Comments on: The King of Cakes at Mardi Gras http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/food/2010/02/the-king-of-cakes-at-mardi-gras/ A Heaping Helping of Food News, Science and Culture Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:07:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4 By: Mardi Gras, Po-Boys and Streetcar Strikes | Food & Think http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/food/2010/02/the-king-of-cakes-at-mardi-gras/comment-page-1/#comment-4207 Mardi Gras, Po-Boys and Streetcar Strikes | Food & Think Tue, 08 Mar 2011 15:36:25 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/food/?p=4683#comment-4207 [...] Gras—which means Fat Tuesday in French, after all. But the only Mardi Gras–specific must-eat is king cake, a sweet yeast bread frosted with colored sugar and containing a plastic baby surprise. We wrote [...] [...] Gras—which means Fat Tuesday in French, after all. But the only Mardi Gras–specific must-eat is king cake, a sweet yeast bread frosted with colored sugar and containing a plastic baby surprise. We wrote [...]

]]> By: Tinky http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/food/2010/02/the-king-of-cakes-at-mardi-gras/comment-page-1/#comment-1723 Tinky Wed, 17 Feb 2010 15:16:50 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/food/?p=4683#comment-1723 I am rather proud of my King Cake. I tend to eschew sprinkles and go for lots and lots of icing! I also eschew boudin and crawfish, although I do eat then when my dear friend from Louisiana serves them--preferably in some gumbo! King Cake Recipe: http://www.ourgrandmotherskitchens.com/?p=1955 Gumbo (not my friends but one from a great Cajun named Barry Ancelet): http://www.ourgrandmotherskitchens.com/?p=1791 Happy post-Mardi Gras....... I am rather proud of my King Cake. I tend to eschew sprinkles and go for lots and lots of icing! I also eschew boudin and crawfish, although I do eat then when my dear friend from Louisiana serves them–preferably in some gumbo!

King Cake Recipe: http://www.ourgrandmotherskitchens.com/?p=1955

Gumbo (not my friends but one from a great Cajun named Barry Ancelet):
http://www.ourgrandmotherskitchens.com/?p=1791

Happy post-Mardi Gras…….

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