Fat Tuesday: Mardi Gras parade set to step off
SALEM – Area residents can prepare for the Lenten season of sacrifice by feeding themselves and the Salem Community Pantry funding coffers during a Fat Tuesday.
By Rene Lynch Fat Tuesday is your last hurrah, folks, so let the carbo loading begin. Fat Tuesday will give way to a more solemn occasion — Ash Wednesday — and then a 40-day period of self-sacrifice known as Lent. Fat Tuesday, the English translation
Bar Louis will have a "Fat Tuesday Bead Bash" where you can win $1500 toward your tuition. 5 p.m. to 2 a.m. on Tuesday. There will also be a DJ, beads.
Back when refrigeration wasn't up to modern standards, Fat Tuesday was a time to clear your house of indulgent foods. This led to lots of rich recipes, from Shrove pancakes to King Cake. In Sweden, the specialty is semlor. A group of people in Portland
Mardi Gras is the French term for Fat Tuesday! Fat Tuesday marks the last night of indulging oneself in rich, fatty foods before the beginning of Lent. Today, it seems Mardi Gras has become one big carnival style
