Diner Menu:
- Epaule d'agneau au four
- Haricots tarbais
- Riz basmati
- Galette des rois
Today was the Epiphany (or three king's day for my American readers). In France this is celebrated with a Galette de Rois which is a pastry pie stuffed with frangipane (almond paste). Inside the pie there is a little object called a fève. The one who get the plastic object in his share is crowned king or queen for the day. I remember enjoying the whole experience as a child (especially bossing people around if I got the fève). Nowadays of course commercial imperatives mean that they sell galette des rois practically during the whole month of January. I understand that its a nice dessert and why shouldn't we have as many of these as we feel like ? But sometimes its nice that something is special and unique. I don't think I would have had the same anticipation and fun if I'd had galette des rois on 10 different days in january when I was a child. So I'm happy to have Galette de rois on January 6th, Easter eggs on Easter Sunday, Turkey on Thanksgiving and Latkes at Hanukkah.
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