My Carnival Adventures

RECOUNTING MARDI GRAS MEMORIES FROM THE FAMED COOKBOOK AUTHOR AND CULINARY HISTORIAN

STORY AND RECIPES BY MARCELLE BIENVENU

The Carnival season of my childhood in the late 1940s and early 1950s was rather lackluster. In my small but historic town of St. Martinville, we didn’t have king cakes or parades. There was a ball sponsored by the local Rotary Club, but, of course, it was for adults only. Some adventuresome youngsters—my siblings and I were not in that group—were allowed to clothespin playing cards to their bicycle spokes to create a slapping noise as they cruised around the downtown area. These kids on their bikes, armed with bars of soap, marked up the showcase windows of the local general stores, banks, and barbershops. (I remember witnessing store owners on Ash Wednesday washing their windows to get rid of the mess and probably cursing silently.) At the time, some…

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