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because he always wants pancakes on Fat Tuesday. I think it's a Scottish or British thing.
Or possibly just a Tom thing.
I had pancakes today. OK, it was some sort of McDonalds thing - little pancakes with meat and cheese in the middle....
Maybe it is a Tom thing.
you don't have to be Polish to enjoy Paczki!
No, but you do have to have the time to get to the kick-ass bakery. I, sadly, am lacking in time. Teppy, eat a paczki for me!!
If by Fat tuesday you mean PANCAKE DAY, then it's a British thing. Mmmm, pancakes...
We traditionally had a pancake dinner for Fat Tuesday in the church I grew up in -- it's a yummy way to "get rid" of the stuff in your house, in preparation for Lent.
Fat Tuesday
I have to ask what that is (the hivemind is more fun than Google), because all I can imagine when reading this expression is the day Tuesday decides to take more place in the week, and squeezes Monday and Wednesday to making them shorter and thinner so that it can be bigger and fatter, and suddenly they have only 20 hours each because Tuesday took 4 hours of each of them and now sits there in the middle of the week all big and making people confused with the schedules.
Also, hi, Jim! Long time no post together.
Homemade tortillas. I learned how to do these, after many false starts. Worth the effort, in so many ways.
To confuse Nilly even further: Sometimes Tuesday is "Taco Tuesday."
Nilly - Hi! Fat Tuesday is I guess an Anglicised version of Mardi Gras; on the last day before Lent you scoff all the good food to remove the temptation for the 40 days fasting that follows. Which has in the UK become a secular tradition; come the last day before Lent, you make pancakes.
Nilly, it's the day before the start of Lent, which is the lead-up to Easter. Traditionally, Lent is a fast period, so you wouldn't be eating a lot of fried foods and whatnot, so you get it all out of your system on Fat Tuesday/Mardi Gras. Then the next day is Ash Wednesday, where you get smudged with ashes on your forehead, and there's No More Fun for 40 days, til Easter.
If by Fat tuesday you mean PANCAKE DAY, then it's a British thing. Mmmm, pancakes...
Yes, that is exactly what I mean! I know now, because TomW responded to my news with, "crap, it's Pancake Day? D'oh!"