I don't just like this, I LOVE it! Especially the way you can sum up two or three hundred years of history with a quick dash of words, sprinkled with salt & pepper and maybe a little chopped garlic to boot! But what, pray tell, is the difference between Shrove Tuesday and Candelora/Candelaria, both celebrated with pancakes? Tell all, please!!!
Candlemass - churching of the BVM post-partum. Time when they put the thirteen desserts away after the 40 days of Christmas in Provence is all ~I know. Pancakes - no idea! Cept maybe using up good things, celebration, voculabulary for happiness is very limited.
A master class in pancakes. You do make them seem ultra good to make. Somehow i never could get them thin enough. More like injeera in texture. Not good
Is it pancake day already? And btw, Nancy, above, is asking for the diff between those two once revered celebrations. Need to know.
I don't just like this, I LOVE it! Especially the way you can sum up two or three hundred years of history with a quick dash of words, sprinkled with salt & pepper and maybe a little chopped garlic to boot! But what, pray tell, is the difference between Shrove Tuesday and Candelora/Candelaria, both celebrated with pancakes? Tell all, please!!!
Candlemass - churching of the BVM post-partum. Time when they put the thirteen desserts away after the 40 days of Christmas in Provence is all ~I know. Pancakes - no idea! Cept maybe using up good things, celebration, voculabulary for happiness is very limited.
In Provence, the children's most important task is to set up the
Christmas crib with its\santons\- little clay figures which
represent the Holy Family and the personalities of Provence: miller,
pumpkin seller, fisherman, mayor, even the Devil. A little dish of
grains is put to sprout on December 6th, to symbolise rebirth - and
that goes alonside the arrangement. Hollowed-out tangerines form
lanterns for the crib - the stalk of pith in the middle needs only a
drop of oil to make a fine scented candle.
The baby goes in the crib after midnight mass. The shepherds are
put in place on Christmas Day and the Kings make their appearanc
This all that I have on Candlemass (post-partum churching of Virgin Mary)
Adore your stories, and the no-nonsense, beautifully painted recipes!!!
A masterclass in storytelling! Loved this Elisabeth- can’t believe it is pancake day already! Will crack on scuse the pun!
A master class in pancakes. You do make them seem ultra good to make. Somehow i never could get them thin enough. More like injeera in texture. Not good
Is it pancake day already? And btw, Nancy, above, is asking for the diff between those two once revered celebrations. Need to know.
Might have managed to post something on reply to Nancy - something palying up today that won’t let me do things!
Can’t seem to post on Nancy’s - but this is all I have on Candlemass (churching of the Virgin Mary post-partum):
So nice to read about your children’s adventures…sadly no longer a part of the childhood of the past two generations!
Beautiful food ideas ☀️