It’s Shrove Tuesday, Mardi Gras ‘Fat Tuesday”, or (as it’s known in my Pennsylvania Dutch homeland) Fasnacht Day. Time for pre-Lenten excesses, like the rites of Carnival, pancakes, and doughnuts (the Shrove Tuesday food of my people). From the Wikipedia entry today: A Fasnacht, sometimes spelled Fastnacht or Faschnacht, is a fatty doughnut treat served traditionally on Fastnacht Day … Continue reading Fasnacht Day