Wednesday, December 23, 2009
Milk, cookies and king cake?
Posted by Missy Wilkinson on Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 8:29 PM
It's safe to say that a vast majority of shoppers no longer recoil when Christmas trees take root in department stores as early as October. We've grown inured to the sight of cobweb-shrouded skeletons rubbing shoulders with rosy-cheeked Santas. We may grumble about the way holidays bleed together, but it's not like there aren't benefits--I would buy candy corn and Cadbury eggs year-round if given the chance.
- But Mardi Gras' temporal boundaries have always been sacrosanct. Extend your Fat Tuesday reveling to the wee hours of Ash Wednesday and you're likely to get a face full of cold hose water. Wear beads in public during Lent and be pegged instantly as a tourist (or, if you're especially unlucky, mugged). Which makes the following display an all the more egregious example of seasonal collision:
- "It's a holiday thing," a shopper explained as she loaded a king cake into her cart. "I'm in town for the holidays, and I want to get some king cake before I leave."
- One can hardly fault that rationale. Still, there's something primally disconcerting about seeing Mardi Gras' purple, green and gold sharing real estate with Santa's red and green. At the risk of sounding curmudgeonly, I'd like to point out that transplanted king cake fiends can order their fixes year round from Gambino's and Haydel's.
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This just ain't right. Period. Even if they decide to make 'em black and gold and try to pass 'em off as Saints king cakes. It's STILL a king cake. 'Sides, they're in the playoffs. No problem with waiting a bit for that sort of treat - you can eat it AND cheer for the team at the same time. Who dat say dey gonna eat dat king cake early????
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THANK YOU! That's what I'm screamin'! I would stand alongside you wielding a fire hose any day.
I couldn't agree with the commenter more. Part of what makes King Cakes special is the 6-8 week availability period. It's just wrong to have them out of season.
