Happy Mardi Gras, y’all!
As is customary on Fat Tuesday, we sat down tonight to a big plate of pancakes, paired with vegetarian sausage for a bit of protein (and because we like it!). Before we go any further, I must confess that we each ate more than our share of pancakes this evening. I make two excuses for this.
- These were small pancakes, not those whole-pan jobbers that you get at the diner.
- The whole point of Fat Tuesday is to eat sugary, carby, wonderful things. Why deprive ourselves of the thrill?
I know I’ve mentioned before my newfound love of cooking pancakes in a cast-iron skillet. I must double down on this opinion here and now. I simply adore it! Who knew there was this whole world of cast-iron uses out there, just waiting to be tapped into? With just one pat of butter, I can cook an entire batch of pancakes with nary a burn mark on any of them. It’s a whole new world! What can’t the cast iron do?
So with the pancakes cooked perfectly golden, topped with butter and maple syrup, and the sausage heated up to a sensible standard, there was only one thing left to do: Eat! And we surely did, making hay while the sun shone on the waning hours of Mardi Gras. There’s not a single morsel left anywhere, I am happy to report! (But not to worry – we still have plenty of chik’n noodle soup left over from yesterday for our lunches!)
Tomorrow begins the Lenten season. But for now, for tonight, let’s live it up and let the good times roll! Eat, drink, and be merry – and if you enjoy a pancake or veggie sausage link along the way, so much the better. Laissez le bon temps roulez!
:)