Tuesday, March 5, 2019

Was your Tuesday Fat?


                           
  Finally, it’s here!
                             Was your Tuesday Fat? Now it's time for Ash Wednesday.
Now
                             I love putting away Mardi Gras décor as much as I like setting it out. My drapes of beads are replaced with simple, empty bowls.
                             I love the “rest” we get during Lent. I credit learning about Mardi Gras in Port Arthur and the season’s history with my deeper understanding and appreciation of this stark – often cold and dreary – season. I imagine my Cajun ancestors as they collected fresh eggs and scooted to outhouses on frigid Louisiana properties. They must have surely been awaiting spring’s first shoots and lighter and warmer days in a way that I can barely understand as I dash from heated car to heated building.
                             Live Simply is a message on one of my favorite tiny bowls. It’s decorative, but it can also hold a few nuts or raisins that I can eat slowly and think about those who haven’t got a bite. If they had that much, it would be their meal, not their snack.
                             My culinary adventures are relevant as I appreciate each bite, avoid meat, hear stories of other cultures’ traditions and focus on whole grains, fruit and foods that don’t come in boxes.
                             One egg, one apple or one dish of  yogurt is simple nourishment during this time.
                             And, by the way, smoked meat never smells so good to me as it does on a Friday, when I’m abstaining. I know that those with other traditions have felt “sorry” for me that I couldn’t “have” what they are having. I in turn have felt “sorry” for those who have not taken some time to live a little simply.
                  Darragh Doiron is a Port Arthur area foodie who’s doing more with less this season. Reach her at darraghcastillo@icloud.com

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