Posted on 11/16/2016 10:27:34 AM PST by Terry L Smith
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Why didn’t they name them Kig Cakes?
King Cakes
I didn’t realize New Orleans had a gay baseball team.
>>Why didn’t they name them Kig Cakes?
“King Cakes”? And perpetuate the paradigm of the dominant cis-gendered, hetero-normative, patriarchal, oppressor class? You must be one of them Trump voters, racist.
/prog_bs
I’ve gone to my share of Zephyr games and this name change is absolutely stupid, stupid even for New Orleans/Metairie standards.
I don't know about baby cakes or baseball teams, but all this talk of king cakes is making me want a king cake from Maurice's french Pasteries.
They make the best king cakes on the face of the earth. Nothing else even comes close. The one pictured about is called the Woodland Plantation, and it's made with Southern Comfort.
When I first got one, I thought who wants liquor in their king cake?! That sounds terrible, I don't even drink.
I've never tasted anything better... ever!
Anyway, the team should have named itself Maurice's King Cakes.
I’ve never heard of them, but that looks awfully darned good.
Johnny Cash, "Boy Named Sue"
That's what I thought of when I read this.
The team won't be lukewarm, they'll either fight every game or lay down and die.
Yuk! Zephyrs was a much better name.
I’ve eaten king cakes my whole life, and nothing even comes close to what they make.
Bad thing is though they are not cheap, but the cake is worth the price, it cannot be mailed, and it has to be kept cold if transported. And each bite is about a million calories, and I’m a diabetic -_-.
Oooooh, I’ve been cursed!
A King Cake is a traditional pastry that begins selling in the New Orleans area on January 6th, or Twelfth Night. Twelfth Night marks the official beginning of the Mardi Gras season. The reference to King is for the 3 kings that visited the Christ Child twelve days after Christmas. The cake is round and contains a hidden little plastic doll inside the cake, and if you get the piece with the doll, you have to buy the next cake. The little doll is representative of the Baby Jesus who the 3 kings were trying to find. Therefore those who are eating the cake are supposed to be looking for the baby in the cake.
The cake is similar to a coffee cake with a sugary frosting of purple, green and gold sugar, the colors of Mardi Gras.
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Mmmm.
I appreciate the offer very much, but I must confess that I am about to have a cup of Bananas Foster coffee from PJ’s Coffee, which is also out of the New Orleans area.
I mean, DAMN’EY GOT GOOD FOOD STUFFS THERE!
That is SOME cake...
The thing that makes that particular cake I showed so special is the Southern Comfort liquor cooked into it.
It gives it a flavor that is unlike anything I have ever tasted in my life.
They have 3 specialty cakes there cooked with various liquors, and I have only tried that one.
Someone there knows what they are doing with flavors. I mean it is food art.
The other things that made that cake stand out was the Chantilly Lace cream and the bits of praline scattered about the cake.
I’m going to have to drive there and get one this Mardis Gras.
I don’t care if the thing kills me, have to have it!
Here are some photos of what they offer there, and I invite anyone looking to pay particular attention to the first 4 king cakes shown. Those are the special ones.
http://www.mauricefrenchpastries.com/photos.php
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