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ptooey
Location: right behind you. no, over there. Gender:
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Feb 24, 2009 - 6:47pm |
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triskele wrote: well, i don't keep THAT on hand, either, durnit! apparently my liquor store doesn't stock enough passion fruit syrup to keep up with mardi gras season demand. no hurricane for me this year....*pout*
Hawaiian Punch, orange juice and rum. Sure, you laugh. Just try it.
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triskele
Location: The Dragons' Roost
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Feb 24, 2009 - 6:16pm |
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Hairfarmer wrote:Fruit Punch kool-aide will suffice when Pat O'Brian's Hurricane Mix is not available.
well, i don't keep THAT on hand, either, durnit! apparently my liquor store doesn't stock enough passion fruit syrup to keep up with mardi gras season demand. no hurricane for me this year....*pout*
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Hairfarmer
Location: The birthplace of Rock & Roll, baby. Gender:
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Feb 24, 2009 - 6:14pm |
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Fruit Punch kool-aide will suffice when Pat O'Brian's Hurricane Mix is not available.
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triskele
Location: The Dragons' Roost
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Feb 24, 2009 - 4:15pm |
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hippiechick wrote:HAPPY FAT TUESDAY!!! whee! i finally found a thread where people are celebrating....or....at least, they were earlier... it seems that, at the moment, i am alone in my need to celebrate mardi gras.... tried to make my own hurricane, but the store i stopped at didn't have the passionflower juice/syrup. dammit. just like every year, someone brought paczki to work! but i've never actually eaten king cake. no one in the suburbs sells them, that i have found. and, i wore purple cords and a green shirt to work...no gold, though.
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dionysius
Location: The People's Republic of Austin Gender:
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Feb 24, 2009 - 1:27pm |
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Coaxial wrote: Ouch. Been saving that one?
It worked. Cute kitties make my hed asplode.
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Coaxial
Location: Comfortably numb in So Texas Gender:
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Feb 24, 2009 - 1:23pm |
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JrzyTmata wrote: Ouch. Been saving that one?
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JrzyTmata
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Feb 24, 2009 - 1:20pm |
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dionysius wrote: You have just made me erupt in boils in reaction to the toxic levels of cuteness here. Damn you.
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Coaxial
Location: Comfortably numb in So Texas Gender:
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Feb 24, 2009 - 1:16pm |
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ScottFromWyoming wrote: Sausage tonight.
Nice. Please have a couple for me.
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dionysius
Location: The People's Republic of Austin Gender:
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Feb 24, 2009 - 1:09pm |
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JrzyTmata wrote: You have just made me erupt in boils in reaction to the toxic levels of cuteness here. Damn you.
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JrzyTmata
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Feb 24, 2009 - 1:05pm |
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ScottFromWyoming wrote: Sausage tonight.
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rachlan
Location: nyc Gender:
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Feb 24, 2009 - 1:05pm |
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ScottFromWyoming wrote:Just like the King Cake tradition, pancakes are served for supper as a way to use up butter and lard and tasty tasty bacon, things that would otherwise spoil over the next 40 days. Our church does a free dinner for anyone who wants to come, we usually serve 60–75 people and they usually leave money on the table... we send a couple hundred dollars to the Cathedral Home for Children in Laramie. very pragmatic, and love the hair. wonder if there is something like that before passover. except for that meal right before... I don't know. brain not working so well about these things. maybe.
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ScottFromWyoming
Location: Powell Gender:
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Feb 24, 2009 - 1:04pm |
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Coaxial wrote: BACON???
Sausage tonight.
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Coaxial
Location: Comfortably numb in So Texas Gender:
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Feb 24, 2009 - 1:03pm |
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ScottFromWyoming wrote:Just like the King Cake tradition, pancakes are served for supper as a way to use up butter and lard and tasty tasty bacon, things that would otherwise spoil over the next 40 days. BACON???
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ScottFromWyoming
Location: Powell Gender:
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Feb 24, 2009 - 1:01pm |
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rachlan wrote: why next year. I think it is today. shrove tuesday, pancake day I just learned from some friends looking to go out for pancake day. Just like the King Cake tradition, pancakes are served for supper as a way to use up butter and lard and tasty tasty bacon, things that would otherwise spoil over the next 40 days. Our church does a free dinner for anyone who wants to come, we usually serve 60–75 people and they usually leave money on the table... we send a couple hundred dollars to the Cathedral Home for Children in Laramie.
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rachlan
Location: nyc Gender:
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Feb 24, 2009 - 12:55pm |
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oldman wrote:Thanks for the lesson, let's see if I can remember it until next year why next year. I think it is today. shrove tuesday, pancake day I just learned from some friends looking to go out for pancake day.
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oldman
Location: Lost in Northern Virginia Gender:
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Feb 24, 2009 - 12:23pm |
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hippiechick wrote: Yep. The cakes have a small trinket (often a small plastic baby, sometimes said to represent Baby Jesus) inside, and the person who gets the piece of cake with the trinket has various privileges and obligations. The person who gets the trinket is declared the King or Queen of the day. Sometimes there are separate cakes to select the males and females; the one for women is sometimes called a Loomis Cake. The king or queen is usually obligated to supply the next king cake or host the next party or both. King cake parties may be held at the homes of people who live on or near the routes of Carnival parades.
The purpose of the cake is to get rid of all the lard and sugar in the house, in preparation for Lent.
I'm not Catholic, but I sure enjoy the cake, with all its crunchy sugary goodness!
Thanks for the lesson, let's see if I can remember it until next year
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Alexandra
Location: PNW Gender:
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Feb 24, 2009 - 12:18pm |
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Pyro wrote:This is THE best day to live in Louisiana!
Ah-ha! Another native. Happy Mardi Gras!
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hippiechick
Location: topsy turvy land Gender:
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Feb 24, 2009 - 8:06am |
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oldman wrote: King Cake??? Is that what it's called?
Yep. The cakes have a small trinket (often a small plastic baby, sometimes said to represent Baby Jesus) inside, and the person who gets the piece of cake with the trinket has various privileges and obligations. The person who gets the trinket is declared the King or Queen of the day. Sometimes there are separate cakes to select the males and females; the one for women is sometimes called a Loomis Cake. The king or queen is usually obligated to supply the next king cake or host the next party or both. King cake parties may be held at the homes of people who live on or near the routes of Carnival parades.
The purpose of the cake is to get rid of all the lard and sugar in the house, in preparation for Lent.
I'm not Catholic, but I sure enjoy the cake, with all its crunchy sugary goodness!
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oldman
Location: Lost in Northern Virginia Gender:
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Feb 24, 2009 - 7:58am |
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hippiechick wrote:HAPPY FAT TUESDAY!!! King Cake??? Is that what it's called?
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hippiechick
Location: topsy turvy land Gender:
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Feb 24, 2009 - 7:55am |
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HAPPY FAT TUESDAY!!!
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