How do you mark Fat Tuesday, 2/16?

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It's Mardi Gras time! Fat Tuesday is on Feb. 16th, right after Valentine's Day! Don't know if I can handle all the excitement, but will definitely give it a shot. Good eating and imbibing at a favorite restaurant? Or maybe you like to cook up some traditional dishes at home? Have any plans? 'laissez les bons temps rouler'!

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Some good choices for Fat Tuesday here in Westchester, eat-in or takeout. Thinking about Freebird Kitchen, White Plains; The Bayou, Mt. Vernon; The Southern Table, Pleasantville; and Alvin & Friends, New Rochelle. Also heard that Rye Roadhouse does a fine job with their New Orleans fare. Tough choice, but you don't have to wait for Fat Tuesday to enjoy it...

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https://www.historic-uk.com/CultureUK/Pancake-Day/

Mardi Gras is also known as Pancake Day (as in British pancakes) or Shrove Tuesday. Traditionally the pancakes are made and eaten at home so there's no going out to miss! Learning to flip a pancake is a childhood rite of passage.

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I lived in New Orleans for a few years, and we were blown away by the Mardi Gras festivities, it was so much fun! Our young son absolutely loved going to the parades and catching loot. We moved away two years ago, but plan to make a gumbo and a King Cake to celebrate Mardi Gras. My favorite gumbo recipe comes from America's Test Kitchen, and for the King Cake I have tweaked ATK's sticky bun dough, doubling the sugar and adding lemon and orange zest, as the base for my King Cake. The tangzhong makes for a super soft dough and I cannot wait to enjoy some!

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A news report this morning told of major Covid-related restrictions to the celebration in New Orleans...hope they can still squeeze some fun out of it in a safe manner.

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That is actually not a holiday on my radar. Non-Southerner, non-Catholic. But I like the idea of pancake. I've been loving the sourdough waffles I made recently and might just repeat the batter for pancakes.

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I usually make gumbo or jambalaya, but have gotten tired of it.

Hoping to make crepes or pancakes on Fat Tue. Might buy some paczki today.

I looked at some baked paczki recipes. Also looked at a Neapolitan Carnevale lasagna recipe, but I've cooked dinner about 310 times since March 14th, and I'm too burnt out to cook anything complicated right now.

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Cheering with joy as the kiddos go back to school after a long 4 day sub zero everyone inside weekend! Menu plan will probably be leftovers, but I might start up a gumbo the day before and do that (little kiddo has skating). Cold enough here to freeze it in the garage!

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Yeah, live, party, eat and drink like a hedonist then get your ashes the following day and act like a saint.

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The Muffuletta Sandwich served at The Bayou in Mount Vernon is awesome. I usually order it warmed. Big enough to share. Their Po' Boys work, too...

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I baked my king cake tonight to ensure a delicious breakfast in the morning! I usually do a natural-dye icing drizzle instead of the colored sugars both because I like the texture better and because my kiddo has a sensitivity to food dyes. Decorated by the kiddo lol. Cant wait to dig in tomorrow!

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Jambalaya at home with the sausage and prawns we can order curbside, sad as it is. Other years we'd be grouping up with other 'say, braaaah!s' for oyster and chicken livers with pepper jelly followed by way too much of the rest. But it is what it is. My mother's house cleaner's mother (who my mother's friend had nursed) just died from Covid-related complications, the childcare worker of my nephew that my 75 yr old parents have babysat every Thursday for months was just diagnosed with Covid. No partying around here.

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I made blini for Pancake Day, and served them with smoked salmon, sautéed spinach and sautéed mushrooms. 

I got tired of the taste of my Jambalayas and Gumbos, which I used to make a few times each winter and spring. I haven't made either one since last spring.

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