Happy Shrove Tuesday, Darlings!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

                                    Yes, girls, this is the day before the start of Lent--which is Ash Wednesday--when everyone eats pancakes.  Or, at least, we do.  In New Orleans, of course, it is called "Mardi Gras," which means "Fat Tuesday."

                                        Trust the American translation to be inelegant.  Some just call it "Pancake Day." But the idea is to use up all the fatty stuff in the kitchen, as the next forty days will involve fast and abstinence.

                                            That's right, dolls, meatless Fridays for the next five weeks!  For those who might live on a strictly McDonald's diet--but none of MY girls!!!!!!--good for you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

                                               So, eat those pancakes, and have yourselves a memorable Shrove Tuesday.

                                               And a safe and holy Lent!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!