Shrove Tuesday/Mardi Gras

This is a work in progress. Here are a couple of recipes to help you feast and celebrate the Light of Christ on Shrove Tuesday:

1 Welcome, readers of the Confessional Presbyterian // Dec 19, 2008 at 21:12

[...] Here’s all I have ever written about celebrating Shrove Tuesday. Yep, that’s it. So, every year we have a good ol’ Scots Bannock Night on Shrove Tuesday. It’s not a service: it’s a pancake supper. One might even call it a (gasp!) party. We eat Scottish Drop Bannocks (made from oats) and good ol’ Louisiana King Cake (because we live in Louisiana, and that’s what we do in Louisiana). Would John Knox approve? I feel certain that, as a Scotsman, Knox ate more than his share of oat bannocks in his day. No, I don’t guess he didn’t get to try King Cake, but I’m sure if he did he’d love it. That’s how we “celebrate” Shrove Tuesday. We have a big supper at the church with bannocks and bangers (sausages), milk, orange juice, sweet tea, and coffee, and we have King Cakes (at least two different kinds) for dessert. Why? Because it’s fun, that’s why. [...]
2 Wee frustrations : Needlicious, the blog // Feb 16, 2010 at 17:08

[...] now, to step away for the night. We are heading to the church to prep for Bannock Night. I’m the chief bannock flipper. I like mine with a bit of lemon juice squeezed on them then a [...]

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