Happy Fat Tuesday!

Well for those of you unfamiliar with Fat Tuesday it is Mardi Gras, the festival New Orleans, Louisiana, is famous for. "Gras" is French for fat and "Mardi" is French for Tuesday.
The annual festivities start on January 6, the Twelfth Night Feast of the Epiphany, when the three kings are supposed to have visited the Christ Child, and build to a climax on Mardi Gras, or Fat Tuesday, which always occurs on the day before Ash Wednesday. The parties and parades will continue until Lent begins at the stroke of midnight on Tuesday.
Mardi Gras is a legal holiday in New Orleans. It is scheduled to occur 46 days before Easter. Since the actual date Easter occurs on changes yearly, Mardi Gras can happen on any Tuesday between February 3 and March 9. The yummy German doughnuts you see in the picture are called Fastnachs (Fawst-na-cks). Apparently they are only made for today and I made sure I went out and bought some on Zac's request. They are made with potato flour I think and come plain, cinnamon and sugar, powdered sugar, plain sugar and glazed. I have heard 2 reasons as to why you eat them. One is said to prepare for the fast of Lent the other to get rid of the fat in the house or fatty foods. Either way they will be eaten and they are Yummy!