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| Flipping pancakes |
The church decided to serve pancakes on Sunday night instead of Tuesday. It was a prescient choice, as more families showed up for dinner over last year.
Shrove Tuesday, the day before Ash Wednesday, is traditionally the day when the larder is emptied of sweets. We had two opportunities--Sunday and Tuesday--to get our fill before the commencement of Lent, and we took advantage. On the real Fat Tuesday we sat down to a rich dinner at
Mimi's Cafe, where I ended the evening with a triple chocolate brownie.
It seems to be human nature to sate base appetites when one is about to enter a period of deprivation (Mardi Gras - Lent, bachelor party - marriage, prisoner's last meal before the ultimate deprivation). As the saying goes, life is uncertain, so eat dessert first.
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