Posted on 03/11/2010 2:08:26 PM PST by NYer
Lest anyone's tempted to think otherwise, be forewarned: your monitor isn't edible.
As always, the Green Beer, Irish potatoes -- and, of course, Corned Beef -- of St Paddy's Day might be taking the dominant line as feast-day food goes this time of year... but for the Northeastern Italians among us (and those elsewhere lucky enough to have the goods shipped their way by friends), these mid-March days are all about (Spring Training and) the Zeppoli, the cream-filled cakes shown above that traditionally herald St Joseph's Day, observed annually on the 19th.
While the lines outside the South Pharaohtown bakeries are already out the doors for The Most Blessed of All Pastries, this year's celebration of Jesus's foster-father (and the church's universal patron, to boot) brings an added bonus: given its place on a Lenten Friday, the penitential practice is globally superseded -- that is, the obligation to abstain from meat disappears.
The provision for the switch-up comes courtesy of Canon 1251, which stipulates that "abstinence from meat is to be observed... unless a solemnity should fall on a Friday." For the record, the rule also applies to next year's Annunciation Day, 25 March, which will likewise come at the workweek's end.
Admittedly, this isn't as fun as covering the "Corned Beef Indult" -- the customary roster of dioceses that relax the no-meat rule within their boundaries whenever St Patrick's Day falls on Friday. Said blessed event won't occur again 'til 2017.
Still, lest anyone was unaware of the Joe's Day reprieve, there you have it... and let the carnivores among us rejoice.
Wow, we could hold Anoreth’s steak dinner then, her being a Josephine in real life and all.
Those look delicious! Where can I get one?
Google Italian Bakeries Georgia.
Or ... you could settle on a local eatery. Cafe Buongiorno is located in the Shoppes at Bedford - in the Bedford subdivision off Falls of the Neuse Road in North Raleigh.
Hey NYER I know a place back in da day here in SO CAL that sell hot cross buns they were good too bad the bakery went out of business I remember drinking Tea on Saturday morning with my mom
I am likewise named for MY grandmother on my father's side, who was named for HER grandmother. My family tends to reuse the same names over and over. It gets confusing at reunions!
Here in New York, my family has been eating Entenmann's hot cross buns since I was a child! (and that was a long, long time ago ;-) When I moved upstate, I discovered that the locals purchased their hot cross buns from another company, Freihoffer's. I tried them .. but they are not the same. Entenmann's hot cross buns are my family tradition and symbolize lent. Best of all, they're delicious!
“Cafe Buongiorno is located in the Shoppes at Bedford - in the Bedford subdivision off Falls of the Neuse Road in North Raleigh.”
I physically reside in NC, but my heart remains in GA. We lived there before coming here.
Bedford is not far from where I live. Thanks!
That’s 3 hours away of “local” for us. And Anoreth loves steak!
Anoreth is named for my stepmother-in-law; that is, DP’s father’s present wife, a very nice woman from a Sicilian family. But maybe there will be a trend from here into the future.
OH Yeah I love their hot cross buns they are gooddddd
It's an Italian Beignet!! I'll have to give those a try!
I think I’d like to try my hand at making some Hot Cross Buns! I’ve been meaning to try them for years, but never got around to it.
Very simple. A plain bread dough only a little sweeter with the dried fruit in the dough and simple white icing to make the cross on each one. Catholic Culture usually has a recipe for them.
Oh, I have several recipes for Hot Cross Buns. It’s just something I’ve never made.
Let me know how they turn out this year, OK?
It is Lent. Let’s exercise some self control. LOL
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