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Daisy Jane - Feb 16, 2010 8:41:37 am PST #8687 of 30001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."

How come?


megan walker - Feb 16, 2010 8:47:37 am PST #8688 of 30001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist

Because the cakes were traditionally made for Epiphany (hence the king), which is when I've always had them.

ETA: Galettes are generally only sold in early January, although sometimes this is extended through Chandeleur (Candlemas), which some consider the close of the Christmas season. Galettes are puff pastry filled with frangipane (which I love).


P.M. Marc - Feb 16, 2010 8:52:42 am PST #8689 of 30001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear

Plei - polish question for you. I have Ruby Slippers from China Glaze and would love to find a black with a similar glitter/shimmer. Any suggestions?

Lubu Heels, which is also China Glaze.


§ ita § - Feb 16, 2010 8:53:08 am PST #8690 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Are king cakes more associated with the end of the Mardi Gras season than the beginning? I figured everyone was just rushing to get them in, but that the good eatings started on Epiphany. Unlike paczki, which I associate with the day itself.


megan walker - Feb 16, 2010 8:53:53 am PST #8691 of 30001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist

Plei - polish question for you

With all the talk of paczki, I read this as Polish.


Daisy Jane - Feb 16, 2010 8:55:10 am PST #8692 of 30001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."

Ack! I was unclear. I was asking Dana.

ita, we got them pretty much anytime during carnival season.


megan walker - Feb 16, 2010 8:56:45 am PST #8693 of 30001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist

Are king cakes more associated with the end of the Mardi Gras season than the beginning? I figured everyone was just rushing to get them in, but that the good eatings started on Epiphany. Unlike paczki, which I associate with the day itself.

Yeah, I'm assuming it's a blending of the original king cake concept with the using-up-things-before-Lent pancake/crepe/paczki concept that extends from one holiday to the other.


-t - Feb 16, 2010 8:59:39 am PST #8694 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

King cakes, in my experience, go all the way from Epiphany to Mardi Gras. You get the baby, you provide the next day's king cake. I it weren't for Lent, it would never end.


Daisy Jane - Feb 16, 2010 9:01:45 am PST #8695 of 30001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."

You get the baby, you provide the next day's king cake.

We always said next year's cake, though I think that was more for calorie reasons than time period reasons.


SuziQ - Feb 16, 2010 9:04:30 am PST #8696 of 30001
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame

Thanks Plei. I'm on a no-buy right now - but I will try to remember that when I let myself off "restriction".