tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22781533.post5523559148531010460..comments2024-03-23T14:04:57.635-05:00Comments on Father Hollywood: Happy Lundi GrasRev. Larry Beanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06705910892752648940noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22781533.post-60797886431340868112009-03-15T22:10:00.000-05:002009-03-15T22:10:00.000-05:00Rosko,Sorry it's taken so long to get back to you ...Rosko,<BR/><BR/>Sorry it's taken so long to get back to you ... been swamped.<BR/><BR/>I wanted to thank you for the pronunciation guide and the great YouTube! By George, I think I finally got it by the end of the video! :-)CyberSishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12785005260630246224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22781533.post-67754701373473163482009-02-27T07:41:00.000-06:002009-02-27T07:41:00.000-06:00Gibt es Faschingskrapfenrennen?Aber ja, warum nich...<I>Gibt es Faschingskrapfenrennen?</I><BR/><BR/>Aber ja, warum nicht???Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22781533.post-33979608927598288992009-02-27T04:40:00.000-06:002009-02-27T04:40:00.000-06:00"laissez les bons temps rouler!"I love this expres...<I>"laissez les bons temps rouler!"<BR/><BR/>I love this expression but haven't a clue about how to pronounce it. Could you be so kind as to provide a phonetic pronunciation for the French-impaired among us? </I><BR/><BR/>The easiest way is "Lay-say lay bon tom roo-lay" but keep the 'ay' sounds short.<BR/><BR/>Here's a video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJV8PIIDuZkRoskohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02372643892803754301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22781533.post-66791460898416137152009-02-26T23:06:00.000-06:002009-02-26T23:06:00.000-06:00"laissez les bons temps rouler!"I love this expres..."laissez les bons temps rouler!"<BR/><BR/>I love this expression but haven't a clue about how to pronounce it. Could you be so kind as to provide a phonetic pronunciation for the French-impaired among us?CyberSishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12785005260630246224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22781533.post-32316335091227489302009-02-26T20:05:00.000-06:002009-02-26T20:05:00.000-06:00Gibt es Faschingskrapfenrennen?Gibt es Faschingskrapfenrennen?Past Elderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10541968132598367551noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22781533.post-42384404770204159742009-02-26T09:31:00.000-06:002009-02-26T09:31:00.000-06:00Pancakes? Pancakes? Well, in deference to my hus...Pancakes? Pancakes? Well, in deference to my husband's Polish-American heritage we stuffed ourselves senseless with those wonderful Polish delights known as <BR/>pączki the weekend before before Ash Wednesday (made at a delightful little family-owned Italian bakery!).<BR/><BR/>My beloved Lutheran grandmother (living in East Prussia close to the Polish border) made the German version in <I>Faschingskrapfen</I>.<BR/><BR/>But hey, thanks be to God, I'm back in the LCMS and all things are lawful to me so bring it all on, pancakes, pączki and Mardi Gras (er, with the exception of the raccoon, please -- sorry Father Hollywood, I can't go there!)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22781533.post-22825583548963674942009-02-25T00:15:00.000-06:002009-02-25T00:15:00.000-06:00Hey Lulu -- fancy meeting you here.Nothing Midwest...Hey Lulu -- fancy meeting you here.<BR/><BR/>Nothing Midwestern about the pancakes at all. Centuries old -- it was a way of getting rid of eggs, sugar and other stuff that's either off the list or restricted during Lent.<BR/><BR/>It's an English thing. The day is sometimes called Pancake Day in fact. It's also called Shrove Tuesday among some unreconstructed traditional types such as, well, myself. <BR/><BR/>Shrove is the past tense of shrive, like wool off a sheep. What is shriven are sins, and it refers to the practice of private confession just before Lent begins.<BR/><BR/>We English actually have pancake races on this day. Supposedly it began with a woman who once was making her pancakes, lost track of time and raced to church for services still flipping her pancakes in the pan. So now there's races while flipping pancakes. Not exactly a NOLA event, but hey, we're English. Maybe naked pancake races would catch on there.<BR/><BR/>Judas H at IHOP, I should have blogged on this.Past Elderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10541968132598367551noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22781533.post-47484966142752252402009-02-24T23:48:00.000-06:002009-02-24T23:48:00.000-06:00Yeah, I'm noticing the pancakes thing for the firs...Yeah, I'm noticing the pancakes thing for the first time. I don't understand this personally, but then again it must be a midwestern thing that has come over here. <BR/><BR/>I gave up Mardi Gras around the time I gave up Cajun men. Many moon ago.<BR/><BR/>NYC area never gave too much about the holiday festivities.Lutheran Lucciolahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06207851105681940388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22781533.post-51477033601034368622009-02-24T21:51:00.000-06:002009-02-24T21:51:00.000-06:00Dear Heath:I guess Pre-Lent is schizophrenic for o...Dear Heath:<BR/><BR/>I guess Pre-Lent is schizophrenic for other regions as well. We do the Gesimas, but they're more Peak-Carnival than Pre-Lent for us.<BR/><BR/>No, I don't have that book, but it sounds like a rip-roaring read.Rev. Larry Beanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06705910892752648940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22781533.post-77103381502384830702009-02-24T21:48:00.000-06:002009-02-24T21:48:00.000-06:00Dear Al:"Jefferson Davis fan club"My admiration fo...Dear Al:<BR/><BR/>"Jefferson Davis fan club"<BR/><BR/>My admiration for Jeff Davis really soared when I read his magnum opus "Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government" as well as Burke Davis's (no relation) "The Long Surrender."