Fat Tuesday Buns!

Five And Spice

aka Fat Tuesday buns, if you don’t know what any of those other things mean.

Yes, it’s Fat Tuesday, and while in some parts of the world this means shiny beads, and raucous parades with floats, and beignets, across Scandinavia, it means buns.  I don’t know the history of how this particular regionally specific way of preparing for Lent came to be (I mean seriously, why buns?  Why not, I guess.), but since I grew up with it, I’m awfully fond of it.

Basically, I wait for this day all year, just so I can eat these buns.

The best known of the Fat Tuesday buns are the Swedish semlor (the plural of semla).  Theirs are sweet cardamom buns filled with almond paste and whipped cream.  If you’d like you can drown them in warm milk before serving.  Danish and Icelandic Fat Tuesday buns are more like pate a choux…

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Update on project redecorate

Yeah, so the new paint is up in my daughter’s room!  The artwork is as well but I haven’t taken a photo yet.

I really love this color in her room…makes it look so much better!

AND I am sooooo happy those darn circles are gone  If you didn’t see the before, check this post out.

Curious about how I am decorating it, check out my pinboard here.

drumroll….

 

Treasury Tuesday: Happy Mardi Gras!!

Anyone celebrating Mardi Gras away from Louisiana?

I made King Cake and the kids ate some for breakfast.  My daughter even wore purple and green to school today 😀

I sure do miss Louisiana this time of year…here is a fun treasury to celebrate and recognize Mardi Gras…Laissez les bons temps rouler!

‘Je t’aime New Orleans’ by BleuOiseau

Treasury tool by StylishHome.