For those of you who may not know, today is FAT Tuesday. The last day to indulge in the bulge before lent. It's Carnival/Mardi Gras a day of excess fun and eating, for tomorrow March 1, 2017 is Ash Wednesday and the first day of Lent. In the Catholic faith tradition, you fast and give up something from your daily indulgence; it's a sacrifice or abstinence thereof in preparation for Easter Sunday.
I guess having to fast for 47 days before Easter seemed like such a sacrifice that they had to make a day to over indulge a celebration. For myself, I am giving up bread, cookies, cakes and fried foods. Don't know what will be left to eat, but I will be giving my body a treat of less fat to eat. How about you?
By Mary Ann Cadorna
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