<BR/><BR/>When President Davis died (in New Orleans), his funeral baffled northerners as it outdid Lincoln's numerically. He was originally buried in New Orleans, but was later moved to Hollywood (no relation) Cemetery in Richmond, VA.<BR/><BR/>There is a Jefferson Davis Parkway in NOLA, the Jefferson Davis Highway runs through LA, and we have a Jefferson Davis Parish in LA as well.<BR/><BR/>It's closed right now for renovations, but the Confederate Museum on Camp Street has the crown of thorns Pope Pius IX made by hand and was presented to President Davis while a POW after the War.<BR/><BR/>His two year captivity was similar in some ways to those held at GTMO - he was held under dubious military authority without charge (part of the time in solitary confinement, in shackles, and was denied sleep - until a doctor began to fear for his life), and on the advice of Chief Justice Salmon Chase, he was denied a trial (which he eagerly desired) for fear that he would not only exonerate himself, but in the process prove the legality of secession. <BR/><BR/>Davis's continued captivity was a PR nightmare for the U.S., and he was eventually released without being charged with anything.<BR/><BR/>He became known as the "Caged Eagle" and was far more popular as a former president than as a president. He was a leading apologist for secession and the tenth amendment (which is suddenly popular among conservatives again), and refused a pardon on the grounds that he did nothing wrong.<BR/><BR/>Jefferson Davis's birthday is a legal holiday in some states, being celebrated as Confederate Memorial Day.Rev. Larry Beanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06705910892752648940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22781533.post-44991272450477210772009-02-24T16:19:00.000-06:002009-02-24T16:19:00.000-06:00We let go of liquor for the priests' fast starting...We let go of liquor for the priests' fast starting at Septuagesima....<BR/><BR/>Got Shriven last week with Fr. Kent Burreson. . . <BR/><BR/>Tonight we're scarfing down all the Buckeye bars and left over Valentine candy. . . <BR/><BR/>Tomorrow we're down to just a half-glass of 2 buck Chuck a day for heart heart and only grapefruits for snacks (thank you Aldi). <BR/><BR/>Ah...Lent.<BR/><BR/>Do you have a copy of Weiser's Christians Feasts and Customs? If not - you simply must buy one. . .<BR/><BR/>+HRCPr. H. R.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16756503062523543708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22781533.post-17311509526853856062009-02-24T09:26:00.000-06:002009-02-24T09:26:00.000-06:00I was talking to a fellow transplant pastor yester...I was talking to a fellow transplant pastor yesterday who attended his first Mardi Gras parade on Saturday (Molly attended her first on Sunday!), and he said, "I think I get it even less now than I did before." <BR/><BR/>I'm a Yankee transplant, but I'm not sure even Louisiana people understand what Carnival is--or rather, what it's supposed to be. But you don't need to be from the "deep South" or be a member of the Jefferson Davis fan club to realize that there's more to Mardi Gras than girls lifting their shirts for a string of beads, or that not all of Mardi Gras consists of that.<BR/><BR/>All that being said, I'll be very happy once Lent starts and seafood, which is already bountiful down here, becomes even more readily available.Rev. Alan Kornacki, Jr.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07322307218829558622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22781533.post-6401581209704926472009-02-24T08:58:00.000-06:002009-02-24T08:58:00.000-06:00Chere Pois:Now, how cool is that? You must be our...Chere Pois:<BR/><BR/>Now, how cool is that? You must be our Louisiana embassy.<BR/><BR/>I would be careful about doing the "Who Dat?" chant, as the Cheese Heads might be offended. Of course, Carnival is a time of sensitivity and political correctness, after all...<BR/><BR/>Blessed Mardi Gras to all a y'all!Rev. Larry Beanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06705910892752648940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22781533.post-43478735623992034342009-02-24T08:53:00.000-06:002009-02-24T08:53:00.000-06:00Dear Dan:Times are tough. Raccoon is cheap. Pass...Dear Dan:<BR/><BR/>Times are tough. Raccoon is cheap. Pass the Tabasco indeed! :-)Rev. Larry Beanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06705910892752648940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22781533.post-24182588971026962332009-02-24T08:29:00.000-06:002009-02-24T08:29:00.000-06:00Our Lundi Gras celebration included Chicken and sa...Our Lundi Gras celebration included Chicken and sausage gumbo and King Cake, right here Grafton WI. I might live up here, but my heart is down bayou...throw me something, Mistah!<BR/>--DeirdreBatUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11668134604421054321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22781533.post-18443329298246766092009-02-24T08:16:00.000-06:002009-02-24T08:16:00.000-06:00Forget the pancakes, have a po-boy, gumbo, jambala...<EM>Forget the pancakes, have a po-boy, gumbo, jambalaya, oysters, crabs, crawfish, or maybe even some alligator or racoon.</EM><BR/><BR/>Po-boy? Check.<BR/>Gumbo? Check.<BR/>Jambalaya (pronounced jumbalaya in Lafayette) Check-check-check-check-check. Yum. Pass the Tabasco.<BR/>Crabs? Check.<BR/>Crawfish? Check.<BR/>Gator? Check.<BR/><BR/>Raccoon? I thought you guys were more Creole than Cajun over there? :)Dan @ Necessary Roughnesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14815354600299927976noreply@blogger.com