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!"
I really want pad thai right now. Or whatever that spicy dish is with peanut sauce.
I have no idea why.
And in New Orleans, you drink all the alcohol and have all the shared nudity with strangers. It's pretty fun.
First thing at work this morning, I get a big ol nosebleed and get blood all over my shirt and hands. Not a good start to the day.
My flatmate, who is religious, gives up meat for Lent every year. She forgot or miscounted, and realized Sunday that she would have to go meat-free as of tomorrow. She has half a freezer full of meat.
Her version of Fat Tuesday this year was making a meatloaf last night and stuffing herself with it today.
On the up side, she is also giving up soda, and has 2 liters of Pepsi in the fridge. I knew there was a reason to be a godless heathen.
Is today a hot cross buns day? (N.b. I have never had these buns actually be hot when I ate them; and they seem to come with little bits of dried fruit like fruitcakes.)
