Having grown up in Louisiana, I have always celebrated Mardi Gras, no matter where I lived. Fat Tuesday is traditionally the day to celebrate and get everything out of your system, because the next day is Ash Wednesday, and the start of Lent, the six weeks before Easter where you sacrifice your favorite thing as a penance for all the sins you committed during the year. Nowadays, it’s purely a reason to celebrate just because…
One of the favorite treats of the Mardi Gras is the King Cake, a sweet treat made of twisted bread similar to challah, and covered with sugar colored with the typical Mardi Gras colors: purple, green and gold. There is alway a baby figurine or a bean embedded for one lucky person to find. The finder, depending on who you talk to, becomes the provider of next year’s King Cake, or has a year of good luck to look forward to.
Here is a list of places you can get your King Cake here in Middle Tennessee if you’d like to celebrate the tradition:
https://rutherfordsource.com/12-places-to-buy-a-king-cake-in-middle-tennessee-2022/
Laissez les bon temps roulez!
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