Or C'est la guerre, perhaps, would be more appropriate when invoking St. Casmir. He was a conscientious objector. Or should we say, C'est non la guerre? I don't speak French.
Yesterday in the comments section, we took a side trip to Hawaii where the donutty treat is malasadas.
Aloha Sister!
The large number of Portuguese Catholics in Hawaii has turned the islands' Fat Tuesday into Malasada Tuesday. A malasada is a soft, yeast doughnut, and is probably one of the most wonderfully simple, delicious things to eat. I have fond memories of my grandmother and her sisters making hundreds of them before Ash Wednesday every year.
These little babies are over-large donut holes, fried crispy on the outside and rolled in cane sugar (from Hawaii). But the actual treat is Portuguese. There were a lot of Portuguese workers and sailors in the South Pacific, who later went to Hawaii to build things. The Hawaiians really glommed onto malasadas, like sugar on a malasada.
Meanwhile, readers want me to know about another Lenten practise:
Did you know that the File-o-Fish was created by a Catholic McDonald's own specifically for the Meatless Fridays (which were all Fridays in the past)? Sounds like a question for Jeopardy to me...
Yes. I am well aware.
Perhaps I need to start making myself some Hula Burgers.
7 comments:
I just got our Paczki today and now I can treat the kids to the Portugues Malasada! The Thai restaurant already serves little bite sized donuts with sweetened and condensed milk for dessert. It's basically a dare to become diabetic.
I'm really going to try and do that "Fasting" from something I love this lent, and I think deep-fat-fried dough will be the first item on the list.
But there's still time until next Wednesday.
Sister, is there a way to search for old posts on a particular saint. I'm looking for stuff about St. Martin de Porres. Thanks.
I have mentioned him several times in passing in the blog, but never done a whole post on him. He's in the shop, though:
http://www.etsy.com/listing/34777152/trekkies-holistic-healers-st-martin-de?ga_search_query=St.%2BMartin%2Bde%2BPorres&ga_search_type=user_shop_ttt_id_5130013
eaucoin - see that little white window just above and to the left of the header "Ask Sister Mary Martha"? That's a search box. Type in the saint's name, click on the magnifying glass icon and voila!
N'est pas la guerre.
C'est la paix!
I love these!, my wife is from Hawaii and makes them for us every year...
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