{"id":4878,"date":"2015-02-19T00:19:14","date_gmt":"2015-02-19T00:19:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chezhelvetica.com\/blog\/?page_id=4878"},"modified":"2015-02-19T03:18:43","modified_gmt":"2015-02-19T03:18:43","slug":"mardi-gras-memories","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/chezhelvetica.com\/blog\/mardi-gras-memories\/","title":{"rendered":"Mardi Gras Memories"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/chezhelvetica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/MardiGras.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4879\" src=\"http:\/\/chezhelvetica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/MardiGras-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"MardiGras\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chezhelvetica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/MardiGras-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/chezhelvetica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/MardiGras.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 85vw, 225px\" \/><\/a>The ChezHelvetica Krewe celebrated &#8220;Fat Tuesday&#8221; in Carnaval style &#8211; beads, masks, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.marthastewart.com\/891901\/slow-cooker-cajun-stew#Our%20Best%20Slow-Cooker%20Recipes|\/274310\/slow-cooker-recipes\/@center\/854190\/comfort-food-recipes|891901\" target=\"_blank\">Cajun Stew<\/a> and all! The aroma of bayou bliss had the table <a href=\"http:\/\/chezhelvetica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/MardiGrasMask.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-4882\" src=\"http:\/\/chezhelvetica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/MardiGrasMask-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"MardiGrasMask\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>jumping with Red Beans, Rice, <em>Busseto<\/em> Herbes de Provence Salami (instead of sausage), Prawns, Red Onion, Tomatoes, Garlic, Celery and a dash of Worschester Sauce. Memories of a visit to\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.neworleansonline.com\/directory\/location.php?locationID=1287\" target=\"_blank\">Blaine Kern&#8217;s Mardi Gras World<\/a>\u00a0in New Orleans recalled the magical site where floats for the parade have been constructed for decades. <em>Rancho Zabaco<\/em> (reminded me of Zydeko) Zinfandel kept this parade moving to a fitting dessert, <em>Imagine Chocolate<\/em>\u00a0Truffles (replete with liner notes) and<em>\u00a0Ben &amp; Jerry&#8217;s<\/em> Cherry Garcia Ice cream. <em>Laissez Les Bon Temps Rouler &#8211; <\/em>Let the good times roll<em>,\u00a0<\/em>as they say in the French Quarter!<a href=\"http:\/\/chezhelvetica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/ImagineChocolate.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-4906\" src=\"http:\/\/chezhelvetica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/ImagineChocolate-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"ImagineChocolate\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The ChezHelvetica Krewe celebrated &#8220;Fat Tuesday&#8221; in Carnaval style &#8211; beads, masks, Cajun Stew and all! The aroma of bayou bliss had the table jumping with Red Beans, Rice, Busseto Herbes de Provence Salami (instead of sausage), Prawns, Red Onion, Tomatoes, Garlic, Celery and a dash of Worschester Sauce. Memories of a visit to\u00a0Blaine Kern&#8217;s &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/chezhelvetica.com\/blog\/mardi-gras-memories\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Mardi Gras Memories&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4878","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezhelvetica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4878","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezhelvetica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezhelvetica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezhelvetica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezhelvetica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4878"}],"version-history":[{"count":38,"href":"https:\/\/chezhelvetica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4878\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4933,"href":"https:\/\/chezhelvetica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4878\/revisions\/4933"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezhelvetica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4878"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<!-- WP Super Cache is installed but broken. The path to wp-cache-phase1.php in wp-content/advanced-cache.php must be fixed! -->