fat tuesday

literally. Yesterday was what we celebrate as donut day. I made homemade donuts in celebration just like my mom always made growing up. She used to make dozens and dozens of these beauties using my great grandmother’s recipe (the same one I used yesterday), and we would take them to our teachers and neighbors. I didn’t make nearly as many. But, I did take some to the contractors working on our basement and to some moms at school and the crossing guard. And, I tried something new–adding chocolate chips to the recipe…as if they weren’t sweet enough when you deep fry the batter and then cover them in cinnamon and sugar. For those of you (like my contractors) who are thinking that my family just made up this holiday to eat yummy treats—Fat Tuesday is always the day before Ash Wednesday when Lent starts. Historically, people would make donuts and pancakes to use up their fat, eggs, and dairy before Lent started the next day. We don’t celebrate Lent, so I’m not too sure why my family always did Fat Tuesday…so, maybe we did do it just to eat yummy treats. Hmmm…