all the
bathrooms along the parade route.
*Carnival is a
weeks long celebration beginning on
Twelfth Night, the day 12 days
after Christmas when the Three
Kings were supposed to have
arrived. It is always January
6th and is also known as the
Epiphany. It ends on Fat or
Shrove Tuesday, Mardi Gras, the
night before Ash Wednesday and the
beginning of Lent.
*The three colors
of Mardi Gras and the King Cake are
purple (Justice), green (Faith) and
gold (Power).
* It is perfectly
acceptable to use a bullhorn to
yell "Throw me something
Mister/Lady" to the people on the
floats. The items tossed out
to parade goers are called throws
and commonly include necklaces of
beads in the three Mardi Gras
colors and doubloons - coins
(usually made of aluminum) bearing
the krewe's insignia and the theme
of that year's Mardi Gras. Krewes
are the organizations that create
and run the floats.
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Shrove Tuesday is also known as the
Pancake Fest. Since faithful
could not eat milk, butter or eggs
during the 40 days of Lent, they
would make pancakes to use up these
items which would go bad otherwise.
Our favorite links
for Mardi Gras information.
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MardiGrasDay.com
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MardGras.com |
