[Magdalen] Mardi Gras.

[James Oppenheimer-Crawford]

We had a pancake supper last night, which was especially nice because they
had a special pancake preparation for the kids.  The pancakes were ready,
with all sorts of decadent stuff for the kids to put on however they wanted
to.  My spouse and I were having a great time watching the kids exercising
their newfound culinary skills. The pancakes and sausages were also good.

We also had a little intro for Lenten Madness. I thought it would be a
little extra fun for the parishioners of all ages, and it seems to have
been well received. The BRACKET is on display right inside the front door
of the parish house.

Some of the match-ups are quite remarkable, such as Fanny Crosby versus
George Frideric Handel. I bet the female vote will carry Fanny through her
first round.

Get a copy of the bracket and make your, uh, bets.

See the BRACKET here:
http://www.lentmadness.org/bracket/

James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
*“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy

On Tue, Feb 28, 2017 at 11:52 AM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <
magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:

>
>
> We just had our nice Belgian waffles along with
> some tasty pepper bacon from Pennsylvania Dutch
> country down near Lancaster.
>
> It's a kind of Shrove Tuesday liturgy for us.
>
> In eating this treat, we used some flavored syrup of the
> IHOP label.  IHOP appears to be one of the few
> remaining holdovers from the late 1950's and 1960's.
>
> At least in the Upper Midwest, there was a mania for
> pancake restaurants during this period, and Madison,
> WI, seemed to have a pancake house of some sort
> every other block then.  Minneapolis was not far behind.
>
> Then it all faded through the late 1960's to be replaced
> by a mini-plethora of creperies, especially the Magic
> Pan restaurants.  These, too, faded.
>
> Such are fads, and I suspect a lot of investors got
> stung in these ventures.  Too bad, since I love
> pancakes and crepes.
>
> Who can resist the crepes of Brittany?  It's worth the
> trip just to savor these gems.  I think they outclass
> croissants for breakfast, and that's hard to do.
>
>
>
>
> David S.
